I love taking pictures of fireworks, it's a shame that it usually only comes around once a year. My formula is to to put the focus to manual and set it to infinity (there isn't time or anything for the camera to focus on). Initially I set the exposure to manual and then the time to 1 second and the aperture to f8. After taking few shots I review what I have taken, If the firework is too bright I change the aperture f16 to saturate the colours. If the firework size is too small I increase the time, if it is too large I reduce the time. I am then free to to concentrate on when the next firework is due to explode by the trail of the rocket going up. i take hundreds of shots to get a few good ones as it free!
Monday, 7 November 2011
Friday, 4 November 2011
Kilham Morning
However the next morning I knew it would be another misty morning with a good sunrise so it was off at 7 am to go over to Kilham (fog hollow) to make up for yesterday's missed opportunity. Of the pictures taken this was one of the best with the church above the mist and the soft morning light creating layers in the landscape. I sent it in to the local television programme Look North where it was chosen as the picture of the day.
Misty morning 3
I had to go to work today on such a stunning morning. I could have stopped a dozen times to take photos but that would have made me an hour late so I restricted it to this one scene.
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