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Firework Night at St. Peter's Church, Farnborough, Hampshire.
Saturday, 3rd November, 2018. Copyright © Ron Fisher.
Here are four firework images, two primary photos accompanied by two art variations which mashup the two photos. The fireworks were on the Fourth of July, on the South Mall in Albany, New York. In the two primary photos, the fireworks are exaggerated by special effects created by shaking and zooming the camera.
To do this technique, exposures are set to 1-2 seconds (or whatever you want to try). The firework is tracked through the viewfinder, At the moment you anticipate the explosion (or at any other time depending on which scene or moment you wish to capture), the shutter release button is pressed. You then have a second or two (or whatever shutter speed you set) to create the special effects. Swirling and flowing effects are created by shaking the camera. The camera and lens are kept generally centered on the firework, but they are shaken or swirled around the center as much as you choose and as long as the shutter allows. The shaking can be small and jittery or broad and sweeping, slow and arcing or fast and staccato. Zoom and perspective effects are created by zooming the lens. If the zoom on your lens is a rotating ring (as most are), you will have to rotate the ring back and forth while the shutter is open. For these two examples, the lens was a Vivitar 200mm zoom telephoto which has a sliding barrel instead of a rotating ring, a feature particularly useful for these creative firework images. The best effects come from shaking and zooming simultaneously. Combining zooming and shaking with the intrinsic forms, trajectories, colors, and other visuals of the explosion can create fascinating images.
The two art variations are mashups of the two fireworks. In the first, the white radial and the red swirly images are superimposed on each other for an entirely different effect. It suggests a comet or fireball, and to enhance that concept, the second variation adds a true fireball to the center. The round object is the sun, a photo from SOHO, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, a satellite sponsored by NASA and ESA, studying the sun and monitoring solar weather since 1995.
firework flourishes #2 _ (© 2014 megart)
Companion files:
firework flourishes #1 _ (© 2014 megart)
firework flourishes #2 _ (© 2014 megart)
firework flourishes _ art variation 1 _ (© 2014 megart)
firework flourishes _ art variation 2 _ (© 2014 megart)
さいたま市政令都市10周年記念花火大会
10th Anniversary Fireworks of Saitama-shi(City) as an ordinance designated city
Contax G Sonnar 90mm, f2.8
Original size > www.flickr.com/photos/79593120@N04/10244517676/sizes/o/in...
The fun part of take firework photos is that the eye and the camera see different images. I liked the outer space feeling in this golden array of light and dark sky. The streaks are a stlight time lapse which paints trails of color. This one looks best in black.