Fireworks July 4th 2003 Newark

4th of July Fireworks

Just for the applaud of common people
They tear themselves into pieces
Let their lives
Come down in multiple colours.

Here are some pictures I took of the fireworks from the July 4th celebration.

Before I went to the fireworks, I did a search on the web about taking photos of fireworks and set up my digital camera the best I could based on the info I found online and reading my digital manual. I was happy with the pictures I got from the camera as this was the first nighttime photos I took.

The pictures below are thumbnails and if you click on the picture, you will get the actual photo and if you weren't able to capture photos from the fireworks you attended, you can right click on the enlarged photo and save it to print out and use in your 4th of July layout. Note: When you click on these thumbnails to get to the actual photo, the actual photo is large for it is my actual digital photo to have printed. So some of these pictures pictures range up to 675kb in size to be able to print out up to an 8x10. So download time on slower computers may take longer.

Digital camera used to take these photos is the Canon PowerShot A40 2.0 mega pixels





Use these poems in a Journal Box or Tag... Fireworks Fireworks are big. Fireworks are bright. Fireworks are loud, and light up the night. I love to watch them as they burst in the sky. We shoot them off on the Fourth of July. Author ~ Lindsay Lockhart *** Fourth of July Night The fireworks are a lot of fun. I watch each giant spark As it goes striking up the sky-- Then lights up all the dark In a lovely splashing splatter Of a thousand silver stars, In a tumbling, rumbling clatter That goes echoing off to Mars. Author ~ Eleanor Dennis	Fireworks A hiss, Howl, Rush, A thunderous roar! Wild beasts burst In fiery hordes To mix with shadows In the sky, Flashing teeth And tiger eyes. Sizzling tongues, Leopard spots, Lion mouths Red, round, and hot! Bristling paws Climb the night, Golden glowing Balls of light That pounce, then sprawl, There... now there, and there, Burning, trembling In the air-- To fade, Falling On earth below; Soft as milkweed, Silent as snow. Author ~ Deborah Chandra	4th of July Sing a song of rockets, Sailing up so high, Roman candles booming As they hit the sky! Sing a song of gladness, Thankful as can be For the Fourth so glorious And our flag so free! Author ~ Lois Lenski ********* On the Fourth of July Wow, a flare of silver wiggles! Oh, a waterfall of red! Now, two purple skyflowers blooming high in the darkness overhead! The sky is bright with starbursts falling gold and blue and green, as I hear my little brother calling, "LOOK, in the grass, a FIREFLY!" --Constance Levy
We Celebrate Each 4th of July We celebrate each 4th of July The freedom that we know With family picnics and parades And impressive firework shows. We wear our colors proudly The red, white and blue We honor our flag as it passes by Our values we hold true But we don't need 4th of July To remind us that we're free Cause everyday we give our thanks To our "Country 'Tis of Thee." Author ~ Tiny Tales	Independence Day Pinwheels whirling round Spit sparks upon the ground, And rockets shoot up high And blossom in the sky-- Blue and yellow, green and red Flowers falling on my head, And I don't ever have to go To bed, to bed, to bed! Author ~ Dorothy Aldis	Summer Celebrations We line the curbs of Main Street To cheer a proud parade Of reds, whites, and blues, So brilliantly displayed. Brass-buttoned bands March through sun and shade, While we trick the heat With snow cones and lemonade. Afterwards we gather To picnic in the park, Play croquet and softball, Till finally it's dark. At last comes the time We've all been waiting for, Sparklers, whistling pinwheels, Volcanoes, and much more. Then, * Boom * Crackle * Bang * Colors burst the sky! What fun it is to celebrate The Fourth of July! Author ~ Paige Taylor
Since I am getting emails on were I found the online info to take pictures and how I set up my camera and what camera I used, I will share it with all of you in case you find it useful. I did a search on "How to photo fireworks" and I came up with many sites. Here are the two sites I found useful to help me set my camera to the settings needed to take the pictures I took.... http://www.addfire.com/howtophoto.shtml http://www.nyip.com/tips/topic_firewk2002.php I also pulled out my manual to my digital camera and between the three was able to set up my camera to take the fireworks pictures. I have a Digital Canon PhotoShot A40 2.0 pixel camera. Here is what I did to capture the pictures I shared... I changed my Manual settings...(If you change your settings on your camera, you might want to take a note as to the original settings in case they don't change back automatically.) ISO setting = 100 My Exposure settings = 1/30 f8.0 (with zoom it automatically went to f14) Now my settings were to work both in modes (P) Program and in (M) Manual. But while testing during the warning fireworks, I found that the best photos were the (P) Program setting with the flash turned off.

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