The Gorge - Fireworks 2005

Fireworks Party 2005

On 6 November 2005, Paul (aka Mr Goldenpants) laid on his annual fireworks show at his house. Like last year, we were as far back as we could get... about six metres... and happily unlike last year, these fireworks were very well anchored and all went into the sky away from the spectators!

It was a fabulous show as ever. If all you want is the finale, please click to view (87Mb Mpeg). It's 77 seconds long.

I took my camera as I'd never photographed fireworks before and wanted to learn how to use the manual settings. This guide gave me some useful starting points, and I was away!

Instead of my usual commentary, I have put a black background for the fireworks themselves, as I feel this shows them off best. So just a few comments here and there!

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Paul with his amazing stack of fireworks ready to burn!

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View fullsize This shot shows fireworks being launched. Even the flame on the ground was as high as the fence! You may also notice two of the lanterns have lost their covers...
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View fullsize This is my favourite shot, full of colour and smoke.
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View fullsize This image makes me think of a dancing man and woman.
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View fullsize Paul loading the last one... the finale!

Click to view all 77 seconds of the finale! (87Mb Mpeg)
View fullsize Back in the house, the party continues...	View fullsize "Ew. I didn't want to drink that!"
View fullsize Four gorgeous and smiley faces... [don't know who, sorry], David, Dan and Natasha.	View fullsize Tidgy doing something silly to Mike's hair.
View fullsize Mike doing something silly with the rounded top from a firework.	View fullsize Tidgy, what are you doing? Click here for a video of his Vicky Pollard impression...

Thanks to Paul for hosting an amazing night of fireworks! We hope you liked the Bison Vodka that we brought you!

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