Well, I tend to shoot fireworks at 2-8 seconds, and most of the time, that would blow out the moon, no matter what aperture setting used.
On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 2:56 AM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > > On Jul 16, 2012, at 6:15 PM, David Parsons wrote: > >> They are a bit like junk food, but I still enjoy shooting them. >> >> Having framing elements or foreground helps to tell the story a bit, >> and is nicer to look at than streaks of light against a black >> background. >> >> I think you did a good job with framing them, and having the moon in >> fireworks shots that isn't completely blown out is a rare feat. > > > That's odd. It's not as if it's hard to set the aperture to expose the > fireworks properly (there's a lot of latitude there) and then set the shutter > speed so that the moon is exposed properly at that aperture. It's pretty much > the same as photographing people spinning fire. > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
