Jim_Leyland
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i must have taken 30+ shots tonight and only a few of em i kinda like lol.. is there a trick to getting these kinda pics. to come out well?
OT: Fireworks
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Yep, there are some tricks 
One, shoot from a tripod.
Two, use a trigger (remote) to click shutter.
Three, a nifty trick is to set exposure to 15-30 seconds, place a black card in front of the lens until you see one [firework] shoot up, remove the black card then as it fizzles out put the card back up. Do this until the time runs out. Be careful not to touch the camera or tripod.
Four, do not use a wide angle lens unless you are trying to something specific. Wide angles make the fireworks look tiny (making you have to crop photos).
Five, on long exposures, rattle the tripod a little to see the effects you get.
Six, don't rely on bursts of pictures and hope for the best.
Six, keep your ISO low as possible (long exposures are par for the course).
Seven, use high saturation setting in camera if you are not using a DSLR â€"œ when using a DSLR in post processing set for high saturation.
Eight, shoot in RAW if possible.
Looking at your photos they look too isolated â€"œ you even managed to stop action on one of them. You should try to give some perspective to your photos by adding something like buildings or people in them. Which typically means you'll have to shoot from creative angles and in portrait mode.
One, shoot from a tripod.
Two, use a trigger (remote) to click shutter.
Three, a nifty trick is to set exposure to 15-30 seconds, place a black card in front of the lens until you see one [firework] shoot up, remove the black card then as it fizzles out put the card back up. Do this until the time runs out. Be careful not to touch the camera or tripod.
Four, do not use a wide angle lens unless you are trying to something specific. Wide angles make the fireworks look tiny (making you have to crop photos).
Five, on long exposures, rattle the tripod a little to see the effects you get.
Six, don't rely on bursts of pictures and hope for the best.
Six, keep your ISO low as possible (long exposures are par for the course).
Seven, use high saturation setting in camera if you are not using a DSLR â€"œ when using a DSLR in post processing set for high saturation.
Eight, shoot in RAW if possible.
Looking at your photos they look too isolated â€"œ you even managed to stop action on one of them. You should try to give some perspective to your photos by adding something like buildings or people in them. Which typically means you'll have to shoot from creative angles and in portrait mode.
Jim_Leyland
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sounds like alot of work lol, i don't have a tripod and im pretty new to the taking pics oh yea my camera kinda sucks too lol.. i didn't crop any of the pics, i don't know a site to do that on maybe i should look into it.. ill have to find my book and see what iso,raw and saturation is and figure out how to change em.. were going to go see some more this weekend, maybe i can get some better pics lol... thanks for the advice! were any of em good? lol
So is this the fireworks thread? 
Here are my shots from last night that I have processed so far, most of the main things as far as shooting fireworks have been said so far: Tripod, remote, and quick reflexes! All my shots were shot on full manual - I was going to try to shoot in Av (aperture priority for the non-canon folks) but found it was actually LESS work for me to get my exposures correct using full manual. Also something that hasn't been mentioned if camera has it try turning on noise reduction (Canon DSLR's have it - not sure about others) as the longer exposures lead to more noise which is death to fireworks pictures 
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Here are my shots from last night that I have processed so far, most of the main things as far as shooting fireworks have been said so far: Tripod, remote, and quick reflexes! All my shots were shot on full manual - I was going to try to shoot in Av (aperture priority for the non-canon folks) but found it was actually LESS work for me to get my exposures correct using full manual. Also something that hasn't been mentioned if camera has it try turning on noise reduction (Canon DSLR's have it - not sure about others) as the longer exposures lead to more noise which is death to fireworks pictures .
