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Published: 2017-11-07 18:49:32 +0000 UTC; Views: 219; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 0
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Description Star FlowersI was lucky enough to visit the Auchencairn Guy Fawkes Fireworks Display on 5th November 2017. The weather being extremely good - no rain, no cloud, and only modestly cold - I thought I'd have a go at photographing fireworks, a task I have never seriously attempted before. I read up a bit about how to do it and this link is pretty good ==> Darren Rose at https://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-photograph-fireworks/. I visited the site before nightfall and found what I thought was a good position. I prepared my camera before leaving, setting, in particular, manual focus at infinity, lens stabilisation off, f/8 as a probable "good" aperture, Manual mode not Av and not Tv modes, but with a Tv to be set at 4 seconds initially, and a 2 second delay in shutter activation, ISO at 100, and long exposure noise reduction on AUTO. I set up the camera with its 24-105 mm lens arranged in portrait mode on my trusty tripod and waited for the show to begin. Thereafter, I spent an intense 10-1
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Feytoh [2017-11-08 03:49:59 +0000 UTC]

Quite the capture! So many going off at once and it's very nicely composed too. It can be quite hard to time these shots so you've done really well

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Okavanga In reply to Feytoh [2017-11-08 07:25:18 +0000 UTC]

Well all is explained in the Feature about my clever technique for timing, Rachel!

Many thanks.

David   

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Feytoh In reply to Okavanga [2017-11-18 02:34:16 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome David.
You had quite a good hit rate by the sounds of it. Good that you read up on how to go about shooting before arriving, it really helps to make sure you've got the right settings before you start

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Okavanga In reply to Feytoh [2017-11-18 07:20:32 +0000 UTC]

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fotoponono [2017-11-08 03:45:08 +0000 UTC]

Stunning!  I love the caption - "Star Flowers"!  That is what they really are!

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Okavanga In reply to fotoponono [2017-11-08 07:27:06 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, Henry. The flowers idea came to me when I looked through the results. Like many things, you can see in these patterns what the mind conjures up, but I like flowers.

Cheers

David

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fotoponono In reply to Okavanga [2017-11-08 13:01:53 +0000 UTC]

Great stuff, David!  As long as you do not "like flowers" like ladies' do, I do not think there is an issue there.  I like to take pictures of flowers - so I also like flowers!



Cheers


Henry K.

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Okavanga In reply to fotoponono [2017-11-08 16:24:06 +0000 UTC]

You've hit the spot, Henry.

David

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fotoponono In reply to Okavanga [2017-11-08 16:45:44 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot!      




Henry K

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LindArtz [2017-11-08 02:15:24 +0000 UTC]

Brilliant!   Now this one looks very celebratory!  

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Okavanga In reply to LindArtz [2017-11-08 07:28:41 +0000 UTC]

Good point, Linda - this was one of the first to be set off - a sort of extravaganza at the start. Luckily I had the camera pointed in the correct direction.

Cheers

David

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LindArtz In reply to Okavanga [2017-11-08 21:24:22 +0000 UTC]

Interesting!  Over here we have that extravaganza at the end of the show. We call it the grand finale. ^^

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Okavanga In reply to LindArtz [2017-11-09 07:15:26 +0000 UTC]

Agreed, that is usually what happens, but maybe they got it mixed up here, Linda. Who knows. But, it was a good show.

David 

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IRIS-KUPP [2017-11-07 19:48:23 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful photography    

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Okavanga In reply to IRIS-KUPP [2017-11-08 07:29:23 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much, Iris. Fireworks do present a challenge.

Cheers

David

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