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Stunning Fireworks Photos

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It is a most beautiful experience — the sounds and colors of fireworks in the silence and darkness of night. Words alone cannot describe such an experience. The sky comes alive with so many vibrant hues, starbursts, and showers of light along with ribbons of smoke, making us happy and awestruck. Photographing fireworks, however, is not an easy task.

To celebrate the beauty of fireworks, we present a showcase of beautiful fireworks photography. Each image is linked to the original photographer’s page with their profile names — so you can view more of their work or even thank them for their contribution. And finally, remember to have a camera handy this coming New Year’s Eve!

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Beautiful Pictures Of Fireworks

Citizens Bank Park Fireworks

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Dailyville

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fireworks on Flickr – Photo Sharing!

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Seattle New Year

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4th of July fireworks

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heartreef

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Fireworks at festival in Hella

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Blue Explosion on Flickr – Photo Sharing!

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United Kingdom fireworks at the celebration of light

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Daniel Avilés

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New Year’s Eve fireworks

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4th of July

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Waikiki Fireworks

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Japanese Fireworks

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Fireworks!!!

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New Years Eve Sydney 2008 Fireworks

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Its all about the view

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Epcot 2009 2 Fireworks

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14 juillet en couleur

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Bridge to Next Island

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Fireworks

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New trial … View large!!

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South Africa Night

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The Big Bang (?)

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Quincy Fireworks

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Milton, VT Fireworks ’08

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Eiffel Tower

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Fire & Sea

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Starburst Frailty

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Fireworks at Otsego Lake

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mikeintokyo

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U. Rain

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Jeremy Snell

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David J. Nightingale

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Nick Tan

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Piero Sierra

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brewskizzlr

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Passion flower

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Things to keep in mind for your Fireworks photos this year

To make some truly stunning fireworks shots, you need keep a couple of things in mind. First, a normal camera can’t handle such high levels of light. Although you’re shooting at night, using your flash won’t make any difference. Also, the light produced by fireworks is more than enough to capture a decent shot. For more dramatic results, you may choose longer exposure. And to ensure a high-quality result, always be ready for initial explosions when there’s less smoke in the atmosphere.

Other things to keep in mind are to use low ISO, set focal length to infinity, use a tripod and of course use manual mode. Some cameras have “Fireworks Mode” which saves you the trouble of having to adjust a lot of different settings. Just set the camera to “Fireworks Mode” and you’re ready for action!

And, of course, Happy New Year’s Eve!

Vailancio Rodrigues, born and currently living in scenic beauty of Goa, spent most of his childhood in art and creativity. At present a college student who likes to try and do different things at every moment. Also a webmaster, web designer and developer.

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  1. 1
    FreakSoap
    December 30th, 2009 5:34 am

    Thanks for post:)

    Happy New Year:)

  2. 2
    indigo
    December 30th, 2009 5:43 am

    amazing fireworks and amazing photos! thanks!

  3. 3
    Petar Acanski
    December 30th, 2009 5:57 am

    Cool photos in the right time.

  4. 4
    santosh
    December 30th, 2009 5:58 am

    These are really some Boom! Boom! work

    Thanks! for sharing :)

  5. 5
    Nimit kashyap
    December 30th, 2009 6:17 am

    amazing photographs

  6. 6
    PhotoshopCandy
    December 30th, 2009 6:18 am

    Very Nice, Quincy looks interesting…

  7. 7
    George Birbilis
    December 30th, 2009 6:20 am

    Thanks for the useful tips on shooting fireworks photos

  8. 8
    uwspstar
    December 30th, 2009 7:02 am

    such beautiful photos !!!

  9. 9
    Ian Farb
    December 30th, 2009 7:19 am

    Amazing photos. Thanks for sharing!

  10. 10
    ev149
    December 30th, 2009 7:20 am

    Great photos, thanks for the share!

