Fireworks Over Frontierland
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I was going to go back last night for one more Mark Twain fireworks attempt as the park was closing early due to grad night, but eventually gave up on the idea as June Gloom has now arrived and I had far too much work to do. Instead, I looked back over my shots from last year and found a couple that I had completely passed over. This was taken during my first attempt at the fireworks over the Mark Twain which was a great learning experience for me. I think it was right after this incident that I sent a flickr mail to Matt Pasant asking him how on earth he ended up with his incredible fireworks shots. Most of the frames that I shot after this one were either very soft or completely blown out. My complaint to Matt was that I had no idea what to focus on. I had assumed I should be focusing on the shells each time, and Matt very kindly pointed out that I might have better results if I boosted my ISO to around f11-13 and find a fixed point to focus on, i.e. the castle, Mark Twain, or Big Thunder Mountain. On my next trip I followed his advice and was much more satisfied with my results. This was one of only about 5 frames that was decent from my first attempt as I kept trying to re-focus after each shot and my camera was having none of that.
I was also disappointed that the fireworks were a bit too far to the left as I was trying to get them directly behind the Mark Twain, and they had turned the lights off on the boat as they purportedly interfered with the view of guests on board. It was then I learned that if you want Fireworks shots over the Mark Twain with its lights ON, you had to find a night when the park was closing early as the boat would be making no more trips after the fireworks, i.e. grad nights. In spite of this, I rather like how this came out as I caught a bit of Tom Sawyer's Island, Big Thunder, the Mark Twain and the reflection of Frontierland. Sadly, after this shot, it was all down hill from there. : /
Happy Fireworks Friday!
(Looks best when Viewed Large On Black )
Fireworks Over Frontierland
(PLEASE view large on black if you have a moment by hitting the "L" key. :) )
I was going to go back last night for one more Mark Twain fireworks attempt as the park was closing early due to grad night, but eventually gave up on the idea as June Gloom has now arrived and I had far too much work to do. Instead, I looked back over my shots from last year and found a couple that I had completely passed over. This was taken during my first attempt at the fireworks over the Mark Twain which was a great learning experience for me. I think it was right after this incident that I sent a flickr mail to Matt Pasant asking him how on earth he ended up with his incredible fireworks shots. Most of the frames that I shot after this one were either very soft or completely blown out. My complaint to Matt was that I had no idea what to focus on. I had assumed I should be focusing on the shells each time, and Matt very kindly pointed out that I might have better results if I boosted my ISO to around f11-13 and find a fixed point to focus on, i.e. the castle, Mark Twain, or Big Thunder Mountain. On my next trip I followed his advice and was much more satisfied with my results. This was one of only about 5 frames that was decent from my first attempt as I kept trying to re-focus after each shot and my camera was having none of that.
I was also disappointed that the fireworks were a bit too far to the left as I was trying to get them directly behind the Mark Twain, and they had turned the lights off on the boat as they purportedly interfered with the view of guests on board. It was then I learned that if you want Fireworks shots over the Mark Twain with its lights ON, you had to find a night when the park was closing early as the boat would be making no more trips after the fireworks, i.e. grad nights. In spite of this, I rather like how this came out as I caught a bit of Tom Sawyer's Island, Big Thunder, the Mark Twain and the reflection of Frontierland. Sadly, after this shot, it was all down hill from there. : /
Happy Fireworks Friday!
(Looks best when Viewed Large On Black )