Shooting Fireworks
Posted February 18th, 2007 @ 12:06pm by Erik J. Barzeski
To shoot fireworks, a generalized setup is:
- Use a tripod or something else stationary.
- ISO 100-200 is fine. You want longer exposures and a dark(er) sky.
- Use "bulb mode" on your camera.
- Focus on infinity at whatever focal length frames the fireworks.
- Experiment until you get the timing down, but starting at about 30 seconds is good.
Only six more months or so until I can try this out! 😀
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Posted 18 Feb 2007 at 2:32pm #
30 seconds??? no way. i usually am shooting at f/8 and around 3-4s.
i've got the exif up on most of the shots here in this set:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ron_richardson/sets/485752/
Posted 19 Feb 2007 at 4:22am #
I'm with ron here, although I'd even use max aperture and a higher ISO so I don't need a tripod. Of course, I use manual exposure to underexpose the picture and get a dark sky.