Guy Fawkes night

[Britsdad]

There could be some milage in these......Here are some pics taken of the fireworks tonight, 5th November, experimenting with my new camera.....thought some of you might like a play. Enjoy...
John

[patriciakay]

Hi John...

Just having a nosey before i turn in and i spied your great fireworks photos....I think they are a work of art in themselves...but i have a couple of ideas to have a go at tomorrow!!!

Are you happy with your new camera??? I am and i will have to wait till New Years Eve when they have fireworks here before i can take some photos!!!

Goodnight

Patricia...

[Gary Richardson]

It sounded like East Beirut outside my house last night, and the dogs were going spare, so I had to calm them down, and didn't get to see as many fireworks as I'd have liked.

Your pictures are a nice peaceful reminder of what I missed.

Thanks.

[patriciakay]

Gary...I remember well the noise of Bonfire Night..had two dogs when i lived in England...its not a nice time for them!!!

I have been playing with filters for your photos John....

The one i changed to blue with Flaming Pears Aetherize,Niks color solarize and a frame from AAA filters..
The other two i cropped a bit and used Lucis Art Pluggin and Niks color solarize...frame again from AAA filters...

Patricia...

[Britsdad]

Hiya Pat, nice to "see" you again...Yes I am very happy with the camera...there's more settings on it than you can shake a stick at tho' and remembering what they all do is a nightmare! For instance there is a dedicated setting on it for firework displays, and then there are 3 different settings inside that! It took me a while to work out the best way to "capture" the explosions(157 pics and only about 20 or so any good )----I love what you've done with the pics especially the second one, you seem to be able to get Lucis to do just enough....magic!!!
Gary...yea it was like a war zone around here all weekend! and there are at least five more pubs, that I know of, doing displays tonight! it makes you wonder where all the fireworks come from!
Anyway I'm now going to have a play myself to see what I can come up with.
John

[palms1]

Yes we still have fireworks going off here tonight although thankfully not as many
any way these were fun to play with

first one ahb, emboss sharpen and kyoto colour
second one glowing edges and sharpened

[Britsdad]

Nice two Palms----
Here's my two penneth, done in Painter useing Dens oil brushes, I painted a background then after cutting out the firework in PS I layered it onto background and flattened then cloned ect. ect. Then took back into PS and "livened it up" a little....
John

[Swampy]

John thanks for the photos.

I thought one of them looked like a flower so...Some manipulation later here's my version.

[Britsdad]

OH GOD I wish I had checked the spelling on the title before I posted this thread, every time I post I need to alter it
Swampy----I like it, the way it looks there it should be stuck in a cocktail...
John

[jch71566]

Wow, I really like everybody's interpretations of these great fireworks pictures.

Thanks, John, for providing them. Also, your interpretation is my favorite.

Here's my go. Increased color saturation, and used a bit of PaintEngine and Impressionist on it.

Enjoy!
Jeff

[Britsdad]

AAAAHHHHH....THANKYOU WHOEVERS DONE THE TITLE CHANGE.
And thankyou Jeff..... I like yours too.... and I agree all the interpritations are very interesting and unique.
John

[Britsdad]

Just a quickie....what could have been, and some say should have been......(even though this was not the building that the plotters tried to blow up)
John

[lkroll]

A GIMPressionist Mosaic to be precise (just tweaking a few settings). Attached is a crop of the complete rendering.