231- 14th July, a photo from Bretagne, Ouest

Photographer's Note

In expectation of tomorrow's National Day in France, 14th July, I am posting this fireworks display.
If you look at the map, we were sitting on a beach of the NW coast of Plougastel, facing the port of Brest where the fireworks were shot from. It was magic seeing the reflections in the sea.
On 14th July, the French celebrate the fall of the Bastille prison, symbol of Royal dictatorship, which marked the start of the French Revolution in 1789.
However, this picture was taken on the 18th July last year, as it celebrated the end of "Brest 2016", the famous reunion of Tall Ships (and smaller ones).
I don't use a tripod I am afraid, so yes, it is a bit blurred again. Maybe, I'll have to invest !

Happy 14th July to all the French people, and to everybody else, as it is supposed to celebrate Democracy, which must spread all over the World.

WS3 : 14th July in Paris in humour, in answer to Sergiom's comment :-)
WS1&2 showing 2 different displays.

papagolf21, ChrisJ, snunney, ikeharel, holmertz, cornejo, pajaran, LuisGustavoLima, swapankumarroy, danos, adramad, COSTANTINO, jhm, CLODO, Royaldevon, mcmtanyel, worldcitizen, Cricri, lucasgalodoido trouve(nt) cette note utile

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Sergiom (94525) 2017-07-13 5:41

Bonjour Marie Louise,

C'est le temps des feux d'artifices en été. Pour nous, c'était le 150ième du Canada, le 375ième de Montréal et la Saint Jean. mais on a été chanceux, on a évité la visite de Donald Trump. J'espère que vous allez lui faire sa fête.

Amicalement

Serge

papagolf21 (116261) 2017-07-13 5:42

Bonjour, Marie-Louise,
Une excellente note d'accompagnement pour une très belle réalisation d'un feu d'artifice vu depuis la plage.
Les couleurs sont féeriques et magiques.
Merci pour le partage.
Amitiés.
Philippe

ChrisJ (124413) 2017-07-13 5:59

Bonjour Marie Louise,

Marvellous reflections in the slightly motion blurred water with the slight camera movement during the exposure adding some interesting effects. Good color and saturation. Tfs!

snunney (111651) 2017-07-13 6:30

Hello Marie Louise,
I have a tripod but I can't be bothered carrying it round with me! In any event the blurriness does not matter here, it brings an abstract effect to the composition that is not at all unpleasant. Beautiful colours and reflections.

Nicou (157688) 2017-07-13 7:03

Hello

Très bel fête de la France, et belle journée quelles explosion quel feu d'artifice bloc en fond tout étoilé au sommet fabuleuse vue et image sueprbe captage.
Bravo et amitié
Nicou

ikeharel (83506) 2017-07-13 7:39

Fireworks always an intriguing subject on photos, MarieLouise.
Taken from a good distant point, and collected its mirror on water.
All three photos wonderfully rendered, the "spray" of sparks marvelously collected.
Bonsoire'e,
Ike

holmertz (63098) 2017-07-13 8:01

Hello Marie-Louise,
Maybe this is not perfectly sharp, but on the other hand a photo like this is very much about colours, and in this case also reflections. And refections are rarely perfectly sharp anyway. The colours are striking enough to make this photo quite amazing. I wouldn't even attempt to take a picture like this with my rather simple camera - and my lack of a tripod.
Kind regards,
Gert

Silvio1953 (159667) 2017-07-13 9:30

Ciao Maria Luisa, grande spettacolo di luci e colori, magnifici riflessi, ottima esposizione, brava, ciao Silvio

cornejo (50124) 2017-07-13 10:02

Salut Marielouise, très bonne image de ces belles feux d'artifice, très bien capturé dans cette belle image avec une bonne netteté, la lumière, la couleur et la qualité. Très bon et un travail intéressant parfaitement réalisé, mes félicitations mon ami. Merci de partager ce beau travail.

Bonsoir et week-end heureux.
Meilleurs voeux du sud de l'Espagne.
Angel.

LuisGustavoLima (1716) 2017-07-13 15:43

Olá, Marie-Louise!

Uau, excelente foto! As cores estão sensacionais e lindamente refletidas na água! A nitidez é perfeita, mostrando bons detalhes dos fogos de artifícios! A parte logo acima do mar me parece ter pequenos cogumelos atômicos rs! Parabéns!

jemaflor (107325) 2017-07-13 23:41

Salut Marie louise,
Très bien pour évoquer cette fête nationale avec beaucoup de feu d'artifice tirés ce soir. Belle photo avec une bonne capture de lalumière et de jolis reflets.

dkmurphys (68341) 2017-07-14 0:06

Good morning,
Spectacular moment that turns into a fine artistic image. Well captured, good work!

Daniel

emka (112949) 2017-07-14 0:20

Hello Marie Louise,

Congratulations on the 14th July! Fantastic view of these fireworks and its reflections in the water. Great view against the black sky.

