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Earlier this year there was a fireworks show in Melbourne in the Docklands precinct. Having never taken photos of fireworks before, I decided to wander in and have a crack.

Whilst setting up, I noticed the Bolte bridge off to the side with some nice reflections, and general cruise boats milling around waiting for the show to begin. I captured the image, and on reflection when I got home, this was my favourite of the night (even if I had come to shoot fireworks).


Please click for a slightly larger image.

I did shoot some fireworks as well:






(The original has been cropped)


All of these images have been sharpened, but no other adjustments have been made.

Please feel free to make any comments you wish.

Russell

hi

what exposure and f stop where you shooting these at?

thanks

christian

what exposure and f stop where you shooting these at?

They were all shot at F9

Picture #1, #3, #4 were 4 second exposures, #2 was 3 seconds.

The camera was in manual focus because the autofocus had nothing to focus on. I used the infra-red control I purchased with the D50, to trigger the shots, and moved the shutter times around a couple of times.

From the 70 or so shots I took, the shorter exposure times (3 seconds) had a bit more colour. The longer exposure (4 seconds) seemed to burn out the colour a bit more.