Fireworks... rock...

[Blazestorm]

:D

Not much, I had to save money for food and paintball tomorrow...

1500 Firecrackers... 720 Bottle-rockets... $30.00

I have the hook-ups :ninja:

[WickeDKlowN]

Too lazt to list everything, but all together it cost a little over $300..

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[Kevn 419]

shiza!

That is a lot of bottle rockets. I am going to go get fireworks tomorrow, ill get a lot of mortors (sp) i love those things. Probably spend a few hundred $$$ :headbang:

nice stash though :cheers:

[Blazestorm]

http://www.automags.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=50764&stc=1

Weak amount from last year (300) should have seen the stuff we had when we had 3000 bucks worth... :o

[Trick]

Dude, those quad powers look wicked nasty. Major props.

[Blazestorm]

I lost the pics of our one GOOD year... literally a WALL of cakes and artillery... we had 4-5 paper-bags FILLED to the top with artillery shells. There was about 2 hours straight of artillery going off from 4-5 cannons we had... it was a pretty sweet setup :ninja:

Along with that year we had a bunch of Class-B stuff (Really Illegal) :D

[dj89]

i hate ny now. stupid laws :mad: but i don't matter we still go and buy them from pa and luachmthem it still fin but not when the cops show up. :nono: ;)

[DJBacon06]

man...My arsenal is wimpy compared to yours :( I mean, wait, what? I don't have any fireworks!! :D

[Muzikman]

I'll show my fireworks pictures:)

http://jbeamphotos.com/albums/PH_Fireworks_03/content1020.sized.jpg

http://jbeamphotos.com/albums/PghPirateFireworks_05-29-04/pittsburgh_and_fireworks_040529_222752_7697.sized. jpg

http://jbeamphotos.com/albums/WilkinsFireworks_06-26-04/wilkins_fireworks_040626_230300_8182.sized.jpg

**No, I didn't launch them, just photographed them:)

[Kevn 419]

http://www.automags.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=50764&stc=1

Weak amount from last year (300) should have seen the stuff we had when we had 3000 bucks worth... :o




:eek: :eek: :eek: cant wait till i go get some tomorrow!

[PissedGodzilla]

are fireworks legal in PA?
does anyone know?

[dj89]

yes are fireworks legal in PA you can buy them at a fire work store there alot nere peach street in erie ;)

[JimmyBeam]

*mumbles something about the stupid fireworks are illegal here law*

[Muzikman]

are fireworks legal in PA?
does anyone know?

Yes they are, but only you can buy them here, just not transport them...doesn't make much sense to me...but oh well...I live just outside the city...if I lit a firecracker I would have the cops all over me...so I am a good boy.

[BobTheCow]

Muzik, those pics look great!! How'd you get them? Last time I tried to take pictures of fireworks, every single one came out blurred and/or fuzzy... :(

[Leader of Men]

Fireworks are illegal for the most part here (nothing that blows up or leaves the ground) but that didn't stop me. :headbang:

[Muzikman]

Muzik, those pics look great!! How'd you get them? Last time I tried to take pictures of fireworks, every single one came out blurred and/or fuzzy... :(

Thanks! The biggest key is a tripod. If you do not have a tripod, don't even try. Second key is a camera that will allow you to change the shutter speed, you want between a 2 and 3 second exposure (being able to change the apature is a plus too, if you can, f9.5-f13 is usually what I use). The third thing that is nice is a remote shutter release.

It boils down to, you need a long exposure, so you need to make sure the camera doesn't move at all.

I have more pictures of fireworks and other junk at www.jbeamphotos.com

EDIT: I just noticed, the three I posted (which are from three different displays) are all blue...guess I like the blue fireworks.

[WickeDKlowN]

Fireworks are illegal here too, but there's a few loopholes in the laws that say you can use them for "agricultural use" like scaring away birds so you just sign a paper saying that's what they're for and you're good to go. It's supposed to be against the law to light them on the beach too, but they screwed up the law and had to redo it or something so it won't go into effect till after the 4th :D

[Skoad]

Everyone knows homemade fireworks are the best!

assortment packs are usually a waste of money. Best bang for the buck is the reloadable artillery shells.

Wherever you guys live must be expensive fireworks. Here in hillbilly missouri we have gross of bottle rockets for 29 cents. Or a case for 10 bucks. And of course its always fun just to buy one of those roll of blackcats about the size of a tire. String it all around the yard, up and down trees, around their trunks, acrross the yard to the other side... Light it and it goes off for about 10 minutes of deafening machine gun fire!

[fire1811]

ahh job security


keep up the good work

:)

[BobTheCow]

That's interesting, I was thinking I would've needed a really short exposure... but now that I think about it, longer makes more sense. Cool, thanks!! :)

[edweird]

*mumbles something about the stupid fireworks are illegal here law*


Preach on brother man... /sigh I miss explodo day

[Igotu]

My step uncle sells fireworks. He sells some uber expensize ones I dont really know all that well but one things for sure the mortars are the best.

