gwilliams6

I know this is after your shoot. Hope it went well. Here a shot from a fireworks shoot I made over the beach in the Atlantic Ocean resort town of Wildwood, New Jersey, USA.

Knowing approximately where the fireworks would appear over the lighted amusements, I set up my tripod and made my loose framing (fireworks dont always go where you think, LOL).

I knew I wanted to keep the amusement rides properly exposed in the picture, so first I took an ambient exposure reading of the lighted amusements before the fireworks started. That would be my set exposure, including using f22 to keep enough depth of field to keep the audience fairly sharp in the foreground and give me a long enough exposure for the bursts.

With camera on tripod with exposure ISO 400, f22, 10 second exposure , 70mm focal length on my 24-70mm lens (to help compress the perspective). I made repeated individual 10 second exposures as the fireworks went off. This is one 10 second exposure that I liked best. You can tell by the people that are slightly blurred, the folks that didn't stay still for 10 seconds. It all adds to the shot IMHO.

Cheers and best to you.

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gwilliams6

Nice shot.

Corsica fox

Wow!! The well planned shot always wins. I grew up in South Jersey, Salem, but had relatives in Cape May, and my sister still lives there. Haven't been to Wildwood for decades. My shoot is over but it eventually turned out OK after I figured out that the "4" on my screen wasn't 4 seconds but probably 4 tenths. Finally changed that but realize now that 4 secs wasn't long enough for a good bloom. Next year if I'm invited back and living (born in '35) I'll try try 6-10 seconds and, yes, smaller aperture. I had f11 and although I wasn't trying to collect as much in focus smaller might work better. The other thing I need to deal better with is my neighbor bought what turned out to be an hours worth of fireworks. Plenty of time to adjust and review which I didn't do well. Thanks again.

gwilliams6

Thanks for the likes from a South Jersey native. We all learn from every shooting experience. I have still learned something every time I have photographed fireworks in my pro career of nearly 50 years, and as a hobbyist before that. Practice makes it easier.

You are so welcome . And keep taking those photos at any age, you are an inspiration to younger seniors like me (born in 1951) .

Cheers and best to you.

Corsica fox

Thanks, all told a very pleasant exchange from all and I learned a lot. The biggest thing I can pass along re longevity is don't stop dreaming, that's a sure way to start dying.

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

Spectacularly eye-appealing 🔵🟠🟡🔴🟣🟢

gwilliams6

Thanks,