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| With 4th of July fast approaching, many of you might want some advice on how to get good pictures of fireworks. | ||||||||||||||||||
 TeamTurner Michael & Kelley Turner Post Count: 236 Msg: #1 130 days ago, July 3rd 2009 | With 4th of July fast approaching, many of you might want some advice on how to get good pictures of fireworks. Here's a great article: Fireworks Article | celestoid celeste pascual Post Count: 2 Msg: #2 129 days ago, July 4th 2009 | For fireworks a TRIPOD is very important. Manually set your flash to Off, set your ISO at the lowest your camera allows and you're going to want to set your camera at a longer exposure (which means the shutter will remain open longer). Experiment with different settings, but don't move your camera once you've pressed the shutter! | *on the complete opposite end, if you haven't got a tripod, you can get pretty creative shots by just holding your camera and purposely moving/zooming in and out while the shutter is open. Good luck and take lots of photos! DanP Dan P Post Count: 4 Msg: #3 108 days ago, July 25th 2009 | I had the same question for this past 4th of July fireworks I was planning to attend and somewhere on the web, I came across this advice: ISO = 100, Aperature = F 14.0, and exposure set to 1.6 seconds. Also the above advice to use a tripod and no flash, and to trigger the exposure just before you expect it to go off, and just aim the camera at a specific spot in the sky, don't chase every one that goes off. | After taking my shots, following the above, I would add another: Don't get too close to the action!! I found that I was so close (w/ 55MM EFS lens) that I was continually changing the camera aim, as the fireworks, would shift slightly....and I think a bit further out would have prevented some of that. But I think the above advice is not a bad starting point, and then one can experiment from there...... If anyone is interested, the fireworks shots mentioned above can be viewed at: http://grizzlycreekflyfisher.smugmug.com/gallery/8793085_hyvFn#582132118_CpgeM Number of Users: 3 | Number of Posts: 3 | |||||||||||