  11. 11
    David J. Nightingale
    December 30th, 2009 7:23 am

    There are some great shots here. Unfortunately though the one credited to tunatoss is one of my images. My original is linked below:

    http://www.chromasia.com/iblog/archives/0609222342.php

    • 12
      Vailancio Rodrigues
      December 31st, 2009 12:19 am

      Thanks for bringing this to our notice. You have been credited for your work.

  12. 13
    Eric D Brown
    December 30th, 2009 7:49 am

    These are some great shots. Thank for sharing!

  13. 14
    BEBEN
    December 30th, 2009 8:06 am

    happy new year…
    toettt tet tet !!!

  14. 15
    juliette
    December 30th, 2009 8:58 am

    I really don’t know why, but I never loved fireworks. Despite this face, some of these photos are really impressive!

  15. 16
    howi
    December 30th, 2009 9:04 am

    The picture associated to “tunatoss” is stolen! The original is by David Nightingale, you can find it here:
    http://www.chromasia.com/iblog/archives/0609222342.php

    • 17
      howi
      December 31st, 2009 4:53 am

      Thank you for setting this right!

  16. 18
    Drew Clarke
    December 30th, 2009 10:35 am

    Not only are the piccy’s wonderful, but the skill of those who construct the fireworks too. Knowing what to put with what to create such a magnificent spectacle – got to admire that. Bear in mind also, they’re working with explosives, not exactly a job for a smoker!

  17. 19
    webloem
    December 30th, 2009 10:44 am

    Why now? I needed this a few weeks ago, when i was building a fireworks webshop. ;-)

  18. 20
    Tony
    December 30th, 2009 11:01 am

    Mesmerizing…Love the photo Bridge to Next Island.

  19. 21
    Pusparaj
    December 30th, 2009 11:08 am

    Nice shots! Happy New Year.

  20. 22
    Andres Jaimes
    December 30th, 2009 11:55 am

    Thanks for these beautiful photos… I’d love to know now some tips for getting this kind of pictures…

  21. 23
    Michele
    December 30th, 2009 12:33 pm

    I love the 2nd pictures of Eiffel Tower and brewskizzlr’s.

  22. 24
    monica from hola!design
    December 30th, 2009 3:54 pm

    great pictures! the Eiffel Tower shots are amazing!
    happy new year!

  23. 25
    Cheryl Nye
    December 30th, 2009 4:31 pm

    Happy New Year!
    Your pictures are beautiful!

  24. 26
    Tanner
    December 30th, 2009 5:09 pm

    I love the bokeh one I want to do that!

  25. 27
    sarath
    December 30th, 2009 9:13 pm

    Happy New Year.Nice Collection, thanks for sharing.

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    Dibakar Jana
    December 30th, 2009 10:57 pm

    Where do you find these images. SM’s resource Collection team is excellent. Thanks. I like them all.

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    Arshad
    December 31st, 2009 12:52 am

    All of them are really stunning but there is one thing which Smashing Magazine had to know.

    It is strictly forbidden to publish Eiffel Tower photos by night.
    It is a copyrigted issue.

    • 30
      wdom
      December 31st, 2009 8:08 am

      piss off MUSA!!!

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    Bas Meelker Photography
    December 31st, 2009 1:07 am

    Great shots. Some are truly amazing. Happy New Year!

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    Kashif M Qasim
    December 31st, 2009 7:01 am

    All are good, but this is the best one!
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/jul85/115903293/

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    wdom
    December 31st, 2009 8:07 am

    these are not so inspirational! you can see better ones in Canada!
    try giving freebies of stock photos, that can used in commercial projects!!!!

    That would be better!!!

  31. 34
    Pablo López
    December 31st, 2009 10:55 am

    Excelents pictures and great post, happy new year for all and best regards, health and happiness.

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    Pierre
    January 1st, 2010 3:40 pm

    Cool! These are some of my own fireworks shots from New Year’s Eve 2009/2010:
    New Year’s Eve Fireworks – a set on Flickr http://bit.ly/5t1p5I

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    Vlad
    January 2nd, 2010 5:41 am

    nice photos – why didnt mine make the final cut :(
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/306/340215186/

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    追风筝的人
    January 2nd, 2010 6:50 am

    It’s very nice!

