Here are three I took during MVMCP. These are handheld. This time I shot manual mode at 1/10 sec, iso8oo, f3.5. I chose 1/10 because that is about the slowest shutter speed I can use without really trying hard! I chose 800 because my fireworks are always blown out at 1600. and I chose 3.5 because I needed some light for the castle. #3 is definitely my favorite! [This attachment has been purged. Older attachments are purged from time to time to conserve disk space. Please feel free to repost your image.]
i'm going to have to respectfully break rank here and come out for #1, but it's a personal preference i have, i want my fireworks just a little stronger than the castle, i feel 1 does that, when i first looked at it my eyes were drawn first to the star burst then the castle, the other 2 felt like there were two different things competing for my attention at the same time, just my personal tastes showing up though and i have come back a couple of times to check my reaction and i still found myself easily distracted in the second two, in the first i find myself looking at the burst then following down the castle, maybe it's just the way my eyes work?
The first one is my favorite. I really like the red glow on the castle with the red fireworks overhead!
so here's one from my fireworks set, i'm still working on my chops on fireworks, luckily i live in an area that has quite a few in the summer, i'm going to try to work on technique [This attachment has been purged. Older attachments are purged from time to time to conserve disk space. Please feel free to repost your image.]
How cool! At first, I thought you had caught a flying tink or two...the fireworks look bird or fairylike.
