Tonight's Fireworks! *PICS* & 2 videos...

Post by **Diabolique** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 4:45 am

Tonight I got invited to a neighbor's house. The couple was having a party with family and friends. We all watched the fireworks from there...so here are a few pictures I took, in case you don't get to see any:

And here are some sparklers that the neighbor's kids were playing with...

And two videos I shot...

Fireworks Video 1 (7 MB)

Fireworks Video 2 (11 MB)

Enjoy!

Shawn · Post by **Shawn** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 4:51 am

Awesome!!!!

BlueMolly2006 · Post by **BlueMolly2006** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 5:48 am

Oh wow, cool pictures, Ingrid.

ILOveTim · Post by **ILOveTim** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 11:18 pm

Thanks Ingrid

I didnt get to go to see any so it was nice to see some. We were way too lazy today and did not want to leave the house.

coffeehound · Post by **coffeehound** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 12:02 am

Thanks, Ingrid!

Super pics and video!

Post by **Diabolique** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 3:26 am

Glad to hear that you enjoyed them!

Post by **soloist** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 4:22 am

Amazing firework videos, Ingrid and even more
impressive images! With my current camer-
a, nearly impossible it is to take such act-
ive scene without blur bring an issue,
inspite of it having a motion detec-
tor and stability-shot options. A-
lso, night images are never a-
s vibrant either. Have you
by chance considered b-
ecoming a freelance
photographer at
all for the loc-
al paper o-
r onlin-
e ev-
en?

Post by **NOA Imawario** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 8:50 pm

I managed to take a few as well. (although they aren't nearly as good as what I just saw though)

I'm still trying to figure out how to get good pics of fireworks. Most of the time, they turn out rather blurry because of the lack of light. I tried a different way this year and it seemed to work better. Maybe next time, I will have it down to where I get really good ones.

Post by **soloist** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 10:55 am

A nice display of fireworks,
Wario... much better t-
han the ones I post-
ed here long ag-
o. Motion sta-
bilizer and
night vi-
sion h-
elps.

Post by **Diabolique** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 2:16 pm

Nice shots, Wario!

Which setting did you use?

Post by **NOA Imawario** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 6:00 pm

I actually took a movie of it from far away and then captured stills from the movie. LOL That was the only way I could get the focus to work right.

The movies themselves were trash though. There was too much talking and the explosions weren't that loud.

Post by **Diabolique** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 4:00 am

NOA Imawario wrote:I actually took a movie of it from far away and then captured stills from the movie. LOL That was the only way I could get the focus to work right. The movies themselves were trash though. There was too much talking and the explosions weren't that loud.

Next time try the twilight setting and see if you get better results that way. That and a tripod if you can. Or set it on top of a flat surface. The twilight setting usually has a moon symbol next to it.

Post by **NOA Imawario** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 5:10 pm

I believe it's the tripod that I am lacking. The fireworks/twilight settings are on the camera, but it gets too blurry from the tiny little movements of my hands when I am holding it. So I had to improvise with the movie mode.

BBRoundtable

Tonight's Fireworks! PICS & 2 videos...

Tonight's Fireworks! PICS & 2 videos...