Fireworks

[Yisehaq]

Dear All, please give me your comment on this picture. To give some exif details
Canon 350D
Manual Mode
Tv 4 sec
Av 16
ISO 100
Focal length 46mm (Lens 18-55mm canon)
Tripod and cable release.
It's a bit cropped.

BTW, when I took it to print shop it turned out very ugly.

Thanks.

[tirediron]

Well done; you've got a nice image there. Your settings are good; typically 2-5 is good for most fireworks, and you've got it 'anchored', that is, a horizon against which to judge it. Perhaps a slight saturation boos in post, but other than that, it's fine.

[Nikki2291]

That is really nice, I haven't tried taking pictures of fireworks yet, but I might, that turned out wonderful.

[Yisehaq]

Thanks tirediron and nikki2291.

In other images the smoke of the firework is a great challege. Does anyone have a work arround?

[tirediron]

Thanks tirediron and nikki2291.

In other images the smoke of the firework is a great challege. Does anyone have a work arround?

I don't worry too much about it. With fireworks I'm happy with a 1-2% success rate, that is, 1-2 keepers per hundred images exposed, and quite often I think the smoke adds a little more 'dimenison' to the image. You can however quite often mask it through clever use of levels & curves and layers though.

[kurtdriver]

I don't worry too much about it. With fireworks I'm happy with a 1-2% success rate, that is, 1-2 keepers per hundred images exposed, and quite often I think the smoke adds a little more 'dimenison' to the image. You can however quite often mask it through clever use of levels & curves and layers though.

What make them "keepers"? I didn't realize that the success rate was so low, and was thinking of taking my Mamiya RB67 to tomorrow night's fireworks, but I only get ten frames per roll, I can't afford a low success rate. I guess a more specific question would be "Is there a way to ensure that, in planning a picture that it will be a 'keeper'?" Thanks, Kurt