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Fireworks
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what is the best settings for taking fireworks at night {obvisouly} its not at a display
thanks paul :roll:Hi Paul, use a tripod and a remote shutter release, a middle of the road
aperture of f8 to f16 and a wide angle lens as it is hard to guess where
the firework with explode, you can always crop in later, low ISO and manual
focus, you dont want too long of an exposure but if you are using a remote
you can use bulb mode and press the shutter just as it is let off and release when
it has exploded.Hope this is of some help, :) Gee I sound quite knowledgable dont I? haha!
Plan to go out and about this halloween to see if I can get a few. Good luck.A great trick of the trade is to use a very long exposure, then use a lens cap to block the lens between bursts, lift the lens cover when you hear one on the way up. You should end up with a nice large collection of bursts.
Aye, that’s great advice. A low ISO, a moderate aperture and the camera in bulb mode. Cover the lens between bursts (you can hold a sheet of thick card in front of it – fixing the lens cap each time might be a bit fiddly) and remove it when you hear the fireworks coming.
Check the first exposures to see if the fireworks are exposed correctly – too bright, go to a smaller aperture. Too dark, go to a larger one.
Cheers,
PeterThanks for the advice i have posted a few atempts in abstract im getting there but its costing a fortune in firewors and petrol from naas to jonasbridge
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