Where angels scribble
It has been two years since Phil and I enjoyed the Frogmont fireworks and showed up at a bit late so we were lucky to get a spot on the hill. Longmont bagged fireworks in the last forest fire year. I humped the tripod over a few feet. Single shots really called for the 70-200 zoom. That lens is peaches but more work than I care to expend! After switching to hand holding long exposures for the carney and Christmas lights, I had great luck so I had that in mind this year.
I started out at 7:00 in the evening but I should have started much earlier AND scouted the venue because I had to scramble to get anything at all last night. Each episode is a learning experience and I might make a list of pointers in a comment.
I set out to test more multiple exposures on the D700 but never got there. I was trying to get anything. I had to settle for individual exposures. I worked to pretty well fill the frame in Photoshop. There were too many crap shoots. After slipping them into Photoshop, I adjusted for the exact perspective for better presentation. The fine coloration was really untouched. I tried to eliminate distracting lights. I didn't even need to jamb hell out of color balance and pump the saturations. I left them untouched.
This shot is clearly zoomed even though the EXIF relates 70mm. That must be logged at the end of an exposure. The zoom effect increases at the perimeter of frame and the jiggles were milder at wide angle but lights crept into wide shots. I need to get closer. I did a zoom along with intentional jiggles AND movement to add to the action. I am going to try as many as I can snag. Reality is highly overrated.
I never have finished my previous color lights or rose garden experiments. I will take the opportunity to try out more tricks before the next fair rides. I am still not out of snaps of other subjects but I hope my breadth has expanded. I did vewwy, vewwy wittle warping and editing, for me at least, to present these the way I wanted. I have learned to slow the camera down even further to three seconds this time but I boosted the lens setting to f:/22. Three seconds is about enough to accomplish a wide array of tricks if prepared and prepanned so to speak. Of course this digital experimentation is cheap. I had fun shooting all of these and they were a breeze to edit! I get mostly muted colors in the ag settings I have shot, so I revel in JUST COLORS. And this title DOES have a nice touch for the actual scene, don't you think? I spent two hours giving this stuff titled.
Where angels scribble
It has been two years since Phil and I enjoyed the Frogmont fireworks and showed up at a bit late so we were lucky to get a spot on the hill. Longmont bagged fireworks in the last forest fire year. I humped the tripod over a few feet. Single shots really called for the 70-200 zoom. That lens is peaches but more work than I care to expend! After switching to hand holding long exposures for the carney and Christmas lights, I had great luck so I had that in mind this year.
I started out at 7:00 in the evening but I should have started much earlier AND scouted the venue because I had to scramble to get anything at all last night. Each episode is a learning experience and I might make a list of pointers in a comment.
I set out to test more multiple exposures on the D700 but never got there. I was trying to get anything. I had to settle for individual exposures. I worked to pretty well fill the frame in Photoshop. There were too many crap shoots. After slipping them into Photoshop, I adjusted for the exact perspective for better presentation. The fine coloration was really untouched. I tried to eliminate distracting lights. I didn't even need to jamb hell out of color balance and pump the saturations. I left them untouched.
This shot is clearly zoomed even though the EXIF relates 70mm. That must be logged at the end of an exposure. The zoom effect increases at the perimeter of frame and the jiggles were milder at wide angle but lights crept into wide shots. I need to get closer. I did a zoom along with intentional jiggles AND movement to add to the action. I am going to try as many as I can snag. Reality is highly overrated.
I never have finished my previous color lights or rose garden experiments. I will take the opportunity to try out more tricks before the next fair rides. I am still not out of snaps of other subjects but I hope my breadth has expanded. I did vewwy, vewwy wittle warping and editing, for me at least, to present these the way I wanted. I have learned to slow the camera down even further to three seconds this time but I boosted the lens setting to f:/22. Three seconds is about enough to accomplish a wide array of tricks if prepared and prepanned so to speak. Of course this digital experimentation is cheap. I had fun shooting all of these and they were a breeze to edit! I get mostly muted colors in the ag settings I have shot, so I revel in JUST COLORS. And this title DOES have a nice touch for the actual scene, don't you think? I spent two hours giving this stuff titled.