I am going to fireworks show tonight and want to take some pics with my new camera. It is a Nikon cool pix p510. Any tips out there?
Are you taking stills or video?
Shoot in Aperture priority mode and set at a high aperture setting (small opening for the greatest depth of field), keep your ISO as low as possible, and shoot in RAW if you can, shoot in bursts, use a tripod. That's all I have.
Thx. Please excuse my ignorance , rookie question... What do you mean by shoot in bursts?
Day before 4th of July, Porters ran an article about Fireworks. It suggested to go to aperture and set it on 4 seconds and the focus on Infinity. Use a tripod. When you hear the initial bang, click the shutter. This year, I got more good fireworks than ever before. If you are far away, click shutter when you see the projectile headed up. Wish you luck!
1. Use a tripod
2. Remote or wired shutter release
3. Focus to infinity (Use far away subject for reference)
4. Set shutter to bulb
5. ISO 100
6. Apture F-11
7. Wait for mortor launch and open shutter.
8. Wait for burst to complete and close shutter.
9. Take a couple test shots and view and adjust apture
That's how I got these.
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