Photo Fireworks...Pull still shots from a video: Going to take some photos of fireworks. Was thinking maybe I could take a video and then pull some still shots from the video. Don't...

Rloren

Going to take some photos of fireworks. Was thinking maybe I could take a video and then pull some still shots from the video.
Don't know if my Nikon D3300 has the capability.
Any thoughts or ideas on how to do this?...Maybe in post processing?....

Just Dawn Loc: North Carolina

I just read an article about photographing fireworks on Nikon school. Can't recall exactly what it said but it did mention that pulling stills from video was possible. Look kit up on Nikon's website. They can give you step by step instructions.

Math78 Loc: Scottsdale, AZ

You won't like the results. To get good fireworks photo, you need to leave the shutter open for several seconds to catch the entire fireworks display as it unfolds in the sky. Each video frame will only be a fraction of a second.

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

Do long exposure 4 5 seconds till you get the full burst. Bring your tripod an shutter trigger.

Fstop12 Loc: Kentucky

Using Photoshop, it pretty easy to do what you want. Google " How to pull still images from video in Photoshop". If you have you camera mounted on a tripod while you are shooting video, then you can bring the video clip into Photoshop on the timeline. You can pull out multiple frames with different firework burst and put them into layers, then just mask out the parts you don't want and combine everything together. It's not difficult. Disclaimer, the stills that you extract from video are not the same quality of the ones taken with you DSLR.

Rloren

Thanks everyone for your input...interesting...

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Rloren wrote:

Going to take some photos of fireworks. Was thinking maybe I could take a video and then pull some still shots from the video.
Don't know if my Nikon D3300 has the capability.
Any thoughts or ideas on how to do this?...Maybe in post processing?....

"Don't know if my Nikon D3300 has the capability."

If you mean taking video and having an occasional still shot inserted automatically, I've never heard of that capability. Oddly, many Sony camcorders take random still shots while they are shooting video, but they are separate from the video. Inserting a still into a video is possible through editing. My son does it all the time. Just insert the still where you want it and decide how long you want it to appear on screen. He uses PowerDirector, but I'm sure other programs can to it. The link below might help - not sure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQx2-SixhNA

And more -

https://www.google.com/search?q=insert+a+still+image+into+a+video&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS716US717&oq=insert+a+still+image+into+a+video&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l2.11878j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Rloren

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I haven't looked at the links yet...but I will. Going back to a still shot...Couldn't I just wait till the display opens up fully and hand held take a shot. If so, what do you guess may be a good manual setting to start with, or will even auto work?....Thanks

iqphoto

This shot was a frame grab from in inspire one drone. It was shot in 4K video. The cool thing about doing this is you can get just the right moment.

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jwn Loc: SOUTHEAST GEORGIA USA

with Canon just click the shutter button during filming for stills.

jwn Loc: SOUTHEAST GEORGIA USA

with Canon, just push shutter button during filming for still.

Fotoartist Loc: Detroit, Michigan

Just as we thought. You don't get the long trails of the bursts.

iqphoto wrote:

This shot was a frame grab from in inspire one drone. It was shot in 4K video. The cool thing about doing this is you can get just the right moment.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Rloren wrote:

Going to take some photos of fireworks. Was thinking maybe I could take a video and then pull some still shots from the video.
Don't know if my Nikon D3300 has the capability.
Any thoughts or ideas on how to do this?...Maybe in post processing?....

Video is video and stills are stills when it comes to fireworks. For stills:

Set lowest ISO.

Use a lens appropriate for the distance from the bursts.

Set aperture around f/5.6 to f/11 (chimp).

Use a sturdy tripod and remote release, if available. Lengthy exposures without a tripod are usually a mess with that camera.

Open shutter in 'B' mode when the rocket takes off, and close it when the firework has finished its display.

Alternatively, use a 4 second exposure.

You may need to stop down a stop or two for the finale... or use a little faster shutter time, or both.

Fotoartist Loc: Detroit, Michigan

F5.6 -F8 at your lowest ISO won't get you the good colors. You will be overexposing them, a lot of white. Fireworks exposures are the equivalent of ISO 100-200,@ F16-22, that is if you want to preserve all the colors. Since fireworks are like photographing a continuous strobe flash there is only one equivalent exposure based on F stop alone and ISO. Shutter speed does nothing but allow longer trails and multiple bursts (and of course shutter speed affects ambient exposure which is usually black, not blue, excluding smoke.).[quote=burkphoto]Video is video and stills are stills when it comes to fireworks. For stills:

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