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Fireworks Flower

Fireworks Flower, originally uploaded by Maltphoto.

The wife and I went to Treasure Island to watch the fireworks last night. Big Mistake. Far too many people, and far too windy. You think I would have learned from the KFOG show that the wind pretty much screws you no matter what you do. This shot was nearly perfect. A little better framing, and no squiggles would have been great. But seeing as the front page of the Chronicle today had a shot that was a squiggly too, I guess I didn't do that bad. The biggest regret I had last night was not making sure the car was filled up with gas as we sat in traffic for nearly ninety minutes (yes 9-0) trying to get off the island. We ended up going into the city to get gas, then headed back to Berkeley. All told it took us about 2 hours to get home which is about 10 miles away. I will never, ever again go to TI to shoot the fireworks ever again. I'll stick to the Berkeley Marina, especially since I couldn't get a nice background like I could at KFOG.

F Train at Night

Palm and F Train, originally uploaded by Maltphoto.

I love black and white photos, but lately it seems I increasing prefer to try night shots. Might be that when I convert my photos to B&W, they don't really seem to turn out that well. I use Photoshop Elements, so maybe the simplified version there isn't what I need to good B&W shots.

This particular shot took a little post processing to get the colors to jump like I wanted them too. I'm happy with this effort, but realize the composition probably leaves a lot to be desired. At least I've figured out how to process some of these photos. I'll have to go back and looks at some of my other photos and see if I can process them better now.

Let me know what you think of this one, or any on my flickr photostream, for that matter.