Fireworks shot

[yb98]

What do you think about this shot ? (didn't find a monument or something like that to place it in the foreground...)

http://bellik.free.fr/fa1.jpg

DRebel 18-55

Yacine.

[blinking8s]

pretty cool, i dont quite get how you take pics of fireworks, does the autofocus work, or you just gotta be quick with the manual and hope it comes out?

[Radtech1]

pretty cool, i dont quite get how you take pics of fireworks, does the autofocus work, or you just gotta be quick with the manual and hope it comes out?

Uber Easy -

Put the camera on a tripod, manual focus at infinity, manual exposure at widest apeture, and choose any exposure time from a tenth on up to a second or two. I perfer lower ISO as that will underexpose (and hence darken) the smoke cloud from the previous detonation.

Then just sit there with your finger on the remote (Reduces camera shake - Yes, that occurs EVEN on a tripod when you actually press the button.) and when you see one launched ....GO!

Cha-ching

Rad

[yb98]

pretty cool, i dont quite get how you take pics of fireworks, does the autofocus work, or you just gotta be quick with the manual and hope it comes out?

I did use manual focus (adjusting it through the viewfinder) and tried apertures between f8 to f16. You can see the exif info in the share forum here :
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=35386

Yacine.

[KO_300D]

That is a very nice shot! The colours and the balance of fireworks is spot on.

But since I spotted the power lines I haven't been able to see the picture without them :(

KO