Advice on snappin' fireworks

[Barry123]

Yo gang.

Just wondering what your thoughts on getting the best shots of fireworks.

do you go for long shutter exposures?
what ISO?
Aperture?
focal length?
light metering setting?

Any examples would be great too

Thanks :)

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[Barry123]

brill :err:

[rushy_23]

Havent got the slightest clue Ads but I would love to take my 30D out tonight with me.
Brought nearly £200 worth of fireworks, would be a shame to miss them.

[TU-Tuning]

Clicky 1 (http://www.betterphoto.com/exploring/fireworks.asp)

Clicky 2 (http://photography.about.com/library/weekly/aa070102a.htm)

Quick search on google hope it helps

[Barry123]

Here's what I pulled out of the bag yesterday

http://www.saxperience.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=2789&d=1162655123

http://www.saxperience.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=2790&d=1162655123

http://www.saxperience.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=2791&d=1162655123


This is my favorite mind:
http://www.saxperience.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=2792&d=1162655234

[Barry123]

posi

cheers mofo :Y:

[TU-Tuning]

No worries. Just got me a flashy camera didnt cost much but as its got all these manual settings and big fancy words i should probably get readin

[Jungle_Jim]

Ad the pics look fine mate, maybe just zoom in abit closer.

i took loads last year in france, from what i can remember i was shooting at about 1/4 to 1/2 sec @ 400 iso not sure what apperture, you could always set it to shutter speed priorty (TV) and let it sort the apperture out itself

http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/1135/bang18qn.jpg

[Barry123]

Good call man :Y:

Was that hand held that shot?

[Jungle_Jim]

yes mate it was, also as for the metering, keep the standard matrix style metering, but your camera is going to get tricked to some extent buy the sudden change from dark to light. its best to just shoot a couple then look at the histogram and adjust the exposure time depending on whether its over or under exposed. once that is set then just snap away :)

you might want to use MF as well as once you have found the place where they go off. otherwise you may miss the shot while the camera is deciding what to focus on as the light is poor. otherwise set it to AI focus that may work.

[Barry123]

defo man...

Lobbed it straight into manual focus..

Great advice on the looking at the histogram... totally forgot about that so cheers man :Y:

[hesslevtr]

gona try some pics on the new phone

some good pics there boys

[Barry123]

muchios grassy ass.

[Barry123]

anyone else with any suggestions?

[TU-Tuning]

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g279/99Westcoast/P1160009.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g279/99Westcoast/P1160012.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g279/99Westcoast/P1160001.jpg

Took those last nite i can find the settings i used if ya want, not sure if theyre any good but i like em.