Thanks to @muse for top tips on photographing fireworks. We joined the thousands of people on Midsummer Common for the official city Guy Fawkes Night bonfire etc. I dragged Nigel with me as official tripod carrier and then made the mistake of asking him which shot to post - and it wasn't the same choice as mine - so his is going in my Extras album! Getting caught trying to blow up parliament is certainly a way to achieve long term fame - 406 years on we are still marking the event. Being tortured, hanged, drawn and quartered would, however, be a bit of a downer. We spent hours at my Church of England primary school doing firework pictures with wax crayons and black paint but Guy Fawkes was never mentioned at my Catholic senior school and I have to confess that it was only when Adam's favourite bedtime story became 'A History of Guido Fawkes' that I realised that the whole event resulted from the suppression of the Catholic faith in England and the rebels' attempts to return a Catholic king to the throne. The plotters were discovered because they forewarned the Catholic members of parliament who disapproved of the extreme violence being planned and tipped off the guards. Just goes to show that it's better to be more tolerant in the first place.
You did fantasticaly well with this firework photo & I must agree with you Judith that I like the brightness of this shot rather than the other !! We have just been out for a meal & missed fireworks although we could hear them ..I'm rather sorry & didn't have a bash at taking a picture now ! Great history lesson & funny how each 'side ' only remembers what they want !!!
Good piccy......have never been one for mass public displays..they seem each year to try to take it away from the people...this is the first year that i have not seen any ragamuffins build their own on the waste land in the surrounding area which i find rather sad, and i am surprised that the tradition has not been stopped..i mean i am sure the Pope does not like his followers being burnt every bonfire night or the political police they must be chomping on the bit bless their cotton socks, but there again how many people know the reason why and i often wonder how England would be if they had managed to light the blue touch paper..there were however plenty of penny for the guys this year and one cheeky bugger chanted minimum a pound...lol.....
I was lucky enough to have a primary school trainee teacher who obviously had history as his main subject. One of the trips he took us on at this time of the year was to Ashby St Ledgers, which acted as a command centre for the Gunpowder Plot and we were shown round the rooms where the plotting happened. This was before the National Curriculum took the fun out most things, mind. http://www.gunpowder-plot.org/houses/ashby.htm
i think you are right and nigel is wrong........but then men are always wrong judith !!! well they are in the howcroft home !! great lighting and use of the tripod :)
I will straddle the fence and say I honestly like both. I like the feathery grassy-ness of this one and am in such awe that you can capture this! Well done!
I knew I wasn't going to do anything half as good - partly because I can't force more than 1s exposures.