This year for the fourth of July celebrations we were down at my parents neck of the woods. Thurman always puts on a really good fireworks show. I think everyone in the country has heard about the flooding that is currently happening in the southwest corner of Iowa. Thurman is in that little corner. These fireworks were shot off at the old Thurman School Gym yard. Before it got dark you could look out and see water in the fields to the west of the school. I know I should have gotten the photo of it but was busy with family and friends. We are all hoping that the water doesn’t get into Thurman. It really is sad enough losing Bartlett, McPaul, Percival and all the land and homesteads in between.
With that being said here are my favorites of the night.
I LOVE the above photo. It is a photo of one of the loud boom fireworks usually used to announce when they are getting ready to shoot off more. You know the five minute cannon…
The finale filled the sky right above us.
I was using a Nikon D7000 with the 18-55mm kit lense at 18mm f22 set on bulb. I had not planned on being in that area for the 4th. Truthfully I had planned on being home way before then. Therefore I didn’t have my tripod so I am extremely pleased with how these turned out. Next year I hope to have my tripod and a chair away from my little boy who was rather persistent in shaking my chair… Gotta love him though!