picture(s) a day: jul 4

I always take pictures of fireworks handheld because I don't like using a tripod. I also feel like "perfect" fireworks photos often look boring to me. I like the abstract light painting feel of handheld, telephoto shots of fireworks, with lots of interesting texture to look at. Since the Pentax Q10 has a 5.53x crop factor, my Nikon 50mm lens ended up being 276.5mm focal length. Of course, since there's no stabilization, there will be unintentional movement anyway, so might as well lean into it. For some of my photos, I added intentional camera movement, but it often looked worse than just trying to stand still and getting the slight inevitable movement from not using a tripod. Despite the tumult in the US, I hope you all had a nice 4th of July, if you celebrated. ✌️

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