As you may have noticed, I have been doing a lot of reading on the Digital Photography School blog lately. A recent post gave tips on taking pictures of fireworks, and since 'twas the season, I had to give it a try. So I got myself a beginner's tripod and set it up on our rainy rooftop yesterday evening to try out some shots of the July 4th fireworks. I had to get there early to stake out a good spot, but got some decent shots in spite of the rain and slightly slanted rooftop.
All of these were taken at ISO 200 with shutter speeds varying from 1/2 a second (the last shot) to 10 seconds (the shot above). Though I experimented with some lower apertures, I found f8 served me best.
Thursday, July 5, 2007
Fourth of July
Labels: Color-Coded, Experiments
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5 comments:
not bad Elizabeth....I better watch out! One tip, try to manual focus (using your hands) on the buildings so that they are in focus. Good stuff!
Thanks photojournal! I actually WAS using manual focus but definitely could have gotten sharper shots of the buildings. I suppose the rain didn't help!
I think they look great. Nice job.
Here is a nice shot done from NJ side:
http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070705/480/c98968ee2faa4b0990e74f3c7443ac16
Oooooh excellent!
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