Photo Assignment - Fireworks

[icassell]

Well, no one else put it up, so figured I'd start the thread! Hope you all had a wonderful July 4th!

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[lockwood81]

Ormond Beach, FL show:

[DefyinglyGreen]

Great pictures! How do you get them so clear? I'm having trouble with taking fireworks pics.

[lockwood81]

Great pictures! How do you get them so clear? I'm having trouble with taking fireworks pics.

I don't know about anyone else, but I pre-focused on something where the fireworks would be, then set the camera to manual. And used f/11...hope that helps a little.

[RandyB]

I took my first digital photos of fireworks last night after a 2 hour rain delay. After putting the camera away, they started fireworks at 10:30 pm. I did some shot that wasn't worth posting.
Fireworks shots are a big difference with 35mm and digital.

[icassell]

Great pix, folks! Here are a few of mine from last night. I set to about f13 with camera on manual and these were with about 2sec exposure times (cable release on bulb setting).

1) Waiting for the show



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[AdrianBetti]

What did you have the iso at on those? There's a looot of noise. Especially in the last photo.

[icassell]

ISO 100. Not much noise ... glare from ajoining stadium lights and a fair amount of dust.

[John L]

Our fireworks display in Abilene. The camera was set at f8 and 200 iso. I have lots more I just haven't processed all of them yet.

[hsmom]

Here is my first attempt at shooting fireworks. I'm going to another show next month where I should be able to get within about 100 yards of where they are firing, so this was practice

ISO 100
Aperture set at 9
Shutter speed set to bulb

[icassell]

These are wonderful, folks. John L, which lens were you using? I thought about bringing my Sigma 10-20, but didn't. Wouldn't have worked well, though, as ours were not over water and foreground was too cluttered.

[John L]

These are wonderful, folks. John L, which lens were you using? I thought about bringing my Sigma 10-20, but didn't. Wouldn't have worked well, though, as ours were not over water and foreground was too cluttered.

I used the 18-55 lens. I actually brought my sigma 10-20 but decided against using it because I thought I might need a little more range. It turned out I needed even more and I wish I would have brought the 55-200.

[icassell]

Yeah, I thought my 17-50 would be good enough, but wish I had my 50-150. Over water, that 10-20 might be interesting. I wish the shows were longer so I could experiment. It would be great to spend a few days at a place like Disneyland where they have shows everyday and one could tune-up one's fireworks technique.

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