Here's my general strategy for taking pictures of fireworks. These a guidelines not rules. 1) Use a nice steady tripod. 2) Use the largest aperture you can. This lets more light in. 3) Use the lowest ISO setting you can. Generally the lower the IOS setting the more saturated colors you get. But keep in mind that it also makes the film/CCD slower. I generally use, 100, 200, or 400. The picture above is 100. 4) Set your time exposure to be the smallest needed to capture the event plus a second or two to allow for error :-) 5) Use non-lossy compression (if you camera supports it) or set your camera to use the least amount of compression possible. Darks scenes tend to show compression artifacts, esp in the dark areas like the sky. 6) Take lots and lots of pictures. Only a few will be truely good.
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Any tips on taking pictures of fireworks?
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Here's my general strategy for taking pictures of fireworks. These a guidelines not rules.
1) Use a nice steady tripod.
2) Use the largest aperture you can. This lets more light in.
3) Use the lowest ISO setting you can. Generally the lower the IOS setting the more saturated colors you get. But keep in mind that it also makes the film/CCD slower. I generally use, 100, 200, or 400. The picture above is 100.
4) Set your time exposure to be the smallest needed to capture the event plus a second or two to allow for error :-)
5) Use non-lossy compression (if you camera supports it) or set your camera to use the least amount of compression possible. Darks scenes tend to show compression artifacts, esp in the dark areas like the sky.
6) Take lots and lots of pictures. Only a few will be truely good.
I hope that helps.
Bryan
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Thanks again.
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i absolutly love ure pictures
im not really an art fan but these. these are so awsome.
good luck and keep on keepin on !!!! :)
Sean
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