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PolynesianMedic

PolynesianMedic

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I met Scott and Bob Desmond last night for the fireworks at the ferry dock. ; I think that I got some of my best fireworks images yet. ; I thought I would share a few with you. ; The rest are in my gallery under fireworks, or you can go over to my Flickr page and see them as well, for those that are on Flickr


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Here's the perimeter bursts.

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Nikon D700/28-300VR, 6.4s, f/22, ISO 200, EV 0, 36mm FL, tripod, remote release
 
That's nice Scott, I like it a lot. ; It seems that we took a photo at the same time. ; LOL! ; Here is my tight shot of your wide one.


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Jeff, you certainly had more pull with the crop factor. ; I like the close up a lot. ; We could make a print with them.

John, Bob kept talking about getting the reflection in the water and made sure I got it. ; Here's some more.

Before the show, a photo of the ice castle
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O'Christmas Tree
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And here's Bob at work. ; He had set up two cameras, a Nikon D300 and D7000, on tall tripods to make sure he was above anyone's head. ; He used a stool to compose his shots and releases to trip the shutters during the show. ; Both lenses where 18-200VR's with 3-stop ND filters on them.

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Nice work both of you - love those ND firework shots - nice and crisp and good color. ; Jeff - what ND do you use (how many stops?)...I'm debating if I should bring my 8-stopper, or just stick with 2 or 3 stoppers.
 
Justin, they were using 3 stop ND filters. ; I don't have any yet, and was not using one at all. ; I was shooting 8 second frames at f22 and 120mm. ; I post processed them with picnik.com's vibrance option, and I think that I got almost the same coloring as if I had a filter.
 
Good to know! ; Maybe I'll just bring the 3-stopper then. ; I've never shot fireworks with NDs but the results are always nice when I see them here - I may not even get the chance this trip to shoot fireworks, but I'll bring the filter just in case.
 
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