Mike's "Fourth of July"

Last year we went to the display at Stoneybrook and I took hundreds of shots from a tripod, bracketing several different exposure settings (manually) and got some neat shots.  This is not one of them. 
This was shock and awe year for Sarpy County, and I did not have to leave my back porch to see my neighbors blow thousands of dollars into the air.  It was an insane display of self indulgence that lasted until 1:30 AM when the last pipe bomb woke me up.

I did take pictures.  I did not use a tripod.  I purposely moved the camera.  I was a rebel caught up in the moment.  The smell of magnesium and sulfur still haunts me.