Fireworks - river hong bao

yanyewkay · 23rd February 2005

a slightly different background for fireworks

hope it works. comments/critiques welcomed.

Cheers

Edit: taken Jer's advise and corrected white balance

thanks Jer

Thread shifted to http://forum.clubsnap.com/showthread.php?t=118292 with more fireworks pics

Jer · 23rd February 2005

Very good catch you have there. I personally would prefer a cooler feel to the whole scene by applying a blue filter especially the sky portion

ransoma22 · 24th February 2005

Yes it work. Pretty neat.
Anyway, you can do this

1) Crop to 3:2
2) Duplicate a layer, change to SCREEN
3) Opacity to 33% or around there to your taste
4) Flatten Image
5) Increase saturation to 30%.

For the above, you achieved tighter frame, eliminate dark patch of foreground
Increase brightness for background
and Vivid saturation for your fireworks *which is should for fireworks*

Cheers~!

snowspeeder · 24th February 2005

Might want to hold the shutter speed a little longer.

yanyewkay · 24th February 2005

ransoma22: thanks for the advice. i had already applied a new layer and "screened" for my background.. looked ok on my laptop but now looks pretty dark on my office CRT. I can't crop it 3:2 becos it would be waaay too near the fire works at the bottom

decided to leave it at 3:4

snowspeeder: haha that's the limitation of my camera. only 3sec shutter max.

Thanks everyone for the valuable feedback.

will work on the pic again tonight. think my laptop screen isn't calibrated properly...

snowspeeder · 24th February 2005

Originally Posted by yanyewkay

ransoma22: thanks for the advice. i had already applied a new layer and "screened" for my background.. looked ok on my laptop but now looks pretty dark on my office CRT. I can't crop it 3:2 becos it would be waaay too near the fire works at the bottom decided to leave it at 3:4

snowspeeder: haha that's the limitation of my camera. only 3sec shutter max.

Thanks everyone for the valuable feedback.

will work on the pic again tonight. think my laptop screen isn't calibrated properly...

3 secs shutter should be ok, perhaps its the timing of the fireworks?

23rd February 2005	#1
yanyewkay Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Cons digger. Posts: 4,046	Fireworks - river hong bao a slightly different background for fireworks hope it works. comments/critiques welcomed. Cheers Edit: taken Jer's advise and corrected white balance thanks Jer Thread shifted to http://forum.clubsnap.com/showthread.php?t=118292 with more fireworks pics __________________ “How fortunate for leaders that men do not think.” - Adolf Hitler Last edited by yanyewkay; 26th February 2005 at 09:42 AM.

23rd February 2005	#2
Jer Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: West Posts: 587	Very good catch you have there. I personally would prefer a cooler feel to the whole scene by applying a blue filter especially the sky portion __________________ Jerfotography Nikon D300 Power by iMac

24th February 2005	#3
ransoma22 Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: KTV Lounge Hall Posts: 1,205	Yes it work. Pretty neat. Anyway, you can do this 1) Crop to 3:2 2) Duplicate a layer, change to SCREEN 3) Opacity to 33% or around there to your taste 4) Flatten Image 5) Increase saturation to 30%. For the above, you achieved tighter frame, eliminate dark patch of foreground Increase brightness for background and Vivid saturation for your fireworks which is should for fireworks Cheers~! __________________ http://www.lexpixels.com

24th February 2005	#5
yanyewkay Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Cons digger. Posts: 4,046	ransoma22: thanks for the advice. i had already applied a new layer and "screened" for my background.. looked ok on my laptop but now looks pretty dark on my office CRT. I can't crop it 3:2 becos it would be waaay too near the fire works at the bottom decided to leave it at 3:4 snowspeeder: haha that's the limitation of my camera. only 3sec shutter max. Thanks everyone for the valuable feedback. will work on the pic again tonight. think my laptop screen isn't calibrated properly... __________________ “How fortunate for leaders that men do not think.” - Adolf Hitler

24th February 2005	#4
snowspeeder Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: 35A East Coast Rd Posts: 3,436	Might want to hold the shutter speed a little longer.