Funfair & Fireworks

[Dogsey]

Visited the local firework display last night with the family and took my camera along to see what I could get around the funfair. All the photo's were shot handheld (using a fully retracted, lightweight telescope to brace the camera against my body), were shot in raw and have only had a subtle PS'ing. Opinions on these?

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The full set is here.

[Dogsey]

Bump for the 9-5'ers.

[_dobbo_]

1. 3 is a nice shot!

[nick_bbb]

I like 'em. Make a change from just seeing super long exposures that you normally get of fairs.

[N10k]

did you use a flash with these shots?

[dougc]

Nope

[Dogsey]

N10k said:

did you use a flash with these shots?

Most of them don't have any flash, just the lighting on the rides.

[CVP]

Like number 1, nice work

Chris

[N10k]

Dogsey said:

N10k said:

did you use a flash with these shots?

Most of them don't have any flash, just the lighting on the rides.

I little question.

When i take pictures in light like this the shutter stays open and i don't have a steady hand and therefore get a blurry photo.
Did you manually set the aperture settings for shots like this? and what setting did you set it to?
Did you have a tripod when taking these pictures?

Thanks

[Dogsey]

N10k said:

Dogsey said:

N10k said:

did you use a flash with these shots?

Most of them don't have any flash, just the lighting on the rides.

I little question.

When i take pictures in light like this the shutter stays open and i don't have a steady hand and therefore get a blurry photo.
Did you manually set the aperture settings for shots like this? and what setting did you set it to?
Did you have a tripod when taking these pictures?

Thanks

Most of the photo's from the set were shot at around f4 (although a couple were f8 or above) with shutter speeds of between 1/40th and 4/5ths (0.8secs!), I think all were in Program mode and are handheld, albeit using a lightweight, fully retracted tripod to help brace the camera.

This was the one at 0.8 secs / f8. Thankfully the strobe light on the ride helps to freeze the movement every time it flashes making the image much sharper than a 0.8 sec exposure would normally be.



Thanks for all the comments guys.