Basingstoke Firework Show

blastman · 5 Nov 2008 at 23:34

Hey all,

Thought I'd share the best of the pic from tonight.

As always C&C welcome.

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steveo · 5 Nov 2008 at 23:41

i like 5 best not sure but it reminds me of a dandelion

sid · 5 Nov 2008 at 23:42

I'm not keen on having the crowd in it.

it won't be hard to photoshop that section

sid

Stev · 5 Nov 2008 at 23:45

sid said:
I'm not keen on having the crowd in it.

it won't be hard to photoshop that section

sid

I feel the crowd gives it a nice anchor, all pretty good shots ^^,

Craig321 · 5 Nov 2008 at 23:47

As sid said, not sure I really like the crowd at the bottom, would probably prefer them cropped out

Other than that, excellent shots.

I think if you took the crowd out but left the trees in shot 4 it'd be pretty good.

blastman · 5 Nov 2008 at 23:56

Hum, I think I agree. I've cropped the 5th one down a bit.

I reakon it's better but I'm not completely sure. Don't know why though...

peterattheboro · 6 Nov 2008 at 08:28

I wish I got anything near that!

domthecondom · 6 Nov 2008 at 13:08

argh jellous of you blastman, i am to ill to go out this year

EXif on last shot?

ChroniC · 6 Nov 2008 at 18:46

A small editing process that offen doesn't get used on firework shots that i think tidies them up considerably is removing the glowing smokey look.
If you have photoshop, by pressing ctrl-l, you open the levels. By selecting the black inkdropper and selecting the glow around the fireworks, you effectively tell photoshop to cause anything with that shade to be black.
Like so, it works on even the most effected ones.

collisster · 6 Nov 2008 at 19:19

I'm going to a fireworks show tomorrow, what settings have you got going?
cheers

dirtybeatfreak · 6 Nov 2008 at 19:26

i like them with the people in, without them its just colours to me, with them its people enjoying fireworks....

Nate Silvers · 7 Nov 2008 at 02:58

Agreed, with people in you get a sense of been there.

blastman · 8 Nov 2008 at 18:47

hey, cheers for the reply guys.

Sorry i haven't posted in a while I'm away at the mo and I'm just stealing 5min to check OCUK (sad I know..)

Anyways, I love the removal of the smoke, I hadn't thought of selecting the gray and telling PS to process it as black, top tip!

As for the settings I used, full manual. ISO = 100, Shutter speed = Bulb, Fstop = 11 - 16 depending on the brightness of the show, I know its hard to tell and you kind of have to guess. for the smaller ones I used a higher Fstop (F11 or so) and for the big bangs I used a smaller Fstop (16) so I could balance the light right.

I'm pleased with the way number 5 came out. just pure luck that one....