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Photo Forum / General Photo Topics / Australian Photography / January 2006BNE: Australia day Fireworks?
Hi all - Does anyone know anything about the Southbank fireworks tonight? Ie - When? Reckon Kangaroo PT is a go, or does that get too crowded to be much use... They'd be the best ones to photograph I'd assume. Cheers, Michael > Hi all - > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Cheers, > Michael See http://www.ourbrisbane.com/whatson/australiaday/event.php?eid=77178&sd=2006-01-2 6&s=3,5 Ahh. Cheers! M. You know what always puzzles me about fireworks displays?.. Why couldn't they occasionally schedule them carefully so there was still a just a little bit of dusk light in the sky... would make for so much better photographs! And you'd be able to get the kids home to bed earlier, etc... (O: It was a beautiful sunset up there too. I got there just too late to get some photos of that. > Hi all - > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Cheers, > Michael How did you go.... any luck? Hmm. Yeah, a few that I was happy with. No really spectacular ones. I wasn't thrilled with the angle. Most fireworks photos that weren't too crowded [for my taste] only showed two 'bursts'. That screws with my idea of the symmetry of odd numbers. Then I noticed that there were some nice reflections happening on the buildings , so I tried to capture that. It looks as though I'll have to enhance that with PS2 though. They didn't seem to come through too strongly. But it's practise all the same! And I didn't go away unhappy. I did get a bit wound-up after googling most of the afternoon working out what settings others had used and variations that were suggested. [I tend to expect the world after a few 'chance' good photos *grin*]. And I stopped thinking clearly when I realised that the tripod was rocking slightly when I was pressing the shutter - as the ground wasn't even enough *laughs*. But it's only the 2nd time I've gone out for fireworks. Have to be a little easy on myself. Focussing to infinity still bugs me. I don't know if it's my eyes or the viewfinder [Eos 300D] or the lenses. Perhaps some photos are coming out soft due to technique/ average tripod as well. But I still hate night-time focussing! I just got a ND filter that I haven't had a chance to use [still haven't] but was surprised to read that someone reccommended using that with fireworks. That intrigued me... I've only looked at the photos in Picasa and done some quick easy edits to send off to friends. Am really new to CS2 so feeling my way in there cautiously. The interface looks different than the Elements I played with... I'll be googling/ buying some beginners references ASAP *laughs* I have goLive and think that's what I'd use to post things on the web? Will be looking at doing that and automating the process as much as possible[?] in the next month. I guess like everyone else, I want feedback on what I can do better and what I've done well :D |
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