Fireworks

[Martyn]

This is the local firework display as seen from my bedroom window

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Black Pearl]

Yeah!

 

Top shots!

[NannyFerret]

Smashing shot, Martyn. I'm glad you posted them as mine were rubbish.

 

We went to  a dis[play at the local ruby club and after a heavy downpour we went outside to watch,

The wind was terrible and was either blowing me about with the camera, or it was blowing the light trails on the fireworks.

There is only one place for them, and that's in the bin.

My legs were killing me and we were frozen.

I don't think a tripod would have helped either.
Never mind you learn from your mistakes don't you? and I did enjoy the display and had fun trying.

[Martyn]

Smashing shot, Martyn. I'm glad you posted them as mine were rubbish.

 

We went to  a dis[play at the local ruby club and after a heavy downpour we went outside to watch,

The wind was terrible and was either blowing me about with the camera, or it was blowing the light trails on the fireworks.

There is only one place for them, and that's in the bin.

My legs were killing me and we were frozen.

I don't think a tripod would have helped either.

Never mind you learn from your mistakes don't you? and I did enjoy the display and had fun trying.

 

Yeah it was blowing a gale and precipitating profusely here too. I started out with a tripod but ended up hand held, most of mine ended up in the bin as well, I think there were 30 out of over 200 that I'm keeping.

[NannyFerret]

I think you did well, Martyn   and that's 30 more than what I got.

but never mind, I will get more chances in the future

[Terry]

Thats a great set Martyn

[bugmeister]

Impressive result to get  15% keepers for something like this. Those shots show the effect of the wind on the display but you have got sharpness where it counts and some very good pictures.

[fuzzyedges]

spot on

The wind has added rather than detracted giving them that movement that a lot of fireworks shots dont have

Especially in 2, 3, 4

[Barbara]

Great set Martyn....and you didn't even have to go out in the cold

[Martyn]

Great set Martyn....and you didn't even have to go out in the cold

 

Woah there, hold on a minute! I had to open the window because the rain on the glass was causing blurriness. I had to withstand a chilly draught around my right ear and my right arm got dripped on by freezing cold water leaning out to get these shots. I'll have you know that I suffered for my art last night!   Mutter, mutter, chunder, whinge, whine & moan!      

[Barbara]

Woah there, hold on a minute! I had to open the window because the rain on the glass was causing blurriness. I had to withstand a chilly draught around my right ear and my right arm got dripped on by freezing cold water leaning out to get these shots. I'll have you know that I suffered for my art last night!   Mutter, mutter, chunder, whinge, whine & moan!      

WIMP!!!      

[FUJI]

WOW! Martyn,

You have cracked this difficult genre of photography......shots 3-4 and 5 are absolute winners......you local paper or TV news program may like to feature them?

And here's me thinking you were a beginner ;-)

FUJI

[Leon]

 

I didn't even see any let alone shoot any

[NannyFerret]

 

I didn't even see any let alone shoot any

I bet there will be more to come through the week and next weekend, so you might get a chance.

[Martyn]

And here's me thinking you were a beginner ;-)

FUJI

 

Beginner's luck Fuji, I used all your good luck up this weekend!

 

 

 

I didn't even see any let alone shoot any

 

I can hear fireworks again tonight, maybe some folks postponed their big bangs for drier weather!

[Kobione]

Great set, Martyn. You have caught the starbursts really well, and I like the effect the wind has added. Some lovely colour in there too. No fireworks at all near us, so something I very rarely get to see. Thanks for sharing, you did well

[colinb]

nice set Martin, would have loved to get out there myself

 

hope you don't mind couldn't resist doing a little montage ...

 

[Martyn]

WOW! Love it! How do you do that?

[colinb]

just simply using layers in photoshop. Set all but the bottom layers to 'exclusion' and adjust size and position of image within the frame to suit.

[Martyn]

Cheers for that Colin. I don't have Photoshop so I've been playing around in GIMP. It took me a while to work out how to to get the layers so that I could see through them; I set the layer mode to "difference". Anyway, here is my attempt. I hope you realise that there will be no jobs done around the house for a while now!

 

 

 

 

 

[Leon]

looks good to me

[Heather]

love these