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Fireworks?
« on: July 04, 2013, 03:41:05 PM »
Is anybody taking pictures of the fireworks tonight? I'm heading over to fort Vancouver. I have never tried. Any tips?

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Re: Fireworks?
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2013, 04:34:52 PM »
Huntbear will be photographing them and I will be painting...we will see how it goes...

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Re: Fireworks?
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2013, 04:36:55 PM »
Is anybody taking pictures of the fireworks tonight? I'm heading over to fort Vancouver. I have never tried. Any tips?

http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-photograph-fireworks

Use a tripod, and if you have it a remote shutter release.  Long exposures are needed to get it right.  ISO 100.  Play with it till it works for you.
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Re: Fireworks?
« Reply #3 on: July 04, 2013, 04:54:52 PM »
It's tricky, here are a few....

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« Reply #4 on: July 04, 2013, 04:55:57 PM »
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Re: Fireworks?
« Reply #5 on: July 04, 2013, 05:39:02 PM »
Some pretty cool pics!
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Re: Fireworks?
« Reply #6 on: July 04, 2013, 05:56:51 PM »
Here are some I took a few years ago. No tripod, just laying on my back.









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Re: Fireworks?
« Reply #7 on: July 05, 2013, 10:09:26 AM »
 Had a wonderful 4th!!!

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« Reply #8 on: July 05, 2013, 10:10:57 AM »

  Here is one more.

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« Reply #9 on: July 05, 2013, 10:12:54 AM »
dang man awesome pics over the water !! those are amazing
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Re: Fireworks?
« Reply #10 on: July 05, 2013, 11:32:22 AM »
Well here is my attempt at fireworks. I wish I would have had a better view.

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Re: Fireworks?
« Reply #11 on: July 05, 2013, 11:40:01 AM »
Awesome Pics!!!!  Some of them are extremely cool!!! 

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« Reply #12 on: July 05, 2013, 04:53:34 PM »
Awesome Pics!!!!  Some of them are extremely cool!!!
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« Reply #13 on: July 05, 2013, 05:09:06 PM »
Wow, you guys have some amazing pictures! :tup:
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Re: Fireworks?
« Reply #14 on: July 06, 2013, 11:44:12 AM »
Though not from this year, here's some I've taken in the past...







Here's a link to the rest, from that particular year...

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Re: Fireworks?
« Reply #15 on: July 06, 2013, 12:48:00 PM »
With the brightness of the fireworks, you need to think in terms of daylight shooting. Tripod and remote are a must, I manual focused on Space Needle, manual priority f/8 or f/11 set to bulb, ISO 100 to ISO 400, push remote when firework starts to explode and release when it is finishing. I shot these with my 24-105 L at 28mm, ISO 400, f/11.

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Re: Fireworks?
« Reply #16 on: July 06, 2013, 12:56:07 PM »
Very cool guys!
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Re: Fireworks?
« Reply #17 on: July 06, 2013, 02:59:51 PM »
As Arrow Head said, you need to behave like you're shooting in almost bright daylight conditions, as far as Aperture and ISO goes.  Shutter must be opened and closed by remote, via Bulb setting.  I open and close slightly different than Arrow Head though.  I open the shutter as I watch the mortar rise into the sky...then I close the shutter, well, whenever I want.  I'll actually leave the shutter open through 3 or 4 mortars sometimes, so they all show up in the same photo.  Any more than 3 or 4 and the photo tends to become too cluttered.  If you're getting too much light into the camera, by keeping the shutter open so long, you can use a black piece of cardboard to "cover" the lens, between each mortar explosion.  Just don't bump the lens with the cardboard.
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Re: Fireworks?
« Reply #18 on: July 06, 2013, 03:45:11 PM »
Very nice arrow head. That's how I ended up taking my shots. I needed a better view. I didn't have too many other option though.

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Re: Fireworks?
« Reply #19 on: July 06, 2013, 04:50:25 PM »
Very nice arrow head. That's how I ended up taking my shots. I needed a better view. I didn't have too many other option though.

Yeah, view point and back drop make a big difference. Here are a couple I took last year with a better back drop, but had a soft kit lens 17-55mm.

 


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