Fireworks at Disneyland California. I waited 2 hours just off the main concourse to be able to get this location with this view of the castle in the foreground. I used tripod/manual release and bulb setting. The trick I have found with fireworks is to use about a 15 second exposure, but hold a dark piece of card in front of the lens to block out the actual explosions of each firework. This avoids the burnt out flashes that take the attention away from the overall pattern.
I was so lucky to have a wide angle lens for this, as there was only one place to stand to take the photo, and its a biiig waterfall to fit in - this was 10mm - the maximum for my 10-20mm lens and I had to crop the filter vignetting. I tried to get the symmetry of the rainbows at the base, whilst freezing the movement of the water (1/200 sec at f/9.0).
Saw a coyote on the road on the way down to this position, and was to see a black bear on the drive back. Had to get up early for this, and waded barefoot across the river to get the view I wanted. Sooo peaceful. 12mm / 1/10 sec at f/20.
Lake Mead is emptying faster than the Colarado River can fill it, with implications for Las Vegas and Los Angeles. I have tried to use the lead in line of the Hoover Dam towers to point to the obvious watermark showing the reservoir is only half full. I have slightly burnt the tide mark on the right side of the reservoir so that it shows more clearly. (15mm 1/30 sec at f/22)
A pcture of the school recorder group. Taken with a large aperture so as to blur the other two musicians in the background (1/125 sec at f/7.1).
