Raub Fireworks

It's Merdeka Celebration Week, the 5th Independence Day of Malaysia.
My first attempt at Fireworks photography tonight, and I failed miserably.
It was raining /drizzling throughout the evening, so it was very difficult to find a suitable place to put the tripod. I sat too near the launch pad area (at Raub Rest House), and fumbled when the first shoot occurred.

Anyway, here are a few samples.

The launch area was in front of Dewan Jublee Raub.
The view from this hilltop is the best. I planned to climb this small hill, but the rain spoiled it.

This is my imagination of a fireworks view from the top of the hill, with Jubilee Hall in the foreground and Bangunan Plaza in the background. What a beautiful picture!.

If you view the Exif Data, my shoot shutter time is only 1-2 secs, which is inadequate.
We need at least 4 to 6 seconds of exposure to get the nice fireworks. I know all the theory and have all the hardware, next time I'll do it better. Now I have the experience, or rather a bad experience.
My biggest mistake was sitting too close to the fireworks site and seeing it above me. So the key word is LOCATION!
(never mind, we learn from mistakes!)




The easiest site was putting the tripod at this Bangunan Plaza Gunasama, and parking my car in the Mosque compound, but that huge stadium-like flood light was too bright and may produce a glare into the camera lens.