Last night, I at­tended my first Grand Marais (Minn.) Fourth of July fire­works. It was very cool.

In the past I’ve shot fire­works right around the neigh­bor­hood of ISO 200; f/11; 20 sec­onds — give or take. That has seemed like a good ex­po­sure to get both the fire­works’ bright­ness and the trails. How­ever, the fire­works at Grand Marais seemed to come quicker than they have in the past, so for some of the time, I went down to ISO 100 and 10 sec­ond ex­po­sures at f/11.

Here are the results:

20 sec. at f/11; ISO 200; f=35mm

10 sec. at f/11; ISO 100; f=35m

20 sec. at f/11; ISO 200; f=35m

20 sec. at f/16; ISO 100; f=35m

Thanks for looking,

- Caleb