Sometimes it takes an error to get your best images.
Aug 18, 2023 23:46:19 #
Whenever I do a shoot I set my cameras up for that particular shoot. For night sports, for example, I might set the camera at 3200 ISO. Last week I photographed a fireworks show and set my camera for that -- manual focus, bulb setting, ISO 200, f10 -- shutter speed was determined by how long I held down the remote shutter trip button. I shoot about five fireworks shows a year and always enjoy them. Depending on the distance there are adjustments I make to f-stop and zoom range. When a shoot is over I reset my camera to my basic settings which are autofocus, auto white balance, ISO 200, f7.1, Aperture mode, -.3. When I returned home and set down to return my settings to base, I noticed I had failed to set the +/- to -.3 or 0 for shooting the fireworks and had left it at -1.3. Usually on these fireworks shoots, I get about 60 to 75% keepers. Of the 223 shots I took, there were about 95% keepers! The mistake of not setting the +/- setting seemed to give me a better result than what I normally get.
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Aug 18, 2023 23:54:45 #
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Aug 19, 2023 01:09:03 #
I would have to write the new settings down for the next fireworks shoot. But then I would have to remember that I wrote them down, and where, and why.
Nice shots!
Nice shots!
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Aug 19, 2023 08:21:14 #
JR69
Loc: Wolverine Michigan
yssirk123 wrote:
Very nice Mike!
Bridges, Indeed some nice images. Good info on settings used also. Will add that to my cheat sheet book of reminders. Your EXIF data was stripped. What do you use as a white balance for the show ? I think I use auto w b, nothing else fits. nor show true rendering I do a fire work show once a year or so.
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Aug 19, 2023 09:44:04 #
Retired CPO wrote:
I would have to write the new settings down for the next fireworks shoot. But then I would have to remember that I wrote them down, and where, and why.
Nice shots!
Nice shots!
LOL!
Aug 19, 2023 11:37:17 #
CCPhotoist wrote:
LOL!
Utterly dazzling, beautiful art 🖤✨✨✨🖤
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