Hanabi is the Japanese word for fireworks. It translates literally as “fire flower.” Ever since I learned that word, I have thought that it was a perfect description for the the aerial bursts of fireworks.
As I have worked with kaleidoscapes, I have often thought that they resembled flowers. In many cases, when creating kaleidoscapes from flowers, I have felt as if I were creating a new species of flower. So, this year I took some photographs of the July 4 fireworks display in Crested Butte and played with turning them into kaleidoscapes to create some new “fire flowers.” The results were spectacular — glowing, symmetric shapes that, indeed, look like new (possibly alien) species of flowers.
I haven’t seen a ground fireworks display in many years. One of my favorite parts of the ground display was always the pinwheels. The image below is also a kaleidoscape derived from a photograph of fireworks — albeit with a bit of a twist.
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