Any photographers in here?

[WillD]

On a tripod with a shutter release cable. Manual mode with a long shutter speed, maybe 2-3 seconds, and an aperture of F8 to F16. Is a good place to start.

You can also play around with bulb mode and/or lower apertures.

 

[Goliat6288]

On a tripod with a shutter release cable. Manual mode with a long shutter speed, maybe 2-3 seconds, and an aperture of F8 to F16. Is a good place to start.

You can also play around with bulb mode and/or lower apertures.

interesting... what if no tripod is available?

 

[WillD]

Steady hands! (2thumbs)

Or just use whatever is available. The ground, a railing, a ledge, chair, etc.

 

[Goliat6288]

Steady hands! (2thumbs)

Or just use whatever is available. The ground, a railing, a ledge, chair, etc.

no steady hand... not even close lol. thanks for the advice... now lets see if i do it

 

[sleeper3]

tripod is a must.

f/8 might be a little slow... I'd probably start out closer to f/4... depends on the background of your photo.

 

[Goliat6288]

well the sky should be dark when they start at around 9:20pm and the background would be NYC.

 

[WillD]

That's the great thing about digital! Instant feedback. You'll just have to experiment and see what works best for your desired effect combined with the conditions that you are shooting in.

The sky will be dark but the fireworks give off a lot of light. How much of the frame is full of fireworks will play a party in determining your shutter speed.

Another thing I just thought of is the smoke from the fireworks. You want to try and find a spot to watch where the smoke won't blow at you. If you don't, about halfway through the show all your pictures will look smoky and not the crisp clear fireworks action!

 

[FlyinHawaiian]

Ok...here's some sort of challenge... Photoshoot ideas. Let's hear them.

1) Zombie Apocalypse
2) Urban Sprawl
3) Something to do with summer...
4) I've always wanted to do something with girls and airplanes...

 

[WillD]

I like the sound of #4. Something like this: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R78pg7Tjf...600/U179P4T380D1164F12105DT20090808115736.jpg

 

[WillD]

My friend picked up a new Camaro the other day so I snapped a few pictures of it. Here is one:

I wish the background wasn't green.

 

[sleeper3]

I like the green-ness!

what you needed was a 70-200 f/2.8 or a 400 f/5.6 to fuzz up the trees.

 

[WillD]

That would be nice.

I sold my 70-200 f/4L a year and a half ago with the intent to upgrade and of course I haven't replaced it yet. I desperately need a telephoto lens of some kind.

That shot was F/2.8 at 33mm. With my Tamron 17-50 f/2.8 and 60D.

 

[Shasta]

 

[FunkyBuddha]

Could've shot it at 50mm. THe bokeh would've been really good too at 2.8

 

[FunkyBuddha]

 

[WillD]

Could've shot it at 50mm. THe bokeh would've been really good too at 2.8

Thanks for the tip. I'll give it another go this weekend.

 

[sleeper3]

yes, the longer the focal length, the closer the background looks, but also, more blurry. That's why I said 400mm. it would have looked HAWT.

 

[Vocko]

That shot was F/2.8 at 33mm. With my Tamron 17-50 f/2.8 and 60D.

How are you satisfied with that lens? VC? Thinking of buying it.
Anybody else, thoughts on that lens?

 

[WillD]

I'm extremely satisfied with it. IQ is excellent. I've had it about 2-3 years so I don't have the one with VC.

At half the cost of the Canon 17-55 f/2.8 you really can't beat it.

 

[Vocko]

Got some more (hi-res) pics with it?