Kind regrad s Malgo

rychem (47476) 2017-07-14 8:20

Best wishes on your National Day, you celebrate it with a spectacular photo, beautiful colors and great light management, splendid result
regards Ryszard

swapankumarroy (3767) 2017-07-14 9:31

Hello Marie Louise,

You have presented a magnificent view of fireworks, very well captured the total atmosphere with excellent managed light and color, I very much like your exposure control and nice vertical framing, this is a unique presentation my friend.

my warm regards,

swapankumarroy

lousat (101614) 2017-07-14 12:07

Salut ML. Tres amusant WS avec les accords impossible sur le climat parmi les Etats Unis et le rest du monde...ehehe...et aussi 3 images du spectacle depuis Brest du 2016. La qualite' n'est pas parfaite,mais il etait impossible fair du mieux sans tripod.Mais le 2em WS est vraiment pas mal. Belle soiree' et merci,Luciano

Tue (47994) 2017-07-15 4:18

Hello Marie Louise,
I hope you had a lovely National Day. The fireworks are really spectacular and you captured them perfectly and most clearly. The reflections in the water are beautiful as well. Great work!
Lars

carlo62 (59696) 2017-07-16 1:05

Ciao Marie Louise
un'altra ricorrenza importante e un'altra bella foto.
Splendida notturna con i fuochi a colorare il cielo e il mare.
Buona domenica
Carlo

clic (19670) 2017-07-17 11:21

Bonjour Marie Louise Votre critique concernant mon 'Footloose' est un poème! Votre photo est magnifique car la force du vent, à obturateur lent ouvert, aurait bougé la caméra sur pied avant la mise à feu pour donner forme à ces spectaculaires bizarreries de forme identique situées à l'horizon qui ajoutent le 'Wow' à votre prise dèjà admirable. Amicalement

danos (104508) 2017-07-17 22:15

Hello Marie Louise,
Great the created atmosphere from the fireworks with the colourfull reflections to complete perfect the whole scenery.

Regards,Danos

adramad (51584) 2017-07-18 8:28

Salut Marie-Louise.
Effet merveilleux de formes et de couleurs de ces feux d'artifice, se détachant sur le ciel noir, lui aussi des reflets colorés de beauté dans l'eau.
Une belle couleur, dans ces tons naturels.
Très bien à la fois la netteté, tels que l'éclairage, sont grands.
Photo bien prise. J'aime
Profitez d'une bonne journée.
Meilleurs vœux.
Luis.

sacimar (31481) 2017-07-18 9:00

Hola MarieLouse,

me gusta mucho esta imagen con los fuegos artificiales, es una composición abstracta llamativa, el conjunto con el reflejo es bonito, bien visto!

Un saludo,

Sergio

COSTANTINO (73526) 2017-07-19 22:53

Hello dear friend and have a nice time
and a happy new day
excellent nocturne capture very difficult
and artistic together you captured the
moment perfectly giving the perfect
atmosphere
welldone and wellseen
regards
Costantino

gervaso (18633) 2017-07-20 7:03

Hola, MarieLouise!

Bellísima captura de estos fuegos artificiales, con perfecta nitidez y un bonito reflejo en el agua! Muy buenos colores y linda composición! Excelente trabajo!

macjake (76269) 2017-07-24 1:39

Hi Marie Louise
this is quite the display of colors! Not sure how i missed it when you posted it :)

but at least i'm getting to it now.
love the reflections as they cascade down onto the water and extend outwards to the bottom.

the black areas are key for obvious reasons, it all comes together so well. fine post
cheers
Craig

jhm (165842) 2017-07-24 2:16

Hello Marie Louise,

Your picture with cartoon is real wonderful, we must all care for our future and our grandchildren, but the man has this not understand.
Firework is real a special discipline in photography, use always a tripod or monopod.
Your diverse picture are pleasant to look at.
Very well done, TFS.

Best regards,
John.

CLODO (36813) 2017-07-24 2:52

Bonjour Marie Louise

Quelle pluie d'étoiles (apparemment tu as bougé un petit peu lors de la pris de vue, les trajectoires au sol sont similaires!), beaux reflets dans l'eau.

Détail intéressant (?) de TREK EARTH: la photo a été prise le 18 Juillet et soumise 5 jours avant soit le 13!
Bonne journée du 24!
CLODO

Royaldevon (47340) 2017-07-24 5:05

Hello MarieLouise,

WE have been in France many times on Bastille Day and have loved sharing the celebrations. Once, there was a bull sculpture, covered in fireworks, which moved when lit! It was amazing but certainly no more exciting or beautiful than the celebrations that you you have posted.
The fireworks have such a sense of movement and look amazing in this fine composition where two thirds are devoted to the shimmering reflections!

Have a lovely day,
Bev :-)

mcmtanyel (33466) 2017-07-24 21:25

Hello MariLouise,
The colors and reflections are stupendous, well done!
Regards,
MT

kasianowak (11031) 2017-07-26 12:04

Salut Marie-Louise
Amazing colours and the lights of the fireworks frozen in the sky. The camera shake created quite a special effect and the reflection is the icing on the cake.
Thank you for your kind words about my photos.
Bonne soiree
Kasia

worldcitizen (9990) 2017-07-26 14:00

Hello Marie-Louise,
Nice job capturing these fireworks. Yes, there is blur, but for me, fireworks photos can be just as beautiful with a bit of blur. This makes the view softer and more abstract, but the colors are still great, and we can see them in the dark, night sky and water. By the way, thanks for recently adding me to your list of favorites. :-)

Cricri (131192) 2017-07-28 6:34

Bonjour Marie Louise
WOW, c'est fantastique, ces couleurs, les reflets, c'est vraiment agréable a regarder, deux beaux WS aussi, et une touche humour sur la 3 :-)
Belle journée
cricri

lucasgalodoido (24055) 2017-08-09 4:50

Olá Marie-Louise,
bonita mesmo essa captura dos fogos, com belas cores e um timming perfeito. Uma bela homenagem a data.
Parabéns e Abraço,
Lucas