Smokey July 4th

By Teresa Boardman on 07/10/2010 1:48 am on The Dark, Urban, Water

After the fireworks

I love to photograph the Mississippi river at night. With the colors and the reflections it never looks the same twice. I took this one just after the July 4th fireworks in St. Paul. I like the boats and the barges. I have a rule about shooting downtown and that is that the 1 must be lit up on the first bank building. It blinks on and off and I delete the shot if it is off. I did get some shots of the fireworks too but amazingly they look the same every year.

Tags: boats, Buildings, city, colorful, dark, Mississippi, reflection, River, Water

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Greensboro Daily Photo says:

07/10/2010 at 5:19 am

Tom Sawyer would be in his glory! Stunning night view!

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- Tboard says:
  
  07/10/2010 at 5:26 am
  
  Thanks. I love the way the river looks at night with all of those boats on it.
  
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Tracy says:

07/10/2010 at 8:09 am

This is absolutely gorgeous. I can see why you love to take photos here at night. Just how difficult is it to get the shot with the “1″ lit up?

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