Is it time to start a Fireworks thread?

davev

If it is, here's one of mine.

ian408

Heck ya!

Do you have any tips for the budding Fireworks Shooter?

TIA!

davev

None that you should really listen to.

If your area is having a display for more than one night, (we're getting them for 6 nights in a row) go out the first night and try a couple of things, see what you need to do, look around, see if you're at one of the better spots for taking them.
I'll give you the EXIF on that shot, maybe it will help.
I Shot in manual mode, 6 sec, f20, ISO 100, frame a little larger than you need to, and crop down to size.

Your earlier shots on a calm night will have less smoke in them, than the later shots. For the grand finale, drop the shutter down some, with all the explosions, it really blows out the shot.

I used a Canon 30D with a Canon 28-300is lens for my shots.

Some folks like to have the "trail" going up to the explosion, some don't.

A couple more from Monday night.

Skippy

davev wrote:

If it is, here's one of mine.

Man I love fireworks shots and I love these ones too Dave
.... Skippy
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davev

Thanks Skippy.

ShepsMom

These are great!!! I'm going to try and see what i can come up with. Never shot fireworks before, but will give it a try.

Awais Yaqub

Beautiful shots love fireworks

PhilH

Absolutely superb, roll on November 5th

davev

Thanks folks.

Add some of your own shots, and try a few things in post, like B&W.

SitterS

Dave that last one is really nice. Like these in BW.

Shane

com3

good stuff! i've never taken firework shots before...hoping i can get something mildly decent tonight.

Zanotti

Sometimes its neat to have a non classic (ok, mistake) shot of fireworks:





I liked the two colors and shapes, so I combined them in Photoshop:




I hope you guys think these are a cool as I do -

Z

StevenV

Boy, with all the great photos so far in this thread I feel pretty inadequate.

Here's Wills Park, Alpharetta GA USA:





more at http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenv/

ABCaptures

here is one.. i have the rest on my flickr account if you would like to see more. this is one of my more favorites..not as well done as a few others but i was pretty pleased concidering i havnt been doing this for more than 6mos manually. This was also my first attempt at fireworks

I switched between M & A/V to get different effects. my settings were ISO 100, AV 8.0, 1/8


heres my link for the rest!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/abcaptures/

tlee

Just for the fun of it......


The Diva of Fireworks

Dalantech

Some really excellent shots!!

ajgauthier

It's Firework Fraggle!

tlee wrote:

Just for the fun of it......


The Diva of Fireworks

She looks like a Fraggle (Fraggle Rock for those who remember)

pjb923

I'm really loving all the variations. The black and white and out of focus shots are really interesting.

Here is my contribution. I haven't had a chance to pick through the rest of my shots yet.

tlee

ajgauthier wrote:

She looks like a Fraggle (Fraggle Rock for those who remember)

You are right! She does look like a fraggle!

com3

mine are pretty garbage...



but i did like the spectator shot (the woman, my kiddo, and his grandma)

~Jan~

Great shots, everyone! I do remember Fraggles.

I found last night that I really suck at firework shots. Wish I'd asked for the settings to use BEFORE going.

Anyhow, I did capture this shot. DOesn't it look like the men are on fire?

scottV

Here are a couple of my favs from last night.

nikos

A couple of daisies

ajgauthier

match your daisy w/ a dandelion
match your daisy w/ a dandelion (from last year)

Shima

I'm still uploading the rest, but here's one to get started:
Will post more after work tonight.

rwells

Here are some of mine... First time try at fireworks.

mmroden

Beautiful! I should've looked for this thread before posting my own.

But then again, since I couldn't seem to get the tripod to stop wiggling, maybe it's best not to put my shots next to these

davev

Great shots so far.

Keep em coming.

LiquidAir

mmroden wrote:

But then again, since I couldn't seem to get the tripod to stop wiggling, maybe it's best not to put my shots next to these

Gad, yes. I was shooting from quite a distance with zoom at around 200mm and I was having a lot of trouble with camera motion. Toward the end I finally got it to settle down.

Sadly, since I was shooting from a hill above the show, I have a rather cluttered background, but here's a couple shots of the Marin County Fair:

This one is sharp:


This one is a bit shakey:

tlee

nikos wrote:

A couple of daisies

Very Cool!!

Travis

tlee wrote:

Very Cool!!

Wow! Futuristic daisies!