[Banded Drake]

This is about 5 different shots that i threw together ( just playing around ) and thought that i would share it with yall since yall are soooooooo not posting anything lately. .......

all of these were shot at 1.5 sec iso 100 . ap. priority.



thanks for looking





...... Shawn

[Schellamo]

Great stuff Shawn

[Banded Drake]

thanks Schell. this was my first try at fire works ,. I wish i was at a real show , the neighbor had all of these in a kit that he bought so i thought i would see what i could get . Im glad you like them .


I just wish i was around some water to get a reflection too .But beggers cant be choisers

..... Shawn

[EnglishBob]

Nicely done I've tried fireworks a few times and haven't gotten anything even remotely close to usable!

[NT73]

I like the colour you have got. Mine usually appear rather whitish, with the exception being one I posted here a few months back.

[Russt]

Put together nicely BD.........

[Banded Drake]

Thanks Yall ,

it was fun tryin to get these , makes me want to go buy some and go shoot some more . But over water this time .....

I lied about AP priority . I had the camera set a f22


.......... THanks again .. Shawn

[Irma]

My first try with fireworks was very disappointing... I didn't get anything nice....

Your picture is beautiful, Shawn...

Congrats!!

[Banded Drake]

thanks Irma. Glad you liked it . .


.... Shawn

[Keith Alan]

You have hit on a very good setting for fireworks, Shawn.
After having success myself, the recommendation I always make is shutter under 2 seconds to catch full trails without overdoing it, and closing down the aperture to keep the colors from washing out.
And low ISO for clean, noise/grain free skies.
(Of course, a tripod or improvised solid rest is mandatory.)
Good job!

As an alternative to reflections off water--which definitely make for a more interesting fireworks shot, this year I tried including some kids as an added subject.