Newbie - fireworks pics - comments

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Nice shots, to get rid of that light background you can bring up the
contrast a heap, I did this on #6 and it looks much better.

"Muxton" <jake@jake.org.mungbeans.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> Recently I took some photos of a fireworks display and concert at
> Warwick Castle - http://gallery.jake.org.uk/wkfworks - EXIF data
> available by clicking on "photo properties".
>
> I'm pretty new to photography, so a lot of it was guesswork, but for
> my first attempt I'm fairly happy with the results.
>
> The camera's a Canon Powershot S70. Exposure is generally 10 to 15
> seconds (15 is the camera's max) and the aperture is set to f8.0,
> again the camera's max (or should that be min?!). The camera was
> mounted on a tripod and the shutter released remotely using the infra
> red remote control. Most of the images have been cropped, some
> heavily, and then uploaded at 2 megapixels max. Other than cropping
> there have been no further adjustments.
>
> My own comments:
> - Sometimes 15s exposure can be a bit limiting, especially when the
> fireworks are more sparse.
> - Could do with a smaller aperture when the fireworks are more
> intense, some of the pictures appear burnt out.
> - The fireworks are offset from the stage, but in a field of 4,000
> people you can't be picky about your location!
>
> Comments and suggestions for improvement welcome!
>
> Thanks
>
> Jake
>
> p.s. it was a fabulous concert :-)

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"Muxton" <jake@jake.org.mungbeans.uk> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 09 Aug 2005 07:47:13 GMT, "Pete D" <no@email.com> wrote:
>
>>Nice shots, to get rid of that light background you can bring up the
>>contrast a heap, I did this on #6 and it looks much better.
>
> Thanks Pete
>
> I tried your tip on pic #6 and the result was excellent!
>
> I also tried it on one of the longer exposure pics, and it brings out
> too much of the blue in the sky, so I'll have a play and find out some
> other ways of tweaking those.
>
> Jake

Cool, next time remember to try at F11.

Cheers.

Pete

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Muxton, you did fine!!! And you're absolutely correct, 15 seconds is
limiting (30 is much better if the sky is indeed dark enough).

There is a term in photography for defining the portion of the image that is
in "sharp" focus (sharp being relative).....it's call hyperfocal distance.
It's that aperture setting that everything within a certain near distance to
infinity is in focus. It varies with the focal length of the lens -- the
wider the lens, the wider the aperture may be to capture a sharp image.
There are tables on the web that tell what those hyperfocal settings are for
a given focal length -- Canon's web sit might even have it for the S70's
lens?? Hmmm, and those will probably be in 35mm focal length so you'll need
to do a conversion to your digital camera lens.

Hope this helps.

"Muxton" <jake@jake.org.mungbeans.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> Recently I took some photos of a fireworks display and concert at
> Warwick Castle - http://gallery.jake.org.uk/wkfworks - EXIF data
> available by clicking on "photo properties".
>
> I'm pretty new to photography, so a lot of it was guesswork, but for
> my first attempt I'm fairly happy with the results.
>
> The camera's a Canon Powershot S70. Exposure is generally 10 to 15
> seconds (15 is the camera's max) and the aperture is set to f8.0,
> again the camera's max (or should that be min?!). The camera was
> mounted on a tripod and the shutter released remotely using the infra
> red remote control. Most of the images have been cropped, some
> heavily, and then uploaded at 2 megapixels max. Other than cropping
> there have been no further adjustments.
>
> My own comments:
> - Sometimes 15s exposure can be a bit limiting, especially when the
> fireworks are more sparse.
> - Could do with a smaller aperture when the fireworks are more
> intense, some of the pictures appear burnt out.
> - The fireworks are offset from the stage, but in a field of 4,000
> people you can't be picky about your location!
>
> Comments and suggestions for improvement welcome!
>
> Thanks
>
> Jake
>
> p.s. it was a fabulous concert :-)