Fireworks light up the night in Cocoa, Florida, on July 4, 2013. Photo by Chris Kridler, ChrisKridler.com, SkyDiary.com
I was lucky to get invited to an Independence Day party on a top floor of a condo overlooking the Indian River Lagoon and Cocoa, Florida’s excellent fireworks display on Thursday. Shooting fireworks is a lot like shooting lightning – you need a tripod and a camera you can put in manual mode so you can hold the shutter open for several seconds. But at least you know approximately where the fireworks are going to be.
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