Where did I go wrong?
It was Jul/4 and I was ready to take some fireworks photography. I checked YouTube tips and followed them but I am not happy with the outcome. Where did I go wrong? Not trying to critique my photo so please don't delete.
Gear: (basic)
D5500
NIKKOR AF-P 10-20 mm 4.5 - 5.6 G VR
Tripod
Composition:
Went on a boat in the middle of the Lake. Opposite to me there is a boat(cannot see) around 200 meters away where the fireworks are getting fired from. Back scenery is all mountains. I thought this will cover water on the foreground and mountains on the background and nice boat to show the origin of firework. I saw many city's skyscraper fireworks photos and thought mine will end up similarly if I followed settings.
Tips followed:
Used tripod
Bulb mode
Focus to infinity
Manual Focus
Remote shutter
Shooting in Manual
VR turned off.
Photo:
ISO - 100
Exposure - 7 seconds
Focal length - 19mm
Aperture - F9
What i don't like:
Background still dark - There are other photos ar 17 second which are still not bright.
Blurry - The fireworks seems to be sharp but other objects are super blurry.
Note - Is this because I was on the boat and water under it still created little shakes and eventually caused blurring?
Update - Thank you all photographers for your observations and providing technical help. I never thought about stacking the photo (as i have not invested in post processing softwares) and always thought it was one shot shown by the photographers on YouTube. Boat ride back to the land was hard as I was not happy with myself. But it was so encouraging reading through the comments. I will definitely give it a try next year from the ground and not on water:-) and learn stacking.