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.
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I imagine in full resolution it looks awesome. Great stuff ksnyder.
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!
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.
Good work. Steady hand. Try some filters on it to edge sharpen. it could give your some pretty dramatic looking effects.
--Don
guerito Wrote: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