Helen + Fireworks = One very happy Helen.
Really enough said. Fireworks have put a grin on my face and a twinkle in my eye for as long as I can remember and I can assure that is a very long time because I can remember things that happened years before my birth 20 years and 3 weeks ago 
… well not quite.
I remember going to the Ekka when we were younger and sitting on Machinery Hill watching the entertainment after a long day of fun at the Ekka and the hush that came about when the fireworks started. I remember racing out to our back balcony on New Years Eve catching glimpses of the fireworks over the tree line. I remember going to RiverFire in year 9 with Mum, Karl and Grandmum and having a blast watching the fireworks and then ripping a ligament in my ankle (playing silly buggers with Karl) which still gives me trouble today. I remember spending New Years Eve in Germany ‘02/’03 and watching fireworks going off meters in front of me and then finding rocket sticks in the backyard in the morning and thinking to myself, gee imagine if you were a dog in the back yard and got hit by one of these? I remember leaving a NYE party early this year with Mum to drive back into Hobart to take photos of the Fireworks. When it comes to Fireworks I will go just about anywhere.
I love Fireworks.
Just as we did last year, Mum and I made the trip into the Kings Parking across the road from the Ekka to enjoy the show and what a show it was. A good variety of fireworks and a clear night with just the right amount of wind to carry away the smoke.
Wow. These shots are amazing. I am so soooo impressed!
girl you have missed your calling as a photographer!!
They are so so so so aweseome!!
oh my gosh helen! the pictures are amazing! what setting are you shooting on? my fireworks pictures don’t even compare to yours!
Thanks
Nadine, they are all shot in Manual at iso 100, f/20 and the shutter speeds all vary as I use the bulb setting which allows me to trigger the shtter with my remote and then release when I feel the exposure has been long enough.
These photos range from 8-30 seconds however http://www.flickr.com/photos/helenpalsson/219837377/ is made up of a couple different sets of fireworks.
Amazing shots of those fireworks - you must have had a “blast” taking them ! hehe !
say “hi” to your mum from me.
how long until that birthday of yours …. mmm … can’t be long now !
Your photos are amazing
Helen, those photos are fantastic! I had such a hard time taking pictures of just fireworks earlier this summer and these have a full perspective - just stunning. They seriously look like something out of one of my photography books. Very well done.
Wow, what amazing pictures!!
fantastic photos. this post is making me feel homesick