Friday Night Fireworks

[benlonghair]

So it was a great night for fireworks, and I have a great spot to watch them in Killingly, CT. Here's a couple of shots I got. They are both full frame, uncropped. The bright glow is the guys setting them off and the lines in the bottom are cars going by on the highway.

Taken with a tripod, bulb setting and a remote.

(Looks better on black.)

(Looks better on black.)

 

[rusty9]

i like these, but i wish the shutter speed wasn't as long, especially for the first one. at first glance i thought it was OOF. i like the way the blue firework in the second came out. ut the gold sparkly ones don't look good with such a long exposure. try again tonight with a different shutter speed

 

[benlonghair]

i like these, but i wish the shutter speed wasn't as long, especially for the first one. at first glance i thought it was OOF. i like the way the blue firework in the second came out. ut the gold sparkly ones don't look good with such a long exposure. try again tonight with a different shutter speed

Shutter speed's got very little to do with it. The aperture is what controls the exposure of the fireworks. The first one is a 7.8 @ f/5.6 sec exposure, and the second one is 5.9 @ f/6.3. (The only thing shutter speed effects in these photos is the background's exposure, which is just how I wanted it.)

And really, there was no exposure, just me opening and closing the shutter with my remote. Both captured what I wanted them to capture, the full extent of at least one of the shells in the shot.

Last year I had problems with getting half an explosion. This year was better.

If you look at the original shot (huge file) it's in focus.

 

[R.D.]

I like them, not as much as the lady who posted hers but still, I like them

The blue one is cool in the second and I love the glow from them setting them off

cheers.

 

[rusty9]

i like these, but i wish the shutter speed wasn't as long, especially for the first one. at first glance i thought it was OOF. i like the way the blue firework in the second came out. ut the gold sparkly ones don't look good with such a long exposure. try again tonight with a different shutter speed

Shutter speed's got very little to do with it. The aperture is what controls the exposure of the fireworks. The first one is a 7.8 @ f/5.6 sec exposure, and the second one is 5.9 @ f/6.3. (The only thing shutter speed effects in these photos is the background's exposure, which is just how I wanted it.)

And really, there was no exposure, just me opening and closing the shutter with my remote. Both captured what I wanted them to capture, the full extent of at least one of the shells in the shot.

Last year I had problems with getting half an explosion. This year was better.

If you look at the original shot (huge file) it's in focus.

a longer shutter speed is what's capturing the motion.