to take pictures of fireworks. especially when you have a point & shoot camera....even if it does have a "fireworks" setting.
i love fireworks. i try to see some as often as i can in the summer. i even went to washington d.c. one year on the fourth of july...i didn't really think that one through, i guess. you see, i am not a huge fan of large crowds of people. and when that grumbling mass of humanity is hot, hungry, tired, and irritable...well...not so spectacular things can happen. like getting smooshed between two sweaty strangers when you finally make it through the ill-tempered masses to the metro station, only to find out that there is a FIRE on the tracks. :/ let me tell you, something like that will make a cranky crowd even crankier. fun times, fun times.
this is what makes me smile:
fireworks!