Fireworks thread

chrismoore

Anyone get some good fireworks shots last night? I watched a great display over the city/river at midnight.

Alpha_Plus

Awesome shot!! This is San Francisco?

Would you mind sharing your EXIF data and any tips for novice fireworks photographers like myself. I posted mine here.

chrismoore

Thank you, this is Jacksonville. This shot was at f/10, ISO 320 3 seconds. My main tips are: use bulb mode with a shutter release and mid range aperture. That way the focus will be relatively uniform, a smaller aperture will prevent the bright fireworks from being blown, and with bulb mode you can time the shutter to open when the firework first goes off and leave it open until it expands fully. I started at ISO of 100 and dialed up after the first few shots when I noticed they were under exposed.

mtully

Great shot Chris!

Allan FG

Amazing shot.

Sexy6Chick

Wow!! This shot is amazing!!

Numbers Guy

One of the best fireworks photos I've seen in a while. Thanks for sharing both the photo and technique.