July 4, 2010 in Oakridge, OR. Many photographers like to include the surroundings, but I prefer them isolated. What say you?
Fireworks 1
Fireworks 2
Fireworks 3
all three look good...but I like the second one best
I try to do both but when you are shooting long exposures its hard to reset once yer going! You get an atta boy from me!
Mountain View CA. 7/4/11 I like some background, you got good colors in your shots.
Shoreline Golf course
Took this last 4th. Had mixed results that night. May I ask what lens and settings you guys used?
jstar wrote:
Took this last 4th. Had mixed results that night. May I ask what lens and settings you guys used?
I used a Canon Powershot set on auto, I think the type of fireworks has a lot to do with how the pictures come out some have a lot of smoke
Like second one the best. Nice!
I must agree with the others, the second shot is the best! :thumbup:
Our fireworks are on the shore of Lake Morey - if you set up at the other end, you can get reflections. Other than that , settings (Except maybe Lady Liberty in NYC) in my opinion detract from them - the fireworks are the subject, after all!
Fireworks settings: f8, shutter speed on bulb with cable release, open shutter when fireworks trail reaches its apogee and close when the burst just begins to fade.
RLPCEP wrote:
Fireworks settings: f8, shutter speed on bulb with cable release, open shutter when fireworks trail reaches its apogee and close when the burst just begins to fade.
That's what the Canon "Fireworks " mode does, too. (but with a 2-second shutter time) How close do you frame the shot? Tight on the "head" of the shell, or about 2/3 full, and crop later?
I like #2 the best. The background gives the shot depth.
None of these three were cropped. I try to judge where the burst will occur after the first three or so and then frame the shot accordingly. You can see that some of them exceed the boundaries of the framing because the burst is larger or they move in a slightly different direction than the others. That doesn't bother me if I get the essence of the burst. Some produce a lot of white light and will blow out. The shame about fireworks photography is that you usually get to do it only once a year. Here are three more, two of which are OK with the third being a bust. If shooting from a distance, as with fireworks over buildings, you'll have more latitude with framing and exposure. That said, even when the fishin' is good, y' ain't gonna catch 'em all.
Hey! Sorry. Looks like I repeated #2 from the first series. Let me correct that and send one more.
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