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Blyth - Northumberland


Blyth - Northumberland
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Copyright: Mark Mowbray (Markie) Silver Star Critiquer [C: 12 W: 0 N: 3] (193)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-11-04
Categories: Event
Camera: Canon 400D
Exposure: f/8, 30 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-11-05 15:39
Viewed: 381
Points: 6
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Part of the Blyth in a new light festival.

Not a very good image with poor sharpness but its a first attempt at fireworks photographs and I would like your comments as to how to improve. I did find the focus difficult with my canon 400D

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Good composition Mark, you timed the shot well with lots of light in the sky at the one time, tripod essential it seems.
I was out there tonight but got nothing. Autofocus is a waste of time with fireworks, nothing to lock on to. I tried manual with varying degrees of success but as they were all hand held I've deleted them all!
TFS,
Neil.

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  • [2007-11-05 16:39]

Hellou!

Good capture! I liked the composition and colours

TFS
Ana

Hi Mark,
Not bad for a first attempt, the exposure was way too long for this as the material in the air has lost all of it's colours and is over exposed, I would recomend trying ISO 100
F11
Exposure between 3 and 10 seconds depending on the brigtness of the material in the air, a tripod is a must for this and a cable release, try and stay well back from the display area and you will have a better view, if you can get to the display site in daylight you can pick a good spot and set up, focus on the fireworks being set up and you will be ok for the display, if you get a chance have a chat with the pyro team, they should be more than happy to talk to you, I know we welcome interest when we are firing a show, ask them what type of material is being fired etc and work out from that how best to set up the camera, if they are using a 6" max size shell it will have a lift of 600' and a pattern spread of about 60'.
I hope this helps a little
Regards Andy

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Hi Mark,
I know what you mean, fireworks are tricky! It's very difficult to compose the shots as you've only got a vague idea where the next one will be. As Neil says, it's easier to use manual focus. I got a load of shots at our local display tonight (one of which I'll post tomorrow) and found it easier to take lots of shots on a wide aperture with shutter speeds between 2 and 25 seconds. While using a tripod, obviously. Another good trick is to cover the lens with a piece of black card in between bursts, if you're using a long exposure.
This is nicely composed and there's plenty of action. If it was sharper you'd get two points!
Hope this is useful,
John.

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