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  1. 07-30-2011, 11:18 PM #1
    ndav8r
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    Saturday Night Photos

    Hi Gang! Here are just a few of the many photos I got from Saturday Night's Airshow...click on each thumbnail to enlarge. Enjoy : )







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  2. 07-31-2011, 11:23 AM #2
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    Wow! Those are fantastic photo's Gale!!
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    Gale,

    Awesome! Thanks for sharing.
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  4. 07-31-2011, 08:00 PM #4
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    Great photos!
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  5. 08-02-2011, 06:23 PM #5
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    Best photos I have ever seen of fireworks! May I ask what equipment/settings you used to capture this? Thanks for posting them!
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    Great photos, Loved Saturday's night airshow! Hope you don't mind adding a fireworks photo!
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    Awesome pictures! Those were some amazing fireworks.
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  8. 08-04-2011, 09:55 AM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by Vin Rampey View Post
    Best photos I have ever seen of fireworks! May I ask what equipment/settings you used to capture this? Thanks for posting them!
    Hey there Vin:
    I used a Nikon D200 Digital SLR on a Bogen Tripod. For the Fireworks Photos, I stopped the lens aperature down to about F22 to capture narrow firework trails. The shutter was set on "bulb", triggering with an electronic cable release. I follow the firework rocket going up to almost it's peak elevation, locking the tripod, and opening the shutter by watching what I want to capture. If I go too long, I get too much drift. Watch your winds. I have a Sony F828 I usually set the shutter to about 1/8 to 1/2 second exposures. As far as the aerial aircraft displays is still a learning experience to me. I would first set the lens to wide angle and watch his routine to see where his preformance airspace would be. Then I would just set a medium aperature setting and open the shutter with a lot of patience! I would "look" over the top of the camera to see the visual range. I am thinking of making a wire frame viewfinder like my old 4x5 cameras have to get an exact frame of things. ONE think I do, is go to manual focus since some cameras can't lock in very good on an aerial subject at night. I would prefocus on a light on the ground about the same distance as the aerial display, and with a smaller aperature setting it should capture the image in focus.
    Note to Kamic: Very Excellent Firework/silhouette...very harmonizing and excellent composition!
    Thanks everyone for the kind comments!
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