Someone was asking about fireworks photography...
ISO 400 1/3 sec - F 3.5 Sony A300
Longer shutter speeds are better. Gives the full burst as it shoots up and spread out. Last year I did 1/3 second but afterwords I thought longer exposures might be better. Also I was very close and got complete frames. I was less than have a block from spot where they were shooting them off. Then end a pier on the beach. This year I am going to position myself so I get the shoreline and background to. This is in Gulfport Florida along the beach. I can to a park to the west and shoot east to get the whole scene. Also I am thinking of doing timelapse. Just set the camera to take 30sec pictures every 10 secs and put them together to make a video. I did that with one of our local bridges. If you look on youtube for Tony and Chelsea Northrup they post instructional photography videos. They have one specifically for fireworks
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Fireworks are really tricky to get, the light conditions change very quickly, and when you're working in the dark, there's a tendency to over expose. Well done!
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You are awesome to make a post explaining things to me even more and showing me what you got at that 1/3 second speed. Thanks for sharing and being so kind answering a newbies photographers questions.
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You are welcome. It's lots of fun talking about this stuff. I mention this stuff to average people and they just give blank stares... : ? The thing about fireworks, unless you go to disney world or some such place they only do them once a year. If you have a beach or stream or what ever scene you can go back and try again. I was not totally satisfied with my shots last year. In fact my sister took some great shots with her iphone. Some were better than mine as far as timing. I said to myself, next year...
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Both my husband and I are into photography and have our own cameras, might have to have him set up different speeds to test out and me test out other ones, maybe between us we can get a few killer shots
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If both of you like photography you can have a blast together. Back when I was married my wife did not have an artistic bone in her. She was totally bored when I was doing things like photography or music. I would take her to movies showing animated shorts but she did not get it at all. BTW- Chelsea and Tony Northrup have are married and have a major photography education business. Their mutual love of photography lets them be able to work together on what they love doing. And they do a live youtube broadcast that is funny entertaining and educational at the same time. So any one who can share their muse with their spouse is truly blessed.
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That is really awesome, with the nest nearly empty a hobby together is helping us reconnect which is really nice, we are not just always at our computers or watching videos when bored, we are out exploring new places and talking about the shots we want to take.
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Hey! First time to connect with you my friend! and i love it!!
Hope your day is going great!, do have an amazing day altogehter !
I wish to connect with you more!!
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Seems like a bit blur. Did you use tripod or the place is windy?
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You are going to get motion blue with fireworks. In fact that is what you want to capture. I actually should have used a longer shutter speed. I was shooting f22 so the depth of field was ok. I could have changed to ISO 100 and that would have increased my shutter speed. I was shooting with a tripod and a cable release. I put it on continuous the the released locked and the camera just kept shooting.
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I agree to have longer shutter speed. Fireworks shooting is like light painting.
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Yes exactly. Only with fireworks you only get one chance per year unless go disney or something.
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Good stuff. I've never been able to shoot good fireworks shots. Thanks for listing the stats. I'll try again this year.
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