Better Than Thunder, Prettier Than Lightning

Emmy was so excited watching the fireworks in "one of america's best small cities."

Anyhoo, she chattered nonstop, first she was scared, then she was excited. Finally she exclaimed, "i love fireworks! they're better than thunder, prettier than lightning!"

She cracked up the people around us!

They were beautiful. I didn't realize the number of blue and gold fireworks there until post processing. Welcome to Mountaineer Country!

I took about 100 pictures, and about half of them turned out fairly well. I used an aperture of f 11 and a shutter speed of 4 seconds, less for the grand finale. I put the camera on a tripod, and because i don't have a remote, I used my 2 second timer and just hit the button as soon as i heard the firework shoot off. I had to use my 18-55 mm lens, because that's all i have. someday though, i'll have better lenses...after i sent up a savings account, lol!

Here are some more of my favorite shots:

at the park, getting ready to watch fireworks

More blue and gold

Did you ever find yourself giving fireworks names? I do it all the time, lol! Here we have the "patriotic fireworks".

Heaven help me, it's so hard to pick favorites!

I call these the "princess firework" because of the pink glittery look

Overblown a bit because i was as excited as emmy and couldn't make my fingers work the right buttons!

Princess fireworks! all pink and glittery!

I think i'll name this "star trek"

Blue and gold?

And the rockets' red glare...

I swear, i'll stop soon...

Stars and stripes! I love it!

We had such a great time, so glad we braved the crowds and went!