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July 11, 2007
Photographing Fireworks
The Digital Photography School blog recently had a terrific piece about How to Photograph Fireworks. I knew that a fireworks show was scheduled to take place this past Saturday evening. Instead of going to the show with all my equipment, I opted to stay put knowing that I'd be able to see the fireworks exploding above the trees from the backyard. I struggled to recall what I'd read about the technique/camera settings/what-have-you prior to the event. Sifting through my manuals for both my cameras (a Nikon D50 and Nikon D200) I found a lot of information but eventually just decided to wing it.
I should have had the camera on a tripod but wanted to see what would happen if I hand-held the camera. I wasn't aiming for stereotypical fireworks shots.
Groovy
The results were somewhat surprising and left me thinking oooh, groovy -- a psychedelic spray of light and squiggles and a random item found in one of the images.
Spaghetti
Alien punctuation with UFO
UFO: What IS that!?
Let's put it this way: I had absolutely NO idea what I was doing even though I knew enough to shoot shutter priority and disable the flash. Not bad for a first try and if you're into psychedelic art. :-) I'll know better next time!
Cindy
Comments
I think they're neat! The fun part is in experimenting instead of going by directions.
Brain matter deposited by: susan on July 11, 2007 10:54 AM
I, for one, welcome our new squiggly UFO overlords.
Very interesting effect -- nice work! :)
Brain matter deposited by: Greg on July 12, 2007 8:17 AM
The are kind of cool - different from the typical. You're a whiz with the camera anyway, you are.
Brain matter deposited by: Kat on July 12, 2007 11:21 AM