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Rusty and I wandered down to the Avery Ranch fireworks show this evening. I had shot them in the past a couple times, but never really got what I'd call a good set of shots. I think that changed tonight.
Rusty simply said "ISO100, f/11 to start, about 50mm, and Bulb mode. And a tripod". Mmmm, ok.
So I mounted the D4s with the nifty-fifty f/1.4, formatted the memory card and had a full battery charge. For Bulb mode, I used a wireless hotshoe mounted receiver and had the trigger in my hand.
Setting up on the tripod, I did what he said. ISO100, f/11. I did a few test shots just to get the feel of the remote and see how the image was coming into play. Focus was manual at infinity and then backed off just a bit. During the show I tried to let the camera do the focusing but it just couldn't keep up.
Here's a handful of my favorites from the evening. Rusty - you are the master at this stuff....
Fairly on in the evening
Probably my second favorite
Probably my favorite from the entire evening
My "spider" shot as it reminds me of a tarantula
Whole lott'a stuff going on in this one
Just a cool white burst
I liked this one too for the color variations
Processing was a learning curve. Rusty gave me some pointers and I followed them with things like adjusting black points, then decreasing highlights and clarity while increasing vibrance and saturation a tad bit. Exposure and WB adjustments to finish.
Overall I'm pretty pleased with what was captured and processed, and I owe that to WoodButcher!
Rusty simply said "ISO100, f/11 to start, about 50mm, and Bulb mode. And a tripod". Mmmm, ok.
So I mounted the D4s with the nifty-fifty f/1.4, formatted the memory card and had a full battery charge. For Bulb mode, I used a wireless hotshoe mounted receiver and had the trigger in my hand.
Setting up on the tripod, I did what he said. ISO100, f/11. I did a few test shots just to get the feel of the remote and see how the image was coming into play. Focus was manual at infinity and then backed off just a bit. During the show I tried to let the camera do the focusing but it just couldn't keep up.
Here's a handful of my favorites from the evening. Rusty - you are the master at this stuff....
Fairly on in the evening
Probably my second favorite
Probably my favorite from the entire evening
My "spider" shot as it reminds me of a tarantula
Whole lott'a stuff going on in this one
Just a cool white burst
I liked this one too for the color variations
Processing was a learning curve. Rusty gave me some pointers and I followed them with things like adjusting black points, then decreasing highlights and clarity while increasing vibrance and saturation a tad bit. Exposure and WB adjustments to finish.
Overall I'm pretty pleased with what was captured and processed, and I owe that to WoodButcher!
