4th Of July In Montana, Part 5. Rocket's Red Glare.

On the evening of the 4th, we drove to Polson and found a spot on a grassy knoll overlooking Flathead Lake.

 The sun set at about 9:45. The show was scheduled to begin at 10, but by 10:15 

it was still pretty light and no fireworks were in evidence, other than 

a few amateur efforts from both sides of the lake.

 I was looking forward to taking a few shots of the show because I'd noticed that 

my camera had a fireworks setting, and I was interested to see what results it would produce. 

I used it to take this picture of the bridge. I found it took a short time exposure 

that might work well if I had a tripod, but not so much with handheld shots. Still, I was 

intrigued by the idea that I might be able to come up with some interesting abstracts 

once I was able to crop and process the raw shots.

 I think you'll see that that was the case.
Click on the pictures to get the full effect.

 P.