Time To Brush Up on My Fireworks Techniques (Page 2): We don't go anymore - no bathrooms within a mile and too much exit traffic. And kids are grown and gone. A few blacksnakes, Roman...

BlueMorel Loc: Southwest Michigan

We don't go anymore - no bathrooms within a mile and too much exit traffic. And kids are grown and gone. A few blacksnakes, Roman candles, sparklers, bottle rockets here, than back inside to hide from skeeters.

SteveR Loc: Michigan

BlueMorel wrote:

We don't go anymore - no bathrooms within a mile and too much exit traffic. And kids are grown and gone. A few blacksnakes, Roman candles, sparklers, bottle rockets here, than back inside to hide from skeeters.

Growing up in Pontiac, Michigan, the Northside Club put on a good firework display every 4th of July just down the street from my house. Sat on the front lawn. Friends would come over to watch from our prime viewpoint. No bathroom or traffic problems.

Insp Gadget Loc: St Louis area

[quote=LEGALDR]No matter where you live in the USA, this coming week will provide you with a number of great opportunities to take pictures of fireworks. Many of us do not do this on a regular basis and therefore I will do a little review for myself I am reviewing my file on "Fireworks Photography" as I type. I will be using my tripod. I don't use it enough so I will dust it off first. I will try to locate my cable release or refresh my memory on how I use Bulb on the camera that I will be using.

Last year. Most are at 5 second exposure.

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ronpier Loc: Poland Ohio

LEGALDR wrote:

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Thanks for the update. For those of us who love to shoot fireworks this is usually a once per year event. Better to prepare ahead of time.

Still learning66 Loc: North Alabama

It is a challenge however a interesting one to say the least .

Kaib795 Loc: Maryland, USA

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LEGALDR wrote:

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These are great! I like that your 5 second or more shots have many fireworks going off.

LEGALDR Loc: Southern California

I will be using my Sony A6000 for the fireworks photography this year. In going through a dry run, I discovered that I had forgotten how to set the camera for Bulb, and how the remote shutter release works. I'm a mess. Well, I pulled Dave Busch off of the shelf and he told me what to do. A brief review of the remote release manual and I am "good to go". Dear Hogs, I recommend a "dry run".

Insp Gadget Loc: St Louis area

Kaib795 wrote:

These are great! I like that your 5 second or more shots have many fireworks going off.

Thanks for the kind words. I read some suggestions on UHH before trying it. Played around in the beginning. 1st time since the 70s. I was happy with the results.

Wallen Loc: Middle Earth

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LEGALDR wrote:

Last year. Most are at 5 second exposure.

Wow, you did well with 5 seconds.

I tried that but it over exposed the other elements so i settled for less.
I got these with 3 seconds.
I do not have a remote so there is also a 2 sec shutter delay.

This is how i did it;
( https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-580096-1.html )

Here is the SOOC & cropping;
( https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-584700-1.html )

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I stacked the blooms to get this final image.

Cropped to improve composition

Insp Gadget Loc: St Louis area

I can see how 5 seconds would blow out your foreground. I just had a field. I must confess though. The many single bloom shots were at 4 or 5 seconds. The finally shots were 1/2 second. I was going from memory and lately that's not a good idea from a year ago. Bad case of CRS. Honestly I was thrilled at how they came out. I got a lot of keepers considering the last time I shot fireworks was in the 70s. Thanks for viewing and commenting. These are SOOC with a little cropping on a few.

Insp Gadget Loc: St Louis area

Since they seem popular I'll post a few more.

Kaib795 Loc: Maryland, USA

Insp Gadget wrote:

I can see how 5 seconds would blow out your foreground. I just had a field. I must confess though. The many single bloom shots were at 4 or 5 seconds. The finally shots were 1/2 second. I was going from memory and lately that's not a good idea from a year ago. Bad case of CRS. Honestly I was thrilled at how they came out. I got a lot of keepers considering the last time I shot fireworks was in the 70s. Thanks for viewing and commenting. These are SOOC with a little cropping on a few.

I reviewed your other mentioned posts, all very good information. My biggest take from this is also what I like to do, shoot a little wide so you can crop (to remove eye candy, straighten horizons, can create both landscape and portrait shots). Your examples are perfect and illustrate how it's about "getting the shot" and later doing some post work. Certainly these are wonderful captures and shooting wide paid off.

Insp Gadget Loc: St Louis area

Insp Gadget wrote:

Since they seem popular I'll post a few more.

Okay. Still learning how to do this. I was attaching files and lost them by being inpatient.

It takes forever to attach.

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LEGALDR Loc: Southern California

Insp Gadget:

It appears that you have passed your "final exams" in Fireworks 101. Great job. Your diploma is in the mail!

Insp Gadget Loc: St Louis area

LEGALDR wrote:

Insp Gadget:

It appears that you have passed your "final exams" in Fireworks 101. Great job. Your diploma is in the mail!

Thank you Sir. I appreciate that.