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Last night, the huge Hindu population in the area where I live celebrated Diwali (or Deepawali) literally meaning "Lines of Lamps". Diwali is a major Hindu festival, depicting a Festival of Lights. It symbolises the victory of good over evil and lamps are lit as a sign for celebration and hope for mankind.

Sounds like a good idea to me so I thought I'd try and capture something that depicted a "line of lamps". Unfortunately, the show last night was more audible than visible, lasting from about 7 p.m. until gone 11 p.m. This was the best I managed to get that represented the "line of lamps".

I had never photographed fireworks before so, armed with the exposure information I'd learned from TrekEarth, I thought I would have a go.

This was taken from the window of the back bedroom using a mini tripod, which wasn't easy to keep stable as the spread of the tripod's legs was wider than the windowsill!

Anyway, Happy Diwali to all Hindus everywhere.

ISO 100
Manual focus