  35. 38
    Roy Lindauer
    January 3rd, 2010 12:51 am

    Absolutely stunning!

  36. 39
    Alexkoh
    January 3rd, 2010 2:06 am

    Thanks for featuring my fireworks photograph!

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    elya
    January 3rd, 2010 5:47 am

    very beautiful~

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    Silvia
    January 3rd, 2010 6:06 am

    Stunning! It’s a refreshment to see many powerful pictures like this.. thanks

  39. 42
    simukti
    January 3rd, 2010 8:22 am

    amazing…..!!! \m/

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    Okibi
    January 3rd, 2010 4:12 pm

    Some great shots and some that shouldn’t rate a mention. Thanks for sharing.

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    Sean Ravenwood
    January 3rd, 2010 10:12 pm

    NYE in Hobart Tasmania

    http://www.themercury.com.au/images/gallery/remote/2010/01/01/158055.jpg

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    Toby
    January 4th, 2010 2:16 am

    A friend of mine took two great shots some days ago:
    http://www.designnachmas.de/?p=790

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    kodegeek
    January 4th, 2010 3:07 am

    Stunning. Love these

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    Rene
    January 4th, 2010 9:47 am

    Here is my best show about fireworks i really like it

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/renelc/3147174677/

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    Barbarella
    January 4th, 2010 11:18 am

    Woah! These are amazing. And I thought mine were good!

    But then, we don´t have big fireworks here in Lanzarote like they have in the big cities – London, Paris, Sydney, Tokyo must be frakin spectacular!

    Anyway, here are mine:
    http://www.themadcatlady.com/photos/?galleria=Fireworks

    Enjoy. :)

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    Gerry Quach
    January 7th, 2010 11:12 pm

    For those with compact cameras and no tripod, you can still take reasonably good looking handheld fireworks photos by changing the exposure compensation settings (EV) on your camera to -1.5 or -2.0 or somewhere thereabouts. This will darken the scene, but allow you to get a fast shutter speed at ISO200 or ISO400 so your photos won’t be blurry. Be sure to set your camera’s lens to its widest position to get the wide open aperture.

    Note that you won’t be able to capture the moving “streaks” of the fireworks using this technique, but the shots still turn out nicely, they’ll just be frozen in the air.

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    thorkman
    January 10th, 2010 5:11 am

    Truly wonderful pics! Happy New Years!

    Some more great firework pics can be found at: http://thewatchableweb.blogspot.com/2010/01/welcoming-2010-around-world-with-bang.html

    Cheers.

  48. 51
    Venksh
    January 16th, 2010 10:32 am

    Wow awesome picx..

  49. 52
    GeeGee
    February 3rd, 2010 5:37 am

    This is more like “The first 25 fireworks photos you can find while searching Flickr”. Many of those are mediocre, some are bad, some are good and very good. The essence of a good fireworks photo is not the explosion itself, but the interaction of fireworks and the surroundings. That would eliminate lots of photos from this post.

  50. 53
    aumar
    February 11th, 2010 12:23 am

    looks super ;)

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    liam
    April 11th, 2010 3:44 pm

    I love photos of fireworks.
    I love the fact that one persons art (photographer) is not only based on their own artistic skills but also of the artistic skills of another person (fireworks operator)

    Awesome

  52. 55
    Jhon Frank
    June 27th, 2010 7:47 am

    Wow! extremely great fireworks show and also i appreciated photographers they toke really nice shots. Awesome photography

  53. 56
    parind
    July 19th, 2010 2:34 am

    I love all these Snaps

  54. 57
    Fireworks photographer
    September 8th, 2010 4:23 am

    Whaou, there are very good pictures and great diversity here!
    Here are mine: http://www.cyrilalmeras.com/photos/nuit/feu-d-artifice/

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