Fireworks in Hockley TX

[Mat]

This is the 2nd time I've photgraphed fireworks. Please comment.

[clockdoc]

Nice job of capturing the fireworks during your 20 second exposure at f/16. You must have had several bursts go off during that time. Any lessons learned you can share with the rest of us regarding this technique?

[Mat]

It was actually pretty simple. All I did was set up my tripod, aim my camera where I knew the bursts would be, and set it to bulb. My camera was set on manual exposure and manual focus. When a burst would go off I locked my remote release, and in between bursts I would put a black sheet of construction paper in front of the lense. The next burst would go off and I remove the construction paper. When I felt the exposure was long enough I would unlock the remote. I have several more I'll post in about a week. Now I have a question for you. Under my name in the thread it says point and shoot, how do I change it to DSLR?

[Nicole]

Mat, check out this post on the ranking system. If you want it to change, post more At 50 posts, you become a "digital SLR". And don't forget that in July the more you make posts (as long as they aren't spam, etc) you get more entries into the contest to win a Cam-Pod.