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p.2 #1 · Show us your Fireworks!! (upgrade.2009)


Someone called the forum police! Someone will be going to forum jail!

Shiva, that image is amazing...simply amazing.



Jun 27, 2008 at 01:29 AM
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p.2 #2 · Show us your Fireworks!! (upgrade.2009)


Thanks for your advice guys. Great shots too!


Jun 27, 2008 at 02:35 AM
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I just bulbed mine, not sure if I will get the chance this year to take any firework pictures or not yet this year.
Scott






Edited on Jun 27, 2008 at 03:21 AM



Jun 27, 2008 at 03:19 AM
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I also think that low ISO and f/16 in manual mode with bulb exposures makes the best fireworks captures because higher ISO or larger apertures tend to overexpose the fireworks and so burn out the colours towards white, causing loss of colour saturation near the centre of each trail. The exposure is determined by the brightness of the fireworks and the fact that they are moving across the image. If they were static then they would just go white in the photos. Because they are moving, the shutter speed is not critical other than to let you capture the right amount of fireworks for a pleasing composition and to prevent too many overlapping explosions that would also burn out to white.

It gets a lot harder when you try to include surrounding landscape features because then shutter speed can be far more significant to get the correct exposure of the background (non-firework) parts. Compromises may be needed.

Using a tripod prevents too many wiggles in the firework trails but handheld can make some interesting effects if used in moderation.

In general the firework trails we capture in photos are a lot longer than we see on the night with our eyes. We need the trails to better represent a moving light show on a stationary snapshot. A bundle of point light sources is rarely as impressive as showing a reasonable amount of trails. Sometimes very long trails work ok but usually there are too many other explosions going on during the exposure for the result to be pleasing in a photo.

- Alan



Jun 27, 2008 at 07:39 AM
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p.2 #5 · Show us your Fireworks!! (upgrade.2009)


Here are a few from a year or two ago.

http://www.pbase.com/conklinphotography/image/49598263/medium.jpg


http://www.pbase.com/conklinphotography/image/49598261.jpg


Here is a link to the rest of them



Jun 27, 2008 at 08:29 AM
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p.2 #6 · Show us your Fireworks!! (upgrade.2009)


My fireworks shots have never been close to what you guys are posting, so I won't embarrass myself by posting. It would be great for those who posted their pics without information, if they could add any shooting details and advice. Thanks guys, some really nice work here.



Jun 27, 2008 at 09:06 AM
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A few of mine from last year:

http://i.pbase.com/o6/64/394364/1/81900988.hr2wvZs4._V3Z5865.jpg

http://i.pbase.com/o6/64/394364/1/81900551.LpFSncMM._V3Z5842.jpg

http://i.pbase.com/o6/64/394364/1/81901193.MiP7XXuO._V3Z5887.jpg

I use the same techniques that have already been discussed.

Edited by rachp on Jun 27, 2008 at 08:14 AM GMT

Edited on Jun 27, 2008 at 09:14 AM



Jun 27, 2008 at 09:10 AM
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I haven't taken many fireworks photos, unfortunately. This is about the only one. This was taken out my front window at my house in Germany (when I lived there). I believe this is New Year's Eve 2005 or 2006. Yes, these are the fireworks that my neighbors set off in the street. Taken with my old DRebel, and probably the Sigma 18-125mm, but I can't remember.

http://www.jordansteele.com/forumlinks/newyearsfw.jpg

This is also a composite of photos I took from a boat on Lake Michigan, looking towards Chicago. It's not a real scene, as I had no tripod and no way to keep the shutter open long enough to record a sharp city and then streaking fireworks (which aren't perfect since I was moving during their exposure). So, the fireworks are taken seperately and then inserted into the pic of Chicago. Taken at the same time, and all on July 4, but it is not a real image (which is likely apparent anyway).

http://www.jordansteele.com/forumlinks/chicagofireworks.jpg

Edited on Jun 27, 2008 at 09:22 AM



Jun 27, 2008 at 09:10 AM
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Here is my best shot from last year. I have a better version someplace with less noise but I cant find it right now. Sorry for the large size.

http://blog.liquidretro.net/Images/fireworks2007/_MG_2275_1.jpg

Edited on Jun 27, 2008 at 09:40 AM



Jun 27, 2008 at 09:39 AM
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wing tong wrote:
These are all just great! But there is something about this one that is very simple but eerie, ominous, and surreal!



I agree the simple three adds so much to the landscape.



Jun 27, 2008 at 09:51 AM
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And a few of mine from last year...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3204/2616195846_4e0db7e202_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1347/727995897_dfea317b8e_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3170/2616202886_026eac4302_o.jpg

Looking forward to this 4th this year. Hope the smoky sky (I'm in northern California) has cleared by then.


Edited on Jun 27, 2008 at 10:14 AM



Jun 27, 2008 at 10:07 AM
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p.2 #12 · Show us your Fireworks!! (upgrade.2009)


Here are a couple I took three years ago in Charlevoix, Michigan.

Taken with a Canon 20D and Sigma 18-50/2.8 (didn't have my 17-55 yet)



1s f/8.0 at 33.0mm iso100
http://www.pbase.com/rs2/image/46905353.jpg


2s f/8.0 at 46.0mm iso100
http://www.pbase.com/rs2/image/46905355.jpg



Jun 27, 2008 at 10:41 AM
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bump


Jun 27, 2008 at 01:21 PM
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damn, shivatron. me like.


Jun 27, 2008 at 01:44 PM
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"Yes, but more importantly, I betcha they are all shot with Nikons (since only Nikon can make camera able to take these shots)"

What? That's the most absurd thing I've read here in a long time. Mine were made with Canon equipment.



Jun 27, 2008 at 11:27 PM
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Whats your reasoning here?

paccots wrote:
Yes, but more importantly, I betcha they are all shot with Nikons (since only Nikon can make camera able to take these shots).




Jun 28, 2008 at 09:48 AM
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p.2 #17 · Show us your Fireworks!! (upgrade.2009)


Great shots guys. Keep them coming. Let's not dishonor our forefathers who gave their lives to give us this great America we know today by making this into another Canon vs Nikon thread. Let's celebrate this Fourth of July for America and symbolically for all other countries' Independence around the globe by showing us your Fireworks please!

Edited on Jun 28, 2008 at 11:13 AM



Jun 28, 2008 at 11:09 AM
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A couple from an event last year. I prefer to have a foreground in my fireworks shots.

http://i30./wtzpe0.jpg

http://i32./ampqxh.jpg



Jun 28, 2008 at 11:36 AM
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http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1201/721949566_4bff30cb04_b.jpg



Jun 28, 2008 at 04:31 PM
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Here are some, that I shot during Thunder Over Louisville 2008. It is widely regarded as one of the Largest Fireworks Shows in the World, and is the longest at 30 minutes.

These were all shot with my 5D, 70-200 @ f/11 or f/16, ISO 100, Bulb Mode, & Cable Release/Tripod

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2020/2428714557_90734dfcb9_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3180/2429513070_911e424dcd_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3160/2428702203_59aef02fee_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2044/2429514548_c4a1df8bb5_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3065/2428702913_3f8ff5d2a1_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2026/2428703339_8228cb199b_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3130/2428703475_e35c7d0606_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3047/2429516156_0d2ea6edef_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2235/2428704283_eb83914684_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3249/2429521378_98382739c3_o.jpg

Here is the direct link to my gallery on Flickr, of all the images from Thunder: Images from Thunder Over Louisville 2008

Edited on Jun 28, 2008 at 05:28 PM



Jun 28, 2008 at 05:15 PM
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