Canada Day Fireworks in the Maritimes

[Galiven]

After seeing the post on the front page of DPS with suggestions on how to shoot fireworks I was anxious to give it a try. Yay for Canada Day.

This shoot was a lot of firsts for me. First time ...

1. shooting at night
2. shooting with a tripod
3. shooting long exposures

Here are some of my favorites. It was a great learning experience me. EXIF the same for all shots. Only post production was cropping and resizing.

Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi
Exposure: 6
Aperture: f/10.0
Focal Length: 25 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire









Lots more photos in the set if you want to see more. Happy Canada Day everyone. (And happy 4th of July soon US friends.)

[fstopMike]

Very well done! these are very well exposed and I love the reflections!

[leonaashlee]

Awesome! One of these days, I'm going to try those. Love looking at them.

[Alan Willis]

great shots; I've never done fireworks so appreciate the list of 'firsts". Great stuff.

[yolanda_b]

Yay! Heheh. I took my first fireworks shots too, it was interesting and I learned a few good things, like next time to get a bit closer or use a zoom lens LOL

[harsh.kataruka]

Galiven, these are awesome shots..

i like the 2nd one the best, the 6 sec exposure tracing the whole path of the fireworks, ending with the fountain of lights beautifully...

thanks for sharing this.