2007 sparklers

OK, so how do you classify a photo like this? I'll try "children."

The blur on the right is my then-5-yr-old daughter. This was an

impromptu experiment at last year's Independence Day party, merely

capturing the moment without telling the kids do do anything in

particular other than "wave your arms around." I bought a whole bunch

more colored sparklers this year specifically for photography, and

plan to experiment a lot more in the coming weeks. What do you think

about this?

I like the subject matter. I think it would have been better without the stuff in the background, it takes away from the light of the sparklers. Nice though, and interesting. Definitely worth playing around with some more.

Yeah, I agree. Hard to do that without staging a special photo session, though. Maybe if I'd used a smaller aperture and lower ISO, then used a flash to illuminate the kids, it would have darkened the houses a bit. This year's sparkler photos (yet to be posted on PN) have darker backgrounds, but they're still visible.