Backyard Fireworks, Sewell NJ, July 2007.

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Background Information:

While attending a  party in the  NJ suburb of Sewell, NJ fireworks were bring ignited  in the backyard at around  5:00pm. The view of  the fireworks during  daytime, in an empty suburban backyard, struck me  as surreal. Although I did not think of this at  the time I created  the picture, as I look at the photograph now It reminds me of  the burning bush from the Biblical narrative.

Compositional Information:

I framed horizontally to include as much as the backyard as possible. I placed  the fireworks in the center, insuring their prominence , and set the shutter speed  at  1/30th second, the slowest shutter speed  I  could get away with while hand holding the camera. I  chose the slowest shutter speed that I could because I wanted  the backyard  to be sharp and  defined, but I wanted light trails that would be created by any fast moving sparks.

I spot metered off of  the edges of  the fireworks to include some of the  backyard area and the AV priority mode  of  the camera went to f-8. Considering that the scene was high contrast, metering off of the edges resulted in a compromise between the areas where  I wanted  to hold  detail.

Technical Information:

Subfile Type:Full-resolution Image

Image Width:3072

Image Height:2304

Bits Per Sample:8 8 8

Compression:Uncompressed

Photometric Interpretation:RGB

Image Description:7/22/2007-A display of fireworks makes a vertical ascent in a backyard located in the suburb of Sewell, NJ.

Make:SONY

Camera Model Name:DSC-V3

Strip Offsets:33958

Samples Per Pixel:3

Rows Per Strip:2304

Strip Byte Counts:21233664

X Resolution:300

Y Resolution:300

Planar Configuration:Chunky

Resolution Unit:inches

Software:Adobe Photoshop CS2 Macintosh

Modify Date:2009-06-25 17:15:34 GMT

Artist:Sam D’Amico

Copyright:(C) Sam D’Amico

Exposure Time:30

F Number:8.0

Exposure Program:Shutter speed priority AE

ISO:100

Exif Version:0221

Date/Time Original:2007-07-22 20:50:23 GMT

Create Date:2007-07-22 20:50:23 GMT

Shutter Speed Value:30

Aperture Value: 8.0

Max Aperture Value:2.8

Metering Mode:Spot

Light Source:Daylight

Flash:Off

Focal Length:7.0mm

File Source:Digital Camera

Scene Type:Directly photographed

Custom Rendered:Normal

Exposure Mode:Auto

White Balance:Manual

Scene Capture Type:Standard

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