Did anyone take pictures of fireworks this weekend??

[Catlady711]

Just curious, since we have so many picture takers on the board, if anyone else took pix of the fireworks this weekend??

Here's one of my better ones.

[Karen]

That's an excellent picture! I always get crummy pictures, so I didn't even try this year! I am always too busy going "Wow!" to remember to snap the photo. Sigh.

[4 Dog Mother]

I did but I don't think any came out as good as yours! It is the first time I've tried - in fact, I haven't gone to see fireworks in a number of years. Ususally I stay home with the youngest or the dogs if I know the neighbors are going to be around with lots of firecrackers. This year Dominic is almost 2 so we took him with us. He liked the pretty lights but then more and more people were putting off fire crackers so he got scared. I am at work now but i will try to post some of mine later this evening.

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

WOW !!! What a spectacular picture!!! It isn't easy to take a picture of fireworks!!

[Catlady711]

I am at work now but i will try to post some of mine later this evening.

I look forward to seeing your shots posted. I was hoping to have a thread going where everyone could share their shots. Not all fireworks shows are the same and I enjoy seeing some of the different bursts different shows put on.

I am always too busy going "Wow!" to remember to snap the photo. Sigh.

I have the exact opposite problem. I'm always too busy shooting them to get to actually watch them much until I get the pix home. lol

It isn't easy to take a picture of fireworks!!

It's not too hard really, I just taught my hubby and he shot fireworks for the first time this weekend and his were as good as mine, just a bit of different timing on the bursts.

A sturdy tripod is a MUST for shooting fireworks. And about any camera that will do manual settings and a self timer can take the pix whether film or digital. A few years ago I shot fireworks with a point & shoot digital Canon A40.

Just put the camera on the tripod, set it on manual, set the aperature on F/8 or higher, ISO on 100, 80, 50 (however low the camera can go), shutter speed at about 2-4 seconds, set your self timer (or use a shutter release) and fire away. Probably the hardest part is focusing. On the point and shoots I would wait until one burst went up and focus on that, lock focus and keep shooting, on the DSLR/SLR cameras set the lens to infinity (or in my case eyeball the focus, I don't have an infinity setting on my lenses cuz they're cheap).

Thank you everyone for the compliments. I look forward to seeing some of your shots when I get online later tonight.

[BitsyNaceyDog]

We only set off a few this year. Nathan, the dogs, and I watched from the house so we wouldn't get eaten alive by mosquitos. This is the only picture I got of fireworks-