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I’ve never photographed fireworks – though would really love to after seeing the different firework pics on the forum. So, I feel a bit bad critiquing when I’ve never tried myself. 🙂 First thoughts after looking at these is that they’re really amazing shots! There’s something festive feeling about firework pictures.
Here goes!
#1. It’s very red. I like the bright white light leading up to the firework, but when you get to the top of the picture it’s disappointing that the firework is cut off. Maybe you could remove the red and yellow dots of lights in the trees. A lot of the foreground elements are a bit distracting, though it is fun having a different perspective than your average firework images.
#2. Love the colours and smoke in this one. Definitely enough to keep your eyes interested. Maybe darkening the trees so that they aren’t as much of a focus would add to the image. I feel like it’d be nice if you had of taken a step to the right so that the frame was more even on both sides. The way everything is a bit off centre also feels a tad distracting.
#3. Wow, this is definitely different. I’m not quite sure what to think. 🙂 There’s something intriguing about the colour, smoke, dark and light areas. Half of me likes the green colour, and then the other half of me thinks it is a bit fake and overdone looking. Maybe a bit less saturated on the green. Making the red pop more in the middle and brightening the firework would add more interest as opposed to having an entire green scene. I don’t think the green is necessarily a bad thing, it’s just too strong. I’m curious, did you edit it to make it look green, or was it really a green firework?
#4. Cool colours! The smoke leading up from the bottom is like a leading line. To be really picky, I feel like the image is falling over to the left. There’s a lot of weight on that side – the firework is leaning slightly that way, the trees are all on that side making me feel like it’s about to tip over! That red light in the middle of the copyright symbol is a bit distracting.
#5. I think the composition works here. Even though the trees are on one side like in the other one, the firework being placed were it is adds a sense of balance. The colour reminds me a bit of a bush fire, but then that’s more personal preference. One thing that I don’t like about this image is the fact that it feels like the firework is coming from nowhere. It looks like it’s just sitting there in the middle of the sky. Maybe some smoke coming up from the bottom would’ve been nice – but hey, you can only work with what you have.
#6. Cool perspective! One you don’t often see in firework pics! I like the motion that my eyes get, I go from the little car/buggy thingo to the people on the right who almost look as if they’re gazing up at the fireworks, which draws you up to the firework and then the line of the fireworks point right back down to the car thing and and then around again. Gotta love the flame, too! Maybe going vertical so that you can actually see the firework display (I want to see what those people are seeing!) would add more context, but that might just clutter the scene. The light in the trees just in front of the vehicle is a bit distracting, as well as the white . . .tarp maybe?, right on the edge of the image.
Nice photos, though!