
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:
Here’s another from Portage Park, a little low this time:
Over at Chopin Park, on the other hand, some of the action was too high:
This one turned out a little better:
Here’s a close-up of the launchpad action:
These people were just setting off stuff outside their home:
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:








Excellent pics, Mark!