Venetian Night Fireworks

[gluwater]

Well here it is, my first attempt at fireworks. I took peoples advice in here and they seem to have come out OK. I can't tell if they are out of focus or if that's just how they look at the settings I used. All were at ISO 100, 22mm on the 10-22mm ( I should have taken some at 10mm and tried for reflections off the water, DOH!), f/8.0, and most are at 3.2 sec but some were between 2.5 and 8 sec. I set the focus to Manual and went to infiniti and then backed off just a little, I'm not sure if that worked well though. Let me know what ya think.

Nick

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[ian408]

some cool looking fireworks!

ian

[Dee]

Hope they are in focus, but they sure look good at web size, excellent exposure too.

[gluwater]

Thanks Ian and Dee, it means a lot coming from you. I was very pleased with the exposure Dee, I did darken the shadows slightly in post to get rid of some of the smoke and I darkened the highlights slightly in some of them if they were a little overexposed.

Nick

[Invective]

Love the first one, with the skyline. Looks awesome :thumb

[gluwater]

Love the first one, with the skyline. Looks awesome :thumb
Thanks, that's one of my favorites also. I just wish I would have thought to widen the shot and get pictures with the fireworks reflecting off the water. Oh well there's always next time.

Nick

[Dani]

heh... that 2nd one looks like a smiley face :rofl

[gluwater]

heh... that 2nd one looks like a smiley face :rofl
Cool, I never noticed that before!
Thanks Dani