first attempt at fireworks

[bytesnbarks]

We went down to the river last night to watch the fireworks. I Thought it would be a good time to really try out that manual mode in the new camera... Here are the results



theres a few more on the flickr page
july 4th - a set on Flickr
I got home kind of late and there is a big bash today so I didnt really have time to pick and choose crop and edit yet LOL so theres only a few
Thanks for looking

[leonaashlee]

Very nice work, especially first time. Very colorful.

[deliverymanxas]

Not bad at all! Ill get my first shot tonight as well, hopefully they look as good

[alphasco]

Nice work, especially for a first try.

I noticed some "wiggles" in the trails on the last image. Were you using a tripod? From the EXIF data I see that you shot at 1/4th second and f/8. Anything slower than 1/25th with a normal lens (even 1/50th or 1/100th with longer focal lengths) are difficult, if not impossible, to hold with a steady hand.

To get more of the fainter sparkles and longer trails, use a longer shutter speed (Av) and larger aperture, say 1 or more full seconds, but a tripod is even more necessary for those unless you want really abstract blurs - which can be very interesting and artistic as well.

[Tally Wa]

Not bad for a first time!!

[sheldonc]

much better than my first attempt and it's not something you can try everyday either - well done