Fireworks over the Matterhorn at Disneyland

Fireworks over the Matterhorn at Disneyland

Mickey at the start of Fantasmic with fireworks, also a close up of the same shot

These are the same picture, the bottom one is a close up.  From a distance you can see some of the detail in the shot but once you look at the close up the sparks and smoke really come alive.
This was taken with a Nikon D600, 1/320 to try and freeze some of the smoke and flares, f2.8 to let in as much light as possible and to focus in on Mickey, ISO 2500, again to get some more light in without having to much "noise" and using a 200mm lens set at 190mm to be able to get all of the fireworks coming from his fingers.

Make sure that you click on the picture to get a better look.  It is to bad that the web degrades pictures so much to cut back on the file size, but you will get an idea.

Fireworks over the Matterhorn

Fireworks over the Matterhorn at Disneyland

I love looking at pictures of the fireworks at Disneyland, but I am still working on getting some that I like just right.  More practice!
This one was shot with a Nikon D800 at 1/40, f/2.8, ISO 4000 using a 200mm lens set at 78mm.
If I could do this over again I would change a few things.  1) use a filter and set the time for a little longer, say 2 to 10 seconds, 2) lower the ISO setting to 200 or so and 3) change the f-stop up to 14 or so.
I had just finished taking pictures of Fantasmic so those were the settings I was using.