[Muzikman]

Who here has been caught on fire, bruised and dented your parents aluminum siding with roman candles? Ahhh...the younger, stupider days...nothing like Roman candle fights...

[taylor492]

Preach on brother man... /sigh I miss explodo day


Right there with ya man,

I wonder what the quickest route to the Mexican Border is? :ninja:


Can u see the smoke from that forest fire in Payson from Luke AFB?

[LittlePaintballBoy]

Bah, the "real" fireworks are illegal here, even the freaking ones you can buy at stands are illegal in my town! We always have to go to a friends house to light them off. But just because they are so fun I bought 60 groundblooms, I love those things. Oh, by the way, Blazestorm, I officially hate you now. :rofl:

[tribalman]

well, i have the same problem as a lot of people. fireworks are illiegal, but up until recently i could go to an outdoor sports store and buy black powder. too bad i didn't stock up. :-(

[MicroMiniMe]

Ahhh, the days of youth. Making plastic tube pipe bombs with homemade blackpowder. Blows up dead stumps and walls of sand (sandpit side of hill) real nice. Bottle rocket fights were always more interesting with whistlers with report. We all had our own pipe with ignition/launch shield to keep the sparks off out hands. Roman candles were never out bag. Thowing Jumping Jacks though the air just as they ignite was a learned skill. Extra points for skipping them on the water. My mom would always light a whole pack of jumping jacks under some unsuspecting 1/2 drunk guest at the campfire, and always months away from the 4th when noone expects it.

[WickeDKlowN]

Who here has been caught on fire, bruised and dented your parents aluminum siding with roman candles? Ahhh...the younger, stupider days...nothing like Roman candle fights...
I've caught myself on fire on a few occasions, and my cousin dented my moms truck with a rocket once.

[sharpshooter1286]

i was at this kids house, and he shot one at his dad, and it burned his dads face, but then it was still going off and went all over the kitchen.

[Eskimo Paint Slinger]

Ya Muzikman props on the pics. Im very interested in photography, took some classes and have to say, nice pics!

Laws in New York suck, but we usually drive down to Pennsylvania get some fireworks and light them off. Cops dont seem to care if its on the fourth of July, or any other day. My next door neighbor is a cop and he comes out and watches them with us.

[PissedGodzilla]

Ity's too bad all i had was my cameraphone on me tonight for the firworks show in Paramus, NJ

Here ya go with a couple.... These really don't do it Justice, sorry about the crappiness. It seems cameraphones don't take pics well at night... :(

[Bluestrike_2]

http://www.automags.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=73433&stc=1

Look in the upper right and you can see all of the bags and boxes these babies came in. Now just got to clean it all up. And a mug.

[PyRo]

I jnust need to find some KN03 and i'll be set for the night :)

[Muzikman]

My 4th of July fireworks from Pittsburgh.

http://jbeamphotos.com/gallery/4thOfJuly2004?page=2

[RamboPreacher]

I liked the "natural" fireworks much better:
(sorry bout the grainyness, I am still playing with aperature, adn exposure optimization for full-night-time pictures on my F828

[painball]

Last night some guy shot off 250,000 firecrackers all at once. It was great fun. His display was 100x better than the city's crappy display. :)

[WickeDKlowN]

I jnust need to find some KN03 and i'll be set for the night :)
hehe, making some black powder?

[fire1811]

heres a link to a smart man

http://cms.firehouse.com/content/article/article.jsp?sectionId=46&id=32411

[Major Ho]

Any chance I can buy some mortars off you guys? :rolleyes: seriously...

[Sinistarr]

Who here has been caught on fire, bruised and dented your parents aluminum siding with roman candles? Ahhh...the younger, stupider days...nothing like Roman candle fights...
*Riases hand* Most of the scars are almost gone... :argh:

:cheers:

[coolcatpete]

Man I thought we bought alot of fire works. We bought nealy $250, but man thise are alot.<a href='http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb008' target='_blank'><img src='http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/8/8_14_5.gif' border=0></a>
Pete

[kauai_paintball]

You think thats alot of fireworks? try taking 2,000 ground bl;ooms (the quality chinese kind that actually blow up... literally! it shot burning material and burned holes into my shirt!) and stuffing th3m all into a metal can. add a handheld sparkler, and watch in amaxzemen from a hundred yards away as a hundred foot tall blast of heat erupts from the can, looking like the fires of hell, and then ducking as a HUGE explosion sears trhe eyebrows off of everyone within a thousand feet. afterwards, we went to check out the damaqe. "HOLY $#!+ the can is gone!". you can buy quality fireworks from china around here (even roman candles) from any safeway walmart and longs drugs two times a year, 4th of july and chinese new years. there is alot more and less expensive stuff around new years. you can buy them in bulk. :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:

[PyRo]

hehe, making some black powder?
Me? Never :)