Happy 232nd Birthday America!  As I write this, I am recently back from the "Freedom over Texas" display in Downtown Houston.  While I've never attended the actual events at Eleanor Tinsley Park, I can take in the fireworks from a nearby venue that's within walking distance of my apartment.

This was the first time in 5 years I decided to try my hand at photographing fireworks, to see if it could be easily done with the digital camera I upgraded to earlier this year.  I have found that it was not as easy as my previous camera was, partially due to the city lights creating a back light and making the long exposures I have done in the past difficult.  As this sample taken in 2003 at Shawnee Mission Park in Lenexa, Kansas shows:

Fireworks, July 4th, 2003, Shawnee-Mission Park, Lenexa, Kansas

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