Why is it that it happens right before I have a vacation?
Like right when we go on break, I start to get a sore throat or my nose starts leaking.
Anyways, here's the rest of the fireworks pictures:
I took all of them at 6 seconds.
Once the show started, I didn't really have time to mess with the camera and looking back I should have taken some short exposures.
Here's a crop, just for fun:
I shot long exposure because I wanted to get the trails when they get shot off.
What happens though is some of them get blurred:
Makes my eyeballs all goofy just looking at it!
Again, I should have shot some short exposures but for the most part the images came out okay.
I learned something new which is a good thing.
Okay, I got some negatives to scan and the sick pills are making me sleepy.
Maybe I'll just do some laziness drills.
Practice makes perfect.
Don't you know.
2 comments:
Nice! What would it take to catch the opposite type of fireworks shot? Rather than long exposure flower blooms, a quick exposure "actual" view? Could you catch a non-blurred "real" shot of them exploding?
Thanks! To get short exposures, just go backwards.
I shot these at I think ISO100 f8 at 6 seconds and I was probably a stop hot. Let's call it f8 at 4 seconds so:
f5.6 at 2, f4 at 1, f2.8 at 1/2, f2 at 1/4 etc.
From there bump the ISO.
ISO200 f2 at 1/8, ISO400 f2 at 1/15, ISO800 f2 at 1/30 etc.
If you're shooting digital then that should be a good guide, you can dial it in as you go along.
Looking at those numbers and thinking about the brightness of the fireworks I suspect at f2 your shutter will be faster.
With film I'd use those numbers and bracket the show: shoot some at those numbers, some +1 stop , some -1 stop; or use a meter and pray.
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