Fireworks 4th of july weekend thread

[felix21685]

got to go out on sunday night (3rd) for some fireworks.

figured we need a place where we can share some of our shots :)
i took alot but roughly looking through them here are a few.
i have more but its 2:16 am..:)
enjoy.
comments welcome..

edit: yes this is my first try at this..:):lol:

[felix21685]

2 more
should have gone a little wider on the 2nd but most of them were in the area of the 1st 3 pics.

[atch]

ok here's some of mine and more here in my new pbase account. (http://www.pbase.com/teg9/july_3rd_fireworks_at_lake_pleasant) Tried to get some background but it's just too dark in the boonies.:)

(http://www.pbase.com/teg9/july_3rd_fireworks_at_lake_pleasant)
http://www.pbase.com/teg9/image/45686178.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/teg9/image/45686177.jpg

[neutral]

http://inevitabletruth.org/upload/imgs/CRW_3201-01.jpg
http://inevitabletruth.org/upload/imgs/CRW_3224-01.jpg
http://inevitabletruth.org/upload/imgs/CRW_3228-01.jpg
http://inevitabletruth.org/upload/imgs/IMG_3251.jpg


That's a few of mine, last night was my first time shooting fireworks. Tonight I'll be shooting them again, in my town.

[Aethyr]

Any tips for shooting fireworks that I should know for tonight? I don't have a tripod (wish I did but I don't have the $$) but my lenses are listed in my sig. Which should I use? What should my settings be?

[blu82]

Lovely everyone thanks

[wayne53]

Any tips for shooting fireworks that I should know for tonight? I don't have a tripod (wish I did but I don't have the $$) but my lenses are listed in my sig. Which should I use? What should my settings be?

It's going to be extremely hard without a tripod. My best suggestion is go out and buy a cheap one, you can get one for ~$20. Or make a remote shutter release.

[neutral]

Any tips for shooting fireworks that I should know for tonight? I don't have a tripod (wish I did but I don't have the $$) but my lenses are listed in my sig. Which should I use? What should my settings be?

You're going to have extreme difficultys without a tripod.

[nextworld3]

awesome fireworks! love them the colors are beautiful! keep em coming!
shanni^^

[berto]

wow! all the cool people are doing it! yesterday july 4(i'm a day ahead of you guys in the states). i photographed these. i thought they came out pretty nice.

http://photos17.flickr.com/23538470_488f1e7deb_o.jpg

http://photos16.flickr.com/23538439_acfbbb84ee_o.jpg

[felix21685]

i used a 20 dollar tripod which was wobbly..but hey it worked and i didnt have a remote shutter release..i even turned off mirror lock up just to get more shots..
if you want to save up for a better tripod .
use a beanbag ontop of your car!.
we just sat by our cars because the stadium was packed (at a raceway).
anyways i may also suggest 4 sec SS and f/8 or even f/11
some of my shots ..the colors were washed out because of the faster aperature.

[luisv]

Nice pictures everone.... here's one of my own. Taken on a beach in Florida...

Canon Digital Rebel
Canon 28-135 IS
Handheld
ISO 100
f/22
1.3 seconds
WB - Auto
AutoFocus

http://www.vazweb.com/images/dpreview/IMG_8236.jpg

[myth337]

Felix.. Nice! The first two (ok..first three) are Incredible!! I have taken many shots with film, probably too many, and was really curious as to how they would look digital.
For lack of an available tripod this weekend, I didn't get any shots. (ok.. I could have used the bean bag thing, and I've got a cool window mount suction cup thingy too.. but I only remembered that there were fireworks when I heard them booming in the distance.)
.. Lee

[felix21685]

Lee,
thanks for the nice comments :)

funny actually
this year we went to a racetrack and the stands were packed by the time we walked over there etc.
so we just walked back to the parking lot and set up a few chairs right there and i think the shots turned out better this way than if we would have been closer to them.
we sat down drank a few water bottles :) it was hot.. and then the fireworks started..
then i set up the camera which took forever :D and attempted to rig up a cork with a string so i wouldnt have to hold the button down since i dont have a remote but ended up just pushing it down alot ! :) it was fun.. im pleased for my first attempts.

[myth337]

First Attempts?? must have missed that.
Most of my good shots have also been taken from some out of the way place, where there aren't so many distracting people.. ;)

[Racer23]

http://racer23.dotphoto.com/CPViewAlbum.asp?AID=2588204

Posted this link into the "Other" section also.

C&C?

[Aethyr]

Bah... I did have a lot of trouble w/out a tripod, but I don't want to spend money on a cheap one and then later on buy a better one, so next year I'll probably be equipped with a tripod and cable release. However... the effect I got from not having a tripod came out pretty cool, so I'm just going to pretend I meant to do it that way. Haha.

http://www.red-december.net/albums/album01/picture_064.sized.jpg

http://www.red-december.net/albums/album01/picture_081.sized.jpg

http://www.red-december.net/albums/album01/picture_088.sized.jpg

http://www.red-december.net/albums/album01/picture_106.sized.jpg

http://www.red-december.net/albums/album01/picture_107.sized.jpg

http://www.red-december.net/albums/album01/picture_134.sized.jpg

http://www.red-december.net/albums/album01/picture_166.sized.jpg

[neutral]

http://gallery.inevitabletruth.org/fireworksjuly3

[mdmedicgod]

OK.....Its 23:30 I just got home here is one quick one

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/Skydogs/IMG_6191.jpg

[tupe]

I kinda like this one (rocket lifting off):
http://typelogic.com/photos/liftoff.jpg
4", F/4.5, ISO 200, handheld.

[rebel61021]

Just got done with our fireworks here in my Home town and I thought I would post a couple shots that I took from my front yard. This was my second try at shooting fireworks the first time was a terrible failure. These are a little better Please tell me what you think.

[MTalley]

My efforts essentially went out the window. I had everything set up before I even went out of the house. Camera set to Manual mode, ISO set to 100, shutter set to Bulb, aperature set to f/16, kit lens installed (widest lens I have). Made sure I had my tripod mount, tripod, remote release and a comfy seat.

Walking around the grounds before the fireworks show, I decided to see if I could fire off a couple good shots of people enjoying the evening's events before the show. Clicked over to ISO-800, did a few test exposures, nothing much to get. So, back to the chair, set up on the tripod again, double-checked all my settings (except, unfortunately, the ISO setting) and waited for the show to begin.

Also, somewhere along the way, I ended up at full zoom (55mm). I started clicking away on the remote release, cussing myself for sitting so close and having fireworks spill out of the frame. Click, cuss, click, cuss.... After about 80% of the show was complete, I realized I had the lens zoomed the wrong way. Got what little was left of the show at full wide. Unfortunately, I remember the ISO-800 setting after I got home.

Regardless of my poor memory skills, I did get one decent shot. And this was before I zoomed back out wide. At least I shot in RAW. :D

[Richiyaado]

Thought I'd give it a try with my XT and the kit lens. This is probably the best of the lot, shot from the pier where the Natchez docks along the river in New Orleans.

[Richiyaado]

One more from New Orleans. I know the fireworks are overexposed, but I sort of like what happens with the people in the foreground during the 8 second exposure.

[2goldens]

My remote quit working tonight. :evil: :evil: :evil: I took some pictures but I wouldn't put them up for people to see. :o :o

[Jwreich]

Here are two from my gallery... It was a great time. I had to go out twice, because I wasn't prepared the first time.

All were taken with a 2 sec shutter at F11 using a Tamron 28-75 in Manual Focus set to Infinity.

You can see more of my favorites in my gallery,

http://www.jphotographic.com/galleries/fireworks/

[felix21685]

wow guys nice shots ! cool pics :)

[anttor]

from tonight [the 4th] http://img19.echo.cx/img19/4570/picture170copy0fp.jpg

[Jwreich]

You know, I really need something like a 10mm - 22mm for these Firework shots. Humm, how can I get my wife to agree to buy a lens just for Fireworks?...

[wayne53]

http://premium1.uploadit.org/tylerwayne//7-4-05156edit.jpg

http://premium1.uploadit.org/tylerwayne//7-4-05084edit.jpg

-Tyler

[DanStephens]

Wow...you guys got to see some big 'uns. I was stuck taking pictures of dinky little fountains :/

No worries though. Its getting SO SO late, so I just sized these down real quick. I took about 200 tonight.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/ddotspot/Fireworks/Bamboo.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/ddotspot/Fireworks/1605.jpg

[boomerang]

A shot from last night by the water.

[Skippy29]

Gotta throw my first attempt in!

http://www.themxzone.com/photogalleries/FWweb/index.htm

[sid]

This one's probably the best one I got

[Learner]

i posted some in a new thread b4 reading this, sorry bout that, but heres a link to what I took last night. The first few of are my hubby and son:) No one at the school had any big fancy fireworks, but they still were fun!

http://66.90.97.25/Canon/Gal-1g/index.htm

P.S. They are lg file size, so a few friends (that shot off) could print.

[Thordic]

I'll toss up two I took that I liked. I brought the wrong lens this year and forgot the other at home so I couldn't get a wide enough angle for most of my attempted shots. I still gave it a try and ended up taking 72 pics, and only five came out ok.

Never shot fireworks before so I wasn't sure what settings to use but I think they came out ok.

http://www.thordic.com/images/fireworks.jpg

http://www.thordic.com/images/fireworks4.jpg

I didn't mess with that second one hardly at all, it came out like that.

These were taken in Nutley, NJ last night.

[jfrancho]

Irondequoit Town Hall, King's Highway, Irondequoit, NY.
http://plan-b.smugmug.com/photos/27186079-L.jpg

http://plan-b.smugmug.com/photos/27186024-L.jpg

http://plan-b.smugmug.com/photos/27186082-L.jpg

[Learner]

jfrancho, i luv the last one, looks almost surreal with cartoon stars, very nice, but the full size is unbelievable!~

[Learner]

awsome shots and you said this was your first try? wow, good job and the sky in the background really adds to it very beautiful shots! Gotta throw my first attempt in!

http://www.themxzone.com/photogalleries/FWweb/index.htm

[jfrancho]

jfrancho, i luv the last one, looks almost surreal with cartoon stars, very nice, but the full size is unbelievable!~Thanks! My favorite is the first, it really looks like a palm tree. All shot on bulb using the remote. The star effect is from the cheezy bokeh on the kit lens - six blade iris, I think. It really excels at night shots, stopped wayyyy down. I started with the 50 f/1.4, but it was too smooth, and too long. You can see the rest here (http://plan-b.smugmug.com/gallery/637893/1/27186056).

[Learner]

cool jfrancho, thanks for sharing, those are great pictures:)

[felix21685]

nice shots everyone..
now for next year i should get a remote :)

[mdenigris]

My contribution.

http://i.pbase.com/v3/44/573744/1/45697668._MG_2506_comp_sm.jpg

[GenEOS]

Put one on my homepage:
www.dmtphoto.com

[belmondo]

Sparks, Nevada

http://www.onlinephotographers.com/gallery/albums/Hot-August-Nights/Fireworks.jpg

[Jettanout]

Well this was my first attempt...nothing special 6 second shutter speed and a cheap tripod...

[GoneFission]

Wow, there are some fantastic shots here! Here's my humble contributions:

Gotta have the palm tree in California! (yours is better, jfrancho) :)
http://www.gonefission.us/photos/albums/america_festival/1597-fireworks_small.jpg
http://www.gonefission.us/photos/albums/america_festival/1640-fireworks_small.jpg
Thanks for looking!

[felix21685]

i just love the ones where everything just flies straight out from the center..totally straight..
like a start blowing up or something :)

if i have a fireworks shot and i need to crop it..lets say the fireworks are 25% of the pic.
how large do you think i could blow them up and not make them look funky?
8x10?

[phisch22]

I'm kinda happy with this shot I took, but I have some other ones that I like better but I can't work on them right now because my laptop with all my photo's and editing software has been down for some time now.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y200/phisch22/fireworks1small.jpg

[Skippy29]

awsome shots and you said this was your first try? wow, good job and the sky in the background really adds to it very beautiful shots!

Thanks! Yeah it my my first attempt at shooting them. I got lucky, I really like how they came out : )

[cerveza4lu]

This was my 2nd time shooting fireworks, took 52 pics and kept 8. This was the one I liked the most. All comments are welcome.

[trippinbillies40]

Here's mine! Hope you enjoy!

http://home.cinci.rr.com/davidstaco/bimmer%20sfw/Fireworks%201sfw.jpg

http://home.cinci.rr.com/davidstaco/bimmer%20sfw/Fireworks%202sfw.jpg

http://home.cinci.rr.com/davidstaco/bimmer%20sfw/Fireworks%203sfw.jpg

http://home.cinci.rr.com/davidstaco/bimmer%20sfw/Fireworks%204sfw.jpg

[Marauder61]

Nice pics everyone! Here's a few from California

http://www.pbase.com/image/45798174/original.jpg


http://www.pbase.com/marauder61/huntington_beach_4th_of_july (http://www.pbase.com/marauder61/huntington_beach_4th_of_july)

[1goodshot]

I took about 115 pictures, here are 2

[felix21685]

haha sounds like me i took alot of pics..but hey thats how u start..:)

[MadMesh]

I wish i was able to get out and shoot fireworks ... i was too drunk to move =)

[trippinbillies40]

lol. Come on man. Drunken fireworks pix could be considered art! Just should have had someone wheelbarrow you out to the show and stick a point and click in your hand. :)

[MadMesh]

ill never touch a point and shoot again! I can use my camera drunk... thats usually what i do at family weddings. =) I just didnt have a ride to the fireworks !

[MadMesh]

by the way... ALL the fireworks pictures are GREAT!

[fotogeek]

http://www.functionforge.com/forums/uploads/post-3-1120616383.jpg

http://www.functionforge.com/forums/uploads/post-3-1120616660.jpg

[SnowSpyder86]

Here's one of mine
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyelrod/23412512/in/dateposted/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyelrod/23412512/in/dateposted/