Fireworks

A friend and I spent about an hour and a half driving around the neighborhood last night, grabbing pictures of some of the fireworks going off. We stayed away from the professional shows and just found groups setting stuff off in the parks or right outside their houses.

Here’s one at Portage Park:

Larger ImagePortage Park Pavillion

Here’s another from Portage Park, a little low this time:

Larger ImageLow Blast at Portage Park

Over at Chopin Park, on the other hand, some of the action was too high:

Larger ImageChopin Park, Too High

This one turned out a little better:

Larger ImageChopin Park

Here’s a close-up of the launchpad action:

Larger ImageLaunch Pad at Chopin Park

These people were just setting off stuff outside their home:

Larger ImageNeighbors With Cool Stuff

Just down the street another group was setting off some starburts one at a time. They shot up so far that I couldn’t keep the launchpad in the scene:

Larger ImageNeighbors With Big Stuff