That was quite quick, about 20min after it hit it was gone and back to humid lol

I normally spot pic opportunities when i DONT have the camera lol. The rumble of thunder tipped me off this time.

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Territory Day, a self-government (when it suits Canberra) celebration is one of Australia's last hold-outs of citizen fireworks. Apparently the other 99% of Ozzians can't be trusted with things that go bang in the night. I went to the official fireworks before the grandkids and I had some explosively quality time.

As most of you know, fireworks are shitfull/horrible/difficult thing to photograph. I took about 160 pics, playing with the shutter/aperture stuff on my digital SLR. Of 165 pics, I got about 40 good ones. Here are a sample.

Any of you who play this game know how hard this can be sometimes.

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Calm, quiet, smooth, devastating

And again.

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Calm, quiet, smooth, devastating

Lastly.

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Calm, quiet, smooth, devastating

Where I'm at we have a massive burn ban because of the severe heat and subsequent lack of rain. Looks like no boom booms this year for the 4th.

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"BOY: On a hot summer night, would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses? GIRL: Will he offer me his mouth? BOY: Yes. GIRL: Will he offer me his teeth? BOY: Yes. GIRL: Will he offer me his jaws? BOY: Yes. GIRL: Will he offer me his hunger? BOY: Yes. GIRL: Again, will he offer me his hunger? BOY: Yes! GIRL: Yes. BOY: On a hot summer night, would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses? GIRL: Yes. BOY: I bet you say that to all the boys!" -Meatloaf