Fireworks

[BBJ]

Hi All , well here is some very rushed shots as i was busy doing motoX and all of a sudden bang. So rush to my gear change lens get rid of flash, grab tripod and rush to the oval, ok realised i was too close as some were very big. I set manual focus to inf and about F8 30 sec and used my hat to cover lens and took away when i heard a bang, anyhow here is a few shots. Not good but yeh.





Cheers
John

[mudder]

Not good I'd be very happy if I managed that... Look great

[BBJ]

Andrew it was very rushed, i should have been ready and setup further away and 15 mins before it started, but was a mad dash and now i have to wait another year before we will see anymore.

[psionic]

I love the idea of using a hat and the 30s shutter for timing your shots... I've played with a few prosumer camera's with "fireworks" modes that are based on the light meter hitting a particular trigger point. I've been wondering how to do this with the D70 so I'll certainly give it a go at the next fireworks show

Even with the shots being rushed the results look good... The colour and shape of the last image looks great.
/M.

[Catcha]

2nd shot looks most impressive, for rushed shots they look pretty damn good to me, wonder what a not so rushed job would produce

[Alpha_7]

For rushed shots you did great BBJ, so where all of these 30sec exposures ?
I think my favourite is the last one, its a tad more simple and very "flower like" .. John what lens where you using ?

[Potatis]

Not good??? These are stunning!

[BBJ]

Thanks all, just got outa bed late nite and slept in, Graig i used the kit lens i just took the filter off.

Ok #2 is a 30sec shot couple of 5sec and a 20sec shot, but i was too close to the action so to speak as some bogger blast i missed but well they turned out ok it is something that i maybe could have done better i think if i planned it more but as we only have these once a year and these ones are better than the ones i took at out show here where i live.

Strange really because this was held 50 klms away a small town and they had a lot better fireworks than here.

[mitedo]

Nice shots John i like the last two shot's great colours
Also like your Moto x Freestyle pic's

[Sheetshooter]

Some other fireworks ....

[BBJ]

I would love to get shots like this, i gather new years eve or something but yeh nothing happens here on that nite so yeh these are good pics as well, i think the longer the exposure the more trails you get so faster shutter to say like 5 secs or so will prolly eliminate some of this.
Like everything here they dont go long enough to really try get the best setting, all i can do is try a different ones each year.

[Hlop]

Very good fireworks, John! I'd be happy if I manage to capture something like this Well done!

[the foto fanatic]

Excellent images from both BBJ and SS! Well done.

[waspo]

Man, these a really great shots John! I've always wanted to try this. I didn't know you needed such a long exposure time. Do you set for 30sec coveriing the lens then uncover after the bang and cover again?

[BBJ]

Yes Jase thats what i did, but also did some at like 5 secs and so on but instead of getting like 1 shot i held hat over lens as to get more than 1 Boom as to speak in the 1 frame, just a try and see how it goes.

[Willy wombat]

Some nice pics in there John - the last one is my favorite. I think the trick to nailing a really good fireworks shot is to get something else into the shot for perspective. Lake, building, SH bridge, etc.

Still - I think yours are very nice.