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Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

07/02/2005 09:37:24 AM · #1

Well, a little town near me decided to do their 4th of July (United States Independence Day) fireworks last night. So, I took the family over to watch and also took along my camera... over position wasn't the greatest, a McDonald's parking lot.

I took 70+ photos, I would appreciate any comments on these.

They were shot from with a Canon Rebel XT with a Sigma 18-200 zoom set (mostly) at 8 seconds & f22...

Nolpster

Nikon Coolpix 4100

07/02/2005 09:48:44 AM · #2

Wow, these are great photos. I especially like:

and

Not really sure why i like these particular ones but they were the photos that stood out for me. You've inspired me to take some firework photos now. Gonna have to wait a while for a fireworks display in the UK though ;)

Chris

rscorp

Nikon D70

07/02/2005 09:50:46 AM · #3

Pretty impressive. Our town's fireworks are tomorrow night and I was going to give it a shot, but we'll be on a friend's boat and I can't imagine it will be steady enough to get anything good. Nice shots.

Man_Called_Horse

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

07/02/2005 09:52:26 AM · #4

aguapreta, what was the ISO?

How did you avoid streaking from an 8 second exposure?

Were you mostly at 18mm or tighter?

where do storks come from?

Message edited by author 2005-07-02 09:52:57.

Sigma 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical HF for Pentax

07/02/2005 09:56:37 AM · #5

Originally posted by swinging_johnson_v1:

aguapreta, what was the ISO?

How did you avoid streaking from an 8 second exposure?

Were you mostly at 18mm or tighter?

where do storks come from?

I set the ISO at 400.

I am not sure what you mean by streaking... I had my clothes on.

I varied the zoom through out the range, going to a maximum of about 100mm.

My mom never told me where storks come from.

Here are a couple of helpful articles...

//www.digicamhelp.com/how-to-photograph-fireworks/how-to-photograph-fireworks.htm

//www.nyip.com/tips/current/firewks.php

Message edited by author 2005-07-02 17:49:58.

Pug-H

Pentax K10D

07/02/2005 10:03:20 AM · #6

I'm a bit worried about what it says in the Digicamhelp article - it says to place your digital camera where the fireworks will explode. It doesn't explain the logistics of doing that, nor how to retrieve the camera safely once it has come back down to earth. ;-)

smilebig4me1x

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

07/02/2005 10:09:59 AM · #7

great photos! i cant wait to try this myself tomorrow night with my new Z1(just got it in feb).....just to let ya know, the golden arches are copyrighted ;)

SJCarter

Canon EOS-7D

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

07/02/2005 10:17:17 AM · #8

Great shots! (I like the one with the golden arches... j/k)

My favorite is the 5th one (smallest of the bunch). You've inspired me to give it a shot as well on Monday night. :-)

Thanks for sharing!

Beagleboy

Canon EOS-30D

Tokina AF 12-24mm f/4.0 AT-X Pro DX

07/02/2005 10:41:32 AM · #9

Good shots guys. For myself, I prefer to include some landscape into my foreworks shots to give them a bit more context. Like this:

Strikeslip

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

07/02/2005 11:01:10 AM · #10

hmm, rather serendipitous that a current challenge is "Circles" and it overlaps with the 4th of July, and even with the 1st of July, for Canadians. I wonder how many fireworks shots we'll see, I know I got one good one.

CorySmith

07/02/2005 11:42:40 AM · #11

wow the one with the Mcdonalds in it was my favorite ;)

Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro for Nikon

07/02/2005 05:27:58 PM · #12

bump

mystical_princess

Canon EOS-5D

07/02/2005 05:45:14 PM · #13

Good tips, Will have to use tonight.

wmprkg

Nikon D70

07/02/2005 05:51:06 PM · #14

Those are all great shots. My first attempt at fireworks didn't go quite as well. I got 1 shot out of 100 that I would publish.

It's a good thing I can try any night I want at this location. :)