RE: shooting fireworks from up high

2003-07-03 Thread Blivit4
You'll be shooting at f11 or f16 with 100 speed film. The buildings will probably 
expose fine (not blown out) with an exposure of several seconds. Lit windows will be 
blown, don't worry, have fun.

BR


Amita Guha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Tomorrow night I'll be in an office on the 69th floor of the Empire
State Building shooting the fireworks on the East River.  I know that I
should get 100 ISO film and take long exposures with a wide angle lens,
but I'm concerned about the fact that there will be a lot of light
coming from other buildings. Is there anything special I need to know
about shooting a fireworks display in a city? 

Thanks,
Amita



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Re: shooting fireworks from up high

2003-07-03 Thread arathi-sridhar
hi.
use your steadiest tripod, and a cable release.
Ive done this only once and very happy with the result. 
do have a look at http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=149963
and keep enough film - I ran out of film that night !!
choice of lenses would be nice too.
do take shots of the skyline before the fireworks.
I would suggest experimenting with exposures ranging from 1 to 10 seconds.
Im sure you will have a nice time!
bests.
-Sridhar

- Original Message - 
From: Amita Guha [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 8:02 PM
Subject: shooting fireworks from up high


 Tomorrow night I'll be in an office on the 69th floor of the Empire
 State Building shooting the fireworks on the East River.  I know that I
 should get 100 ISO film and take long exposures with a wide angle lens,
 but I'm concerned about the fact that there will be a lot of light
 coming from other buildings. Is there anything special I need to know
 about shooting a fireworks display in a city? 
 
 Thanks,
 Amita