NDP rehearsal fireworks

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My lousy shots. Please guide me alone. I'm really Newbie in Firework shoot.

[Outlook]

Nice pix ! Top 'flowers' are just nice.The lower 'flower' is burnt ...

[LeoDaddy]

Yeah! The top one is nice!

IMHO, other than the bottom one is kinda burnt.. the buildings at the side feels kinda incomplete (bottom part got cropped).

Perhaps if you can find a way to elevate your position, aim the shot slightly lower and keep grandstand in the pic, it will look real nice.

Newbie's 0.5 cent's worth... cheers!

[ericpooi]

Bro.. Swee leh.... too bad background a little dark... there is a little secret to take good fireworks, a black card to cover your lens fully when you don't want certain scenes, ie certain low or excessive fireworks, though saying is easier than execution... expose sufficiently for the background first if possible, control with your aperture and shuttle, problem is to get a very good shot, one need many tries, sometimes it is your luck too...

Best of luck, who knows a WBSE fly over on a late night flight to see what's happening and got capture on your sensor... hahaha, then it will be one of a kind liao.

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Originally Posted by ericpooi Bro.. Swee leh.... too bad background a little dark... there is a little secret to take good fireworks, a black card to cover your lens fully when you don't want certain scenes, ie certain low or excessive fireworks, though saying is easier than execution... expose sufficiently for the background first if possible, control with your aperture and shuttle, problem is to get a very good shot, one need many tries, sometimes it is your luck too... Best of luck, who knows a WBSE fly over on a late night flight to see what's happening and got capture on your sensor... hahaha, then it will be one of a kind liao.

haha.. WBSE fly over I also cannot capture with my wide angle lens. This is my 2nd attempt for fireworks. Thanks for the tips on the black card but honestly I still dunno how to use it.. hee.

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Originally Posted by Outlook Nice pix ! Top 'flowers' are just nice.The lower 'flower' is burnt ...

The bottom one is burnt.. dunno if PS can help. I try later.

Originally Posted by LeoDaddy Yeah! The top one is nice! IMHO, other than the bottom one is kinda burnt.. the buildings at the side feels kinda incomplete (bottom part got cropped). Perhaps if you can find a way to elevate your position, aim the shot slightly lower and keep grandstand in the pic, it will look real nice. Newbie's 0.5 cent's worth... cheers!

Thanks for the pointers. I made the mistakes of not leveling the horizon when I shot the fireworks so during cropping to get the image level, i have to crop off the grand stand and the left side.

Next week got another chance to pratice.

[ericpooi]

basically the black card helps you to selectively choose what lights goes into the sensor, meaning, you can leave your shuttle up, choose what light to enter your sensor by not blocking the lens, if certain parts of the fireworks you don't like, block the light by blocking the lens with the black card, etc, etc... a very powerful and must have tool when taking fireworks!!

Bro: 2nd attempt already very swee, keep it up.

Good luck!

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Originally Posted by ericpooi basically the black card helps you to selectively choose what lights goes into the sensor, meaning, you can leave your shuttle up, choose what light to enter your sensor by not blocking the lens, if certain parts of the fireworks you don't like, block the light by blocking the lens with the black card, etc, etc... a very powerful and must have tool when taking fireworks!! Bro: 2nd attempt already very swee, keep it up. Good luck!

Oh so thats how it is used. you mean I can block partially like the bottom part or must block the whole front of the lens. Next meeting must teach me leh. Thanks

[Pokka]

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[ericpooi]

Don't say teach teach... share share... hahaha... there are a lot of pros out there taking excellent fireworks.

It is basically up to your creativity, for me, I block out the whole front of the lens to prevent the light from entering, open up when I expect nice fireworks before it begins (so a little on luck).

One should also try to take the fireworks within the first couple of minutes before the smoke starts to fill the air.

Bring spare batteries, you should set to bulb position, once you start (lock the shuttle), use your cards, on off, on off when done block the lens, off the shuttle, don't be anxious to touch the shuttle cable, etc.. it may lead to camera shake, as an AWA, you know best on even the lightest touch causes camera shake... hahaha

[LeoDaddy]

I think I'll try set to multiple exposure and bulb mode. use remote control.. click once release shutter.. click again.. close shutter.. click click.. lazy to use black card lah..

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Here is another shot

[acidbyte]

Oh i see you are shooting across the platform, i guess you are shooting from behind the One Marina Boulevard building? I was there too.

[LeoDaddy]

Nice! I like this one so much more!

[Pokka]

Agree that this shot's composition is so much better.

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Originally Posted by acidbyte Oh i see you are shooting across the platform, i guess you are shooting from behind the One Marina Boulevard building? I was there too.

I was behind NTUC building.

Originally Posted by LeoDaddy Nice! I like this one so much more!

Originally Posted by Pokka Agree that this shot's composition is so much better.

Thanks LeoDaddy and Pokka. This one is very heavily cropped.

[mlaphoto]

bro i like the 1st pic though the small fireworks at the bottom spoilt it hehe..btw how to get to one marina blvd & ntuc bldg where u took these pics? thanks..

[Override2Zion]

Nice shots! #2 captured the nice colours

[dfstan]

deswitch, when can you teach me how to shoot those fireworks pics man!???

[nikonnewbie]

eric 'shuttle' means 'shutter' right?