One thing about colors at night — they normally look a lot more intense in a digital photogaph than they look to your eyes, since your color vision is suppressed in low light. You might regret pushing the color too much… and you can always choose velvia or another type in post.
I’m back to add one more thing: Be careful to avoid over-exposing your fireworks shots, since that can blow out color channels. (Actually, pushing a _little_ past the blow out point on highlights is probably OK, but don’t go too far.
One great thing about digital photography compared to film is that you can do a few test shots, check the image and the histogram, and make quick adjustments.
Another trick: If you are going to be making long exposures and you want to figure out your exposure time… crank the ISO way up to figure out the exposure without waiting for long exposures to complete. Then do a little simple math to figure out what shutter speed to use at base ISO.
One thing about colors at night — they normally look a lot more intense in a digital photogaph than they look to your eyes, since your color vision is suppressed in low light. You might regret pushing the color too much… and you can always choose velvia or another type in post.
Jun 20, 2026 at 08:49 PM
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