| Missed the fireworks? Pic's of the fireshow! - Click HERE for Original Thread |
| eclipse.soul |
| i would have some wonderful pics id share with everybody, but i wasa in a huge rush going to the fireworks and left my battery one the battery charger back at home :mad: i was so pissed off...anyways great pics! :thumbup: |
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| coldrsx |
| nice pics...they were indeed very good this year. |
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| JoshP2002 |
| Wow. Makes me wish I went to them. |
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| EK9Hatch |
Nice shots! :thumbup:
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| unlimited |
| great pics man! ours sucked haha, typical fort mcmurray fireworks |
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| walkur1 |
I'm going to assume you have some photography experience and own an SLR. If not, what camera do you use?? :lol:
Just curious, how did you choose which settings to use? Or did you just shoot with auto? I was thinking about bringing my Rebel XT down and trying my luck, but had no clue where to start and didn't end up going. Oh, and great pictures! :thumbup: |
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| blondy |
:( I had to work last night...we lit sparklers in the parking lot lool
Those are awesome pictures THUD...great job with the camera !! Thanks for sharing them...
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| THUD |
Well walkur1 I wasn't going to say anything but I have an confession to make about the camera I was using, as some of you know I have been walking around since 2001 with my good o'l trusty film SLR and I like it...alot!
So ya long story short I finally got a digi SLR (rebel XTi) and I got it that afternoon and put my 75-300mm lens on it and played around till the fireworks went off and snapped around 360 photos in the time span of the show.
A tripod and my remote shutter switch are a must, setting on manual I used street light's and skyline to gauge how long was to long of an exposer for the chip and knowing that fireworks varies lot's I was constantly adjusting the speed as the show went on.
Most speeds for it was no more than a -1/3 sec +0"3sec and for the really bright stuff I went +1/6sec or faster if I had time which cause some pics to get funky from the movement, I did do a few at 2sec and it streaked jelly good.
So ya there will be more pic's than ever from me :thumbup: :beer: |
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| walkur1 |
Sounds like you have a pretty sweet setup :thumbup:
What film SLR did you have? I love film as well, but digital is so much more convenient, especially because there is no cost once you have made the original purchase. I want to get a decent zoom lens, but haven't found a good deal yet. As of now I only have the 18-55mm kit lens and the 50mm 1.8 prime lens. I guess trying to shoot in the dark without a tripod would have been a disaster. I should look into getting one of those, along with a remote shutter.
What ISO were you using? Awesome work, keep it up. |
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| THUD |
Cheap tripods at XScargo $10 and the remote I have is the wire that plug's with a switch for a $50.... it's rape, try an cableless one IR remote.
Uhmmmm ISO was 400 and some other setting was on portrat...hmmm I have not even loaded the soft were on my comp nor even open the instruction manual, files were on medium with a lil 1/4 curve on M 1540 pics hmmmmm what the lil step mean, ya it's got functions I have never played with yet. |
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| walkur1 |
| That M with quarter curve means you're shooting with medium resolution with fine quality. the little step/stairs means coarse (?) quality (don't use it...). I'd recommend you at least use L with quarter curve, if not RAW. I originally shot with L-fine, but I've compared identical shots between RAW and .jpeg, and the RAWs have better color reproduction. They take more space, so if you have a small CF, L would be the better choice. Reading the manual helps alot... I still learn something new everytime I open it. |
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