Long Exposure Firework Photographs by David Johnson

Canadian photographer David Johnson recently found himself at the International Fireworks Show in Ottawa, Canada and while there, he captured some of the most amazing long-exposure shots fireworks you’ve never seen before. Johnson told The Colossal about his method:

The technique I used was a simple refocus during the long exposure. Each shot was about a second long, sometimes two. I’d start out of focus, and when I heard the explosion I would quickly refocus, so the little stems on these deep sea creature lookalikes would grow into a fine point. The shapes are quite bizarre, some of them I was pleasantly surprised with.

Unlike usual firework photos that make long trails across the sky, Johnson’s photos look like flowers with little triangular plumes coming to a point. Some of the little stems looks like deep sea creature, tells Johnson. You can see more pictures on this page.