IL- ĠIGĠIFOGU

Difficult word to pronounce, isn’t it? It goes like this “’Jig-jee-fog-u’’and it is the Maltese corruption of the Italian phrase “Gioco di fuoco” meaning “Fire games”. In Maltese we also call them “ground fireworks” to distinguish them from the fireworks displays up in the sky. I have never managed to take a good shot of the ground fireworks – they are fast for a night shot and let out too much smoke.
These are my three attempts of last Saturday night’s.

[Diana]

How unusual to have ground fireworks. I think you managed very well. a lovely collage.

[Dawn]

Ive never heard of ground fireworks , you have done well and a very nice collage

[Casablanca]

I like the first shot with the silhouettes the best. Looks very smoky there.

[Annie D]

fabulous set of images

[Beryl Lloyd]

Wonderful triptych of beautiful shots -- I did try to pronounce it !!

[Batya]

fascinating

[Peter Dulis]

nice trio - fav

[Sue Cooper]

These are great images. You did well.

[tony gig]

Wonderful shots...fav

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wonderful collage and that sure is a hard word to pronounce. I've tried it and your phonetic spelling of it really helped. :)

[Jacqueline]

Beautiful collage, I had never heard of ground fireworks so i learnes something new today!

[Margaret Brown]

Nice light capture

[Islandgirl]

Cool shots, especially the one on the left!

[Tina]

Looks special with a very difficult name

[Chris H]

Nice shots particularly like the left with the silhouettes.

[gloria jones]

Great shots and information

[Suzanne]

Never heard of such a thing, cool shots

[Pyrrhula]

Great try`s and beautiful results. The city I was born did fireworks on the beach every summer. Know those ground works very well.

[Kerri]

Awesome shots

[KWind]

Great shot of the fireworks.

[Richard Hickey]

Fantastic collage.

[Jane Morley]

Excellent collage. Very atmospheric. Fav.

[Dione Giorgio]

Fav. Brilliant shot. Great focus, dof and bokeh.

[william wooderson]

You get the effect well though! (Interesting about the name, though I suspect "giochi" (plural) rather than the singular)

[CC Folk]

A nice collage, Dione. I have never been a fan of ground fireworks. We have firework stands the week before the 4th of July that are sold to untrained people. A lot of times, it does not go well and with all the fires in California, I think they should be banned in the state. Plus, there are always illegal fireworks too. Leave it to the professionals up in the sky...prettier anyway...and not a fire hazard.