 | Discussion on: Image 294 - "The Bombs Bursting In Air" |
| Discussion on: Image 294 - "The Bombs Bursting In Air" |
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| Discussion, revisions and constructive criticisms of Image 294 - "The Bombs Bursting In Air" | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ali Watters (Ali) Msg: #1 July 5th 2005 04:41:35 | Lovely shot Camille - and great to see current affairs making it into the Pig. I'm not seeing any men in red, or shooting or anything :) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Jacqueline (Jackie) Msg: #2 July 5th 2005 04:48:29 | Very Nice! was yours on auto? Can you shoot manual? Did You? Curious minds want to know. very Nice! | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Bob Wallace (BobTrips) Msg: #3 July 5th 2005 04:50:57 | Thought I got one last evening. Turns out I blew a hole though the neighbor's long underwear that was hanging on the clothes line. Guess summer's finally here.... --- Nice photo Camille. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Camille (cnut) Msg: #4 July 5th 2005 06:05:53 | Thanks all for the complements. Never shot fireworks before and I was amazed that I managed to pull this off. I set up a personal gallery with more shots. Bob & Ali, lol! No Red Coats=Safe Tea. ;) Jackie, believe it or not I shot these manually. I googled the net for tips, just like when I shot the eclipse. We went to the same place last year so I knew where I wanted to be. We got there about 1.5 hours early so I had plenty of time to setup the tri-pod, etc. Missed a lot due to focus speed and processing time. I even managed to snap a few sunset shots over a tree line on auto and off the pod though. Now if I could just learn to shoot manually all the time and had a camera who acts faster in low light... | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Jacqueline (Jackie) Msg: #5 July 5th 2005 10:50:50 | I have gotten lazy with the auto this and auto that but if you have questions Im sure someone here can give ya good advice, Thats what we are her for. I'm proud of ya girl, ya did good/ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Andy Leach (RedAndy) Msg: #6 July 5th 2005 12:12:54 | Nice job it looks like a spectacular night :) How far away from the action are you here? I need to know for the next Guy Fawkes night :) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Camille (cnut) Msg: #7 July 5th 2005 14:04:33 | Andy we were about 400-500 feet away from the tubes. The majority of the works exploded about 500-800 feet in the air. I got really got lucky here having only to make a little adjustment to the pan head horizontally after the first one went off. Additional notes: Camera-I did not use digital zoom, IS was on, no cable release was used and I viewed through the LED. Tripod-back two legs equal length, front leg extended longer and the pan head tipped up as well. I really didn’t do too much PP either. Cropped, hit more saturation and sharpen once and resized for Jeber. I have attached the original. Thanks Jackie I am trying. Yep, one can go far with the help from others, thanks all. |
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| Bob Wallace (BobTrips) Msg: #8 July 6th 2005 07:44:58 | I believe that you want to turn IS off when shooting from a tripod. It's for hand-held shooting only. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Camille (cnut) Msg: #9 July 6th 2005 15:22:31 | Bob, take your pick as to why the IS was left on: A. I was not using a cable release. Although on a tripod I could still cause some camera shake. B. I never thought about it. If you picked "B" you would be correct. Do you think it made a difference either way being on? And if so, what? I am willing to bet that I did induce some shake. In this picture look at the big red firework. It was the first to go off (note the missing center). |
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| Camille (cnut) Msg: #10 July 6th 2005 15:57:46 | I feel that the hook effect on the steams was caused by shake. It is even more noticeable in this picture. What do you guys think? |
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| Ben Wouters (baw) Msg: #11 July 6th 2005 20:30:49 | Nice shots Camille. If the exp.time is about as long as the original pic i doubt it's shake. Looks more like gravity pulling the higher steams back and the lower steams accelerating down. About IS, see this link for Nikons system. At the end they have something to say about VR (=Nikon IS) and tripods. Conclusion = it depends ;-) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Camille (cnut) Msg: #12 July 7th 2005 01:24:45 | Thanks for the link and input Ben. I wonder if there is also a difference in how stabilization is handled, mine is in the camera not the lens. I can see how leaving IS active can be beneficial but I do wonder how it can be detrimental. I know with my camera it can slow down acquiring focus and getting the shot off. This is a good question. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Adrian Warren (AdrianW) Msg: #13 July 9th 2005 18:06:17 | Very nicely done - your exposure is pretty close to perfect here! I agree, the kinks in the trails are most likely a combination of gravity and wind. Nothing wrong with them technically. About the only thing I might do is adjust the black point ever so slightly - the background isn't quite 100% black :) I've posted a few fireworks shots in the past on other sites, this is my favourite: Fireflower There's also some good advice about shooting fireworks here, I should know - I wrote it ;) Tips | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Bob Wallace (BobTrips) Msg: #14 July 9th 2005 23:27:20 | Say Adrian, willing to contribute your firework tips to the Members Helping Members forum? | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Adrian Warren (AdrianW) Msg: #15 July 10th 2005 12:51:14 | <looks blankly at Bob> There's a MembersHelpingMembers forum? News to me, I think... Oh well, learn something new everyday ;) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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