Took these from the hill near 1U and The Curve. Happy New Year

cool nioce pic using what camera? DSLR? or normal cam? good take!

Wah nice nice, Dagg3r and me was looking for such place to take, but dunno how to get there...

How do you do the timing? press the shutter b4 the fireworks explode or when it explode? mine all gone case.. taken from sg wang

wao wao.. nice pics... mine even worst.... cos i miss all of them... sigh...
anyway, bravo dude...

you continue shot.......non stop??

wow so nice

wow ... nice shot ... really superb i say ...
happy new year...

aiseh ...all so nice one. My first attempt semua koyak ..tak macam fireworks at all or all blur blur one.

Correct me if I'm wrong, fireworks can be taken using Bulb. I'm not sure about the apertures setting though, smallest?

You cannot use bulb for nice firework shoots, the explosion might scatter, spoiling the formation.

Very nice picture...all well taken

btw want to know where you find such a nice spot ?? near where ??

wow cool shot. I like it alot. Care to share the full picture of it.. Really wanted it alot for a wallpaper.. as ur is wide screen. Thanks and HAPPY NEW YEAR

Mind guiding us?

i have a better picture.. in my mind..muahaha..i was right under the fireworks.. haha..anyway..all the pic is jus art, superb...guide us plss..

I shoot them as they explode, it took years of exposure knowledge, precision, timing and knowledge of how firework's work. I usually will fill up the entire frame with the formation when they explode, so the exposure can be good enough to hendheld. Firstly you loose couple of shots to get the exposure reading, use the same reading the copy it in Manual Mode. When the firework launches into the sky you should've half-shuttered, when it explodes into a huge formation just full press the shutter, that's the trick! From then on you can shoot one after another without a problem.

seems shooting the fireworks from far is nicer..
shooting under/very close to the fireworks spot seems not attracting..

Yeah, it's another way of shooting actually, different way of looking at it. Some do require bulb mode, but you must have good timing and expose setting as well.

Nie pics..... Wish I could click on the pics to expand them and view them bigger thou....

Good job..... HAPPY NEW YEAR.....

Google to check out New Year's celebration at Taipei. Saw them on the TV and the fireworks were launched from the worlds tallest building TAIPEI 101. It was awesome....

taipei firework..

CODE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzccmmDdgsA

Thanks for the comments guys, this is what I did to capture the nice photos.

First, you need a good sturdy tripod mount your camera.

Second, find a more distant vantage point where you can shoot the fireworks from the same level, rather then point your camera upwards.

Third, use the right lens, for me I use a wide angle lens. If you want a tight composition use a telephoto zoom lens.

Fourth, get a right exposure, I set my camera at full manual exposure I use ISO 100 and the aperture f/16.

Fifth, try with different shutter speed, I set my shutter speeds at bulb and count 5 to 10 seconds.

sixth, use RAW to capture, also when your camera captured inaccurate
white balance, you can fix it and exposure can be fix as well.

This post has been edited by mamakap: Jan 1 2007, 09:01 AM