Thanks Mike - I saved this one for next time. Mr. BullFrog did not feel
up to going to another fireworks display tonight so we stayed at home.
Unfortunately, the site we were at on the 4th was about a mile and a
half away from the fireworks. Tonight on the news they commented on the
long delay after the first round of skyrockets. The cable that triggers
the rockets was accidentally disconnected and started a fire on the
barge where everything was set up. Happy ending as they were able to
put out the fire and get on with the show. No one was hurt! As we
waited, BullFrog kept saying something has gone wrong - he was right, as
usual!
Aloha,
Pam
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Mike Tufts wrote:
> Hey Pam i didn't have the opportunity this year to shoot any
> fireworks.
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> >From last year the shots i was happy with were at ISO 200 F8 and
> about 2 to 4 stops under exposed for the ambient light conditions.
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> I used Matrix Metering and a 24 mm Prime
> Focus was manual and probably well beyond the Hyperfocal distance
> which would have been about 12 feet. I was within 200 to 400 yards of
> the display though so a different Focal length would be in order in
> many cases [ especially those like yours as you were some distance
> from the action]
> A tripod would of course be preferred and a remote shutter release
> is really handy
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> I shot in Manual but Aperture priority with the Exposure Compensation
> dialed in to taste would be just as good and a lot easier.
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> Timing can be pretty useful as well. Triggering your shot in reaction
> to the initial explosion can eliminate that very hot spot in the
> center of the display. Another option is to start your exposure as
> the rocket is seen rising which will yield the hot spot and some or
> all of the developing umbrella of light but might exclude a second
> rocket from interfering with the first.
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> Hope you have better luck tonight.
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