Saturday, June 21, 2008

Fireworks 花火





Shot with Canon EOS Digital X & Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II

5 Comments:

At June 21, 2008 10:35 PM, Blogger Biraru said...

きれい~ ^^
何処ですか?。。あの花火

 
At June 22, 2008 2:05 AM, Blogger prometheus said...

Sensei
how were you able to take such pictures with high shutter speed (it's high, right?) and in such poor lighting?
Was the light of hanabi enough?
because it doesn't seem that you had high ISO here
Plus the f-stop isn't that big (with a max of 3.5)
The other day I had a chance for some hanabi too, but I didn't even try, thinking there is no chance. I know there is a BIG difference between equipment, but still

 
At June 22, 2008 12:53 PM, Blogger ukyou said...

prometheusさんへ

Thanks for the question!
Actually it is the opposite in this case. You set the shutter speed to 5 seconds on the last 3 pics and to 10 for the first pic. That is why it captured 3 different hanabi with different colours.

The shot was a shoot of chance since I was shooting the solstice moon and I hapeened to be on the roof when it happened.

Other hints include using a tripod and a cable relaease or timer toprevent camera shake.

the tough part is getting the focuse right. but you can focus first on the buildings and use the focus setting for the actual shot.

You can get good shots with the G9. I think the G9 has a scene mode with hanabi as one of the options. most point and shoot cameras have a hanabi mode.

 
At June 22, 2008 12:54 PM, Blogger ukyou said...

bira-ruさんへ

コメントをどうもありがとうございます。

 
At June 22, 2008 5:53 PM, Blogger prometheus said...

I never thought that five seocnds shutter speed would make this effect, because it looks so natural
I DO need a tripod, that's for sure, I don't know if a release cable is available, but timer idea is good, simple and effective

The G9 does have a mode for shooting hanabi, included in the "scn" mode, but I haven't used the whole "scn" mode yet, still a lot to discover ^^
thanks for the answer ^^

 

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