Tonight was just the precursor to Independence Day but I still hoped to get a few fireworks photos.  Once it got dark someone a couple of miles away started firing them up through the gap in the trees.  Well, almost.  During the summer months I have one spot on my deck where I have a clear view of the sky.  In this case there was one stupid tree between me and their launch site and they were launching right behind it.  I did manage to get a few decent shots though.  Tomorrow night should be better.

All of these photos were shot with a tripod-mounted Nikon D60 and 200mm lens, ISO 400, and f8 with an exposure of anywhere from 3 to 10 seconds.  They were all cropped about half and then resized since they were shot from a considerable distance away.  I hope that tomorrow night someone a little closer is blazing away.