[ksnyder]

I took this at an annual fireworks event in Santa Barbara,CA. I steadied my camera the best I could and got this image of a few kids watching a roman candle.

[Petographer]

I imagine in full resolution it looks awesome. Great stuff ksnyder.

[shuttertalk]

Great effect, ksnyder!

The exposure does it perfectly for me. I love how the background is a nice blue, and the smoke has a beautiful glow to it. Well done!

[guerito]

Beautiful! I'm just wondering, did you use the camera's automatics or did you set everything manually? I'm asking because I wouldn't know how to do it, I'd probably try automatic mode.

[Don Schaeffer]

Good work. Steady hand. Try some filters on it to edge sharpen. it could give your some pretty dramatic looking effects.

--Don

[ksnyder]

Beautiful! I'm just wondering, did you use the camera's automatics or did you set everything manually? I'm asking because I wouldn't know how to do it, I'd probably try automatic mode.

I need to check the exif info but I believe I used aperture priority set open as much as possible, with the flash off and let the camera do the rest. I also used a tone map to lighten it. I attempted to sharpen it but it ruined the roman candle efffect. I don't remember what I used to steady it, I usually find a pole or edge of wall.

Ken