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Photographer’s Note

Chinese New Year, 2004. Fireworks welcoming in the 'Year of the Monkey', in Jinbo, which is south of Shanghai & east of Hangzhou. Jinbo has a population of 250,000 & was formerly known as Ningbo, which was one of the 5 treaty ports opened up after the Opium Wars. Nearby Shanghai quickly eclipsed Ningbo as a major trading port, & Jinbo now languishes as a quiet backwater. More info here:

http://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/zhejiang/ningbo/

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carper (65350) 2004-07-02 3:24

Indeed a great timing and a good night shot here,It's differcult to made such a photo, the timing is very important, but you did it very good here, nice composition too, good work Chris

RGatward (19749) 2004-07-02 3:42

That's a 'WOW' kind of a posting today. Not only a great night shot, but a firework as well. Great timing, I don't I could have done it with my pocket digital.

jhonny_blue (4954) 2004-07-02 5:21

Wonderful composition Chris ! It´s very good and very well exposed !
Congratulations for sharing this !

clodreno (0) 2004-07-02 6:18

Very nice shot Chris..I gues you do travel with your tripod.. unlike me..

manny (21378) 2004-07-02 6:40

The bridge in the foreground is a good graphic element to this shot. Nice picture. Very festive with those fireworks.

elihesamian (26091) 2004-07-02 7:50

Woohoooh!!!!
great view you captured,in a fine moment you catch skilfully,well done,Chris!
It's excellent playing with light in night time specially with sudden light like firework,then you captured very it perfectlly,very well-disposed shot,I like it,the composition is perfect.

Cool-ice (5289) 2004-07-02 8:14

A real firework and a firework of colors too ;-)
Great night shot, perfectly composed.
Well done, Chris !

nwoehnl (120) 2004-07-02 15:51

Great colorful shot of the fireworks, Chris, with the "fire flower" well captured rising between the skyscrapers. The exposure is well mastered, and the bridge in the foreground as well as the other architecture elements make an appealingly graphical total. Well done, and like Jaap wrote, I also found it's not that easy to get a good photo of fireworks - last New Year's it took me 50 attempts to get one or two reasonable results.

spence (1679) 2004-07-02 17:56

I think this is great Chris. I love the effect created by viewing the scene through the bridge and the sparkly fireworks make the shot more dynamic and exciting. Good exposure and timing.

Rockyboy (20582) 2004-07-03 4:07

Very nice night shot of this firework. Exposure was perfect because colors are very good. Well done!

Bos (615) 2004-07-03 6:14

Very good picture, nice fireworks.

yesterday (9787) 2004-07-04 16:43

Excellent compoced, great color and great capture of moment.

maphoto (8076) 2004-07-05 21:37

Very nice night shot and good close up on the bridge and the city, of course beautiful colors with this firework, well done.

dawekato (1988) 2004-07-06 10:44

Gorgeous shot! Good timing. The verticals of the building and fireworks create nice tension with the diagonals of the bridge. Just a little grainy on my screen.

rabani (9421) 2004-07-07 2:46

Dramatic pattern here Chris.And the lights and smokes from the fireworks just give that impact and content.Something like backlighting on a foggy/misty morning kind of effect. By the way, thank you for your comment. Sadly it never snow anywhere in Sabah. Guess I would never see snowcapped Mt Kinabalu ever.

nchifan (910) 2004-08-22 3:32

Great composition Chris! Very well exposed!

sn00zie (2384) 2004-09-29 11:01

this is a spectacular night shot Chris. Amazing capture...

Oldtree (2457) 2004-10-13 11:51

You chose a wonderful POV here. Good view on the skyline of the city, the bridge and the firework. Excellent sharpness and details. Very well done.

bruce_wayne (1507) 2007-03-06 5:56

It's an incredible night shot...great composition with many lights and colors. Thanks for this postacard of one living town of China

Bruce W.

danos (32956) 2007-04-02 7:26

Hello Chris,
excellent the capture of the celebration of the Chinese New Year, 2004.The Fireworks,the lights,the buildings and the colours of this shot are marvellous.The composition is perfect,well done.
Regards,Danos