single photos Fourth of July

Tim, I enjoyed the fireworks  on Fourth of July in San Francisco last year. Very good composition & exposure.

Great composition, again giving context to the pyrotechnics. The odd electric lights in the foreground provide a nice counterbalance to the distant flashes. Looks like there was a rather sparse turnout for the fireworks display this year. Here in Osaka the crowds are fighteningly huge; it's almost like a national (or at least Osaka) rite of summer where everyone just naturally attends. Not being a great fan of surging crowds, I usually stay away.