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[milmomma]

well, by now, some of you have had your fireworks. We still have 2 hours. Kristin, my f-stop only goes down to 3.5, so that means I'll have to lengthen my shutter time, right? I'm bringing my tripod. I think I will do a few on auto to see what the settings are and then go from there. I wish I had a 50mm prime lens that went down to f 1.8. That would be sweet.
Can't wait to see what everyone ends up taking!

Yes and yes... you got the right track.

Its not that hard. A big part of it is getting a good composition of the photo. I was busy volunteering all night last night. But my husband got these with no tripod and my standard kit lens. He is not a photography dude at all. So I firmly believe anyone can do it!

[immom2anc]

well, by now, some of you have had your fireworks. We still have 2 hours. Kristin, my f-stop only goes down to 3.5, so that means I'll have to lengthen my shutter time, right? I'm bringing my tripod. I think I will do a few on auto to see what the settings are and then go from there. I wish I had a 50mm prime lens that went down to f 1.8. That would be sweet.
Can't wait to see what everyone ends up taking!

Yes and yes... you got the right track.

Its not that hard. A big part of it is getting a good composition of the photo. I was busy volunteering all night last night. But my husband got these with no tripod and my standard kit lens. He is not a photography dude at all. So I firmly believe anyone can do it!

Love the spiral in the photos! Tell your hubby, good job! And scraptag, yes, you'll drop your speed down; instead of auto which will automatically try to give you a flash reading, try the P setting. Its just like Auto except it won't tell you to use flash. That part you have to do manually. But it will give you a decent starting point. Have fun! Can't wait to see!

[scraptag]

Ha ha! i still shake it with a tripod! I should have used the timer more, as I don't have a remote, but they look FUN anyways. I'll post when I get th em uploaded. The neat thing is that I took them above the lake, so I have the beautiful reflection.

[Kim2002]

I took some last year using similar settings as I do for Christmas lights. I set the camera mode to M for manual. Then used ISO 100, F22, and a timed exposure (B = bulb) and then varied the length of time from 15 to 30 seconds.

[scraptag]

I think the shutter may have been open too long on these as well, This is the only one that I actually like my squiggles on, because there is so much color. The other ones are just kaka!

[scrappie_stacie]

I think the shutter may have been open too long on these as well, This is the only one that I actually like my squiggles on, because there is so much color. The other ones are just kaka!

You are crazy!!! I think they turned out great!

[scraptag]

I think the shutter may have been open too long on these as well, This is the only one that I actually like my squiggles on, because there is so much color. The other ones are just kaka!

You are crazy!!! I think they turned out great!

I agree....I think that's a great photo....you can have so much fun with this one!

click on my post, there are more in the gallery.

[scrappie_stacie]

Here's my attempt.



http://www.acherryontop.com/gallery_vie ... ,0,,129499
http://upload.acherryontop.com/i/galler ... 64-490.jpg

[scraptag]

Here's my attempt.



http://upload.acherryontop.com/i/galler ... 64-490.jpg

LOVE IT STACIE! And see, yours are straight, squiggly! I'm so jealous.

[scrappie_stacie]

Teri I did so much research yesterday. I was determined to get it right this year... LOL! I have a Sony A300 and I set it to M and used the bulb setting. I don't even know what the heck that means but it kept popping up during my research online. I was able to figure out how to set it on my camera by looking in my camera's manual. ISO was set to 100 and f-stop = f/1.7. Oh and I used a 50mm prime lens. I really wish I understood all of this stuff... you know... "the whys" then maybe next year I wouldn't have to look it all up all over again!

[JDs Mom]

Here is a composite of some of my better shots--I took over 200! I took these with a Canon Rebel on auto "Sports" with the flash off. Here's what I learned: Tripod, tripod, tripod!! I was leaning against a car and it was ok, but tripod with remote will be sooo much better! Next year I will definitely have a couple decent lenses to play with. I want some closer shots! Next year I will try to talk DH into NOT parking in the mall lot with everyone else--they don't turn out the huge street lights and I think it affected a lot of the photos. Next year I will know enough to take it off "auto" an be able to play with shutter speeds, etc. But for the first time out, meeehh...

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BTW--this isn't a hybrid. The tape alpha is digi--DH swears that it looks the real think stuck on that picture! (It's Merkeley, but I'm betting you already guessed that!)

[scrappie_stacie]

but tripod with remote will be sooo much better!

Our fireworks were last night and I almost ran out and bought a remote yesterday before we went. After having my camera crammed up against my face the whole time, I'm definitely investing in a remote for next year.



I think your pics turned out great and your layout is fantastic!!!

[harper828]

Great pictures! I don't have a rebel, but try taking pictures with my SonyCybershot H10, and most came out blurry.

[need2scrap]

OMGosh - everyone's pics are really nice! I still have to look at my pics, hopefully one of these days I will be able to get some stuff uploaded here.

[scraptag]

Carol, those are amazing.
Heck! I'm so ticked about my fireworks, I'm hunting down more to go to. I can always set up outside Disneyland, right?