Shooting fireworks Tips

I got this link from the Canon EOS newsletter . Thought it might be good to share here.

http://www.usa.canon.c​om …=1&WT.mc_id=EM1​006EO03004

Please do add any info or link which might be useful for shooting fireworks

Very timely. Thanks.

I am having fun setting up long exposures using low ISO's and small apertures and then setting up on a tripod aimed at the area in the sky where the fireworks are happening. I cover the lens with a black hat and remove it when the fireworks are exploding and recover the lens between flashes. It takes a little timing to get the hat off at the right time, and if I do it too long the foreground and background get exposed, but timed right and done for maybe four or five bursts, I can get some interesting "multiple exposures".

Another tip that I have had success with is to set the shutter anywhere between 2 to 4 seconds and shoot when you hear the firework being launched. With some fireworks you'll get a streak going into the burst.

Unfortunately for me I never seem to have a tripod with me when I end up somewhere where there are fireworks.
Good post though

Just shot some fireworks last weekend. Pretty fun and fairly easy. I just sat back and pushed the remote button when the firework was about to explode.
The tips in the sticky on the top of the page are excellent

You mean like the "Sticky" at the top of this section?

PhotosGuy wrote in post #10453265
You mean like the "Sticky" at the top of this section?

Heh! "Stickies? We don't need no stinkin' stickies!"

Great info, thanks for the link. Should be helpful this 4th of July weekend.

This past weekend I found that using a reversed ND filter allowed me to get the slow shutter speed needed for the fireworks while still getting enough light to bring interest to the foreground subjects.

I read that last night and got the green zone thing for my sig

tonylong wrote in post #10454144
Heh! "Stickies? We don't need no stinkin' stickies!"

"Sticky Fingers"
--The Stones

PhotosGuy wrote in post #10457395
"Sticky Fingers"
--The Stones

Hmm!

just get some thing interesting in the foreground. there is nothing more boring then just some bursts in the sky.

Glad someone said it! You need perspective.

CosmoKid wrote in post #10459258
just get some thing interesting in the foreground. there is nothing more boring then just some bursts in the sky.