photos i didnt use for the contest

[rdking647]

i almost went with some fireworks shots from the austin fireworks show
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[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rdking647/9213669373/]DSC_8456[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/rdking647/]rdking647[/url], on Flickr

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[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rdking647/9216433362/]DSC_8425[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/rdking647/]rdking647[/url], on Flickr

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[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rdking647/9213656361/]DSC_8422[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/rdking647/]rdking647[/url], on Flickr

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[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rdking647/9216422718/]DSC_8398[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/rdking647/]rdking647[/url], on Flickr

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[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rdking647/9216411604/]DSC_8357[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/rdking647/]rdking647[/url], on Flickr

and 1 focus pulling shot
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[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rdking647/9216406346/]DSC_8329[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/rdking647/]rdking647[/url], on Flickr

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. The second one and the last one both knocked my socks off!

I liked the others as well...just not as much as those two.

Well done!

[Locut0s]

2. Wow nice work! #1 Where is this?

#2 What setting did you use? I've often wanted to capture night scenes like this but haven't played around with them much yet. I imagine you went manual.

[rdking647]

3. it is in austin texas by town lake

f8 around a 2-3 second exposure iso 200 on a nikon d600. manual exposure,i prefocused in daylight and then switched to manual focus as well
i shot in raw so i could mask off the fireworks and brighten the skyline without much loss of detail

[hermetic]

4. Agree with Peggy,

those 2 being particularly stunning. Thank you for sharing.

[alfredo]

5. Beautiful work.