Inspiring Photo: Fireworks Finale! #448782

Fireworks Finale!

Uploaded: July 07, 2004 02:41:25

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Connecticut - Fireworks (a single photo w/Flood)

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Kelly Abernathy July 07, 2004

Beautiful! Love the use of the flood filter here! -K #145411

Bonnie C. Lackey July 07, 2004

Makes a wonderful image, Carolina... #635012

Rob Friedman July 07, 2004

Well shot, Carolina and I also like the flood filter effect (very creative)! #635032

Allan L. Whitehead July 07, 2004

Marvelous capture and presentation, Carolina, I love the effect you've used here. Very well done, my dear friend - Allan #635044

Joy Brown July 07, 2004

Terrific! #635046

Carolina K. Smith July 07, 2004

Good Morning K., Bonnie, and Rob :)
Well, I had to try out the Flood filter at least once in my life (lol)!

This was shot in Chester, CT w/tripod. I usually shoot in RAW, but chose to go jpeg (2.2 MB before Flood,to get faster reload times) with the automatic 'fireworks show' setting on my camera, which turned out to be F/8 at 4 seconds.

This was the first time I shot fireworks. Thanks for the comments :) #635064

Colleen Braun July 07, 2004

wow... #635084

Carolina K. Smith July 07, 2004

Thank you, Allan, Joy, and Colleen! Have a great day :) #635111

Donna J. Taff July 07, 2004

Beautiful, Carolina!!!! #635223

Carolina K. Smith July 07, 2004

Thank you, Donna :) #635319

Wally Orlowsky July 07, 2004

Great colors and good use of flood filter, Carolina. I just shot my first fireworks this year too ... not too bad, but wish I had a "fireworks" setting. #635328

Carolina K. Smith July 07, 2004

Thank you, Wally, for your comments :)
I took about 100 photos, and all the exif info showed same, F8 (the smallest MY camera has) and 4 seconds (the longest time MY camera has). It also chooses to set at 'infinity' distance.
I had read an article on shooting fireworks, which basically said the same... choose a small aperature, infinity (or 'mountain')distance setting, and x number of seconds. I'm sure you could duplicate this on the manual settings of your camera. I certainly would have, using RAW setting, except if I had chosen RAW, I'm sure I would have missed a lot more because of the slower reload times. :) #635363

Gianna Stadelmyer July 07, 2004

Great shot...and first time out, Carolina! I was so hoping to do the same thing...first time shooting fireworks, but ours were rained out! LOVE the flood effect here. Gives it a unique edge:-) #635487

Carolina K. Smith July 07, 2004

Thanks for your comments, Jan! Beginners Luck, or, thank God for auto settings, sometimes :)
Sorry you were rained out :(
I remember going to a balloon festival 2 years in a row, where no balloons took off due to weather :)
Have a great day! #635546

William C. Raco July 07, 2004

You did a bang up job on this one, Carolina.
You captured the entire burst in the frame.
Excellent detail and exposure.

bill #636188

Carolina K. Smith July 07, 2004

Hi Bill :)
I used the widest setting on my camera (35mm equivalent). Then I cropped a bit off the top so the works would fill the frame entirely.
Thanks :)
#636211

William C. Raco August 14, 2004

A bang up job on becoming a finalist, too ;-)
Congratulations, Carolina

bill #708164

Carolina K. Smith August 14, 2004

Thanks for your kind words, Bill :) #708251

Deborah Sandidge August 14, 2004

Great work, congratulations, Carolina! #708828

Carolina K. Smith August 14, 2004

Thank you very much, Deborah! #708841

Susan T. Evans August 14, 2004

Congrats Carolina, terrific image, well deserved!!! love it! #709078

Carolina K. Smith August 14, 2004

Thank you, so much, Susan! #709348

Kelly Abernathy August 14, 2004

Congratulations! -K #709567

Donna J. Taff August 14, 2004

Congratulation's, Carolina!!!!!!! #710007

Allan L. Whitehead August 14, 2004

Carolina, congratulations on having this photograph in the finals. Its very much deserved. Very well done, my dear friend - your good friend, Allan #710132

Carolina K. Smith August 14, 2004

Thank you very much, Kelly, Donna, and Allan :) Your support has been very much appreciated! #710353

Colette M. Metcalf August 14, 2004

Congrats, Carolina!!! #710471

Karen Engelbreth August 15, 2004

congratulations, Carolina! #711322

Kathleen Clemons August 15, 2004

Congrats, Carolina! #711950

Carolina K. Smith August 15, 2004

Thank you so much, Colette, Karen, and Kathleen! #712182

Paul Michko August 16, 2004

Congrats, Carolina. #714667

Carolina K. Smith August 16, 2004

Thank you so much, Paul :) #715226

Stephen Zacker August 22, 2004

Congratulations, Carolina! #727581

Carolina K. Smith August 22, 2004

Thank you very much, Stephen :) #728080

August 17, 2006

Great work! #3177381

August 17, 2006

Here is another article about Fireworks Photography from the 2006 HSBC Celebration of Light #3177385

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