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Halloween Festival with Fireworks
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Wexfords Opera Festival was moved this year to the, ahem, summer as the Theatre Royal is undergoing a rebuild. So, not to disappoint the tradition of fireworks in October the local Chamber of Commerce arranged a Halloween Festival, which funnily coincided with Halloween.
Below are some shots I took of the fireworks. I was playing with settings to get images that I liked but going handheld doesn’t allow for a high percentage of keepers. All were taken on a Sony A700. COmpression has had a funny effect on a couple of them.
60mm, 1/2 sec f5.6, ISO 200, Handheld
70mm, 1/60 sec f2.8, ISO 200, Handheld
30mm, 0.8sec f3.2, ISO 200, Handheld
35mm, 1/25 sec f2.8, ISO 1600, HandheldAlan.
Thanks guys.
I think the camera allowed for hand holding to be honest. If you look at the Exif data I was using borderline handholding shutter speeds but the Sony A700 has an inbuilt IS system that allows, according to Sony, up to 4 stops extra. Realistically that’s around 3 stops max but it’s enough.
Alan.
I tried fireworks before, handheld also, and mine were a complete disaster.
The new Olympus E3 is supposed to have a similar IS system but I doubt if
it’s close to three stops, let alone four. These look pretty good to me, especially
the first two. Well controlled Alan.Rob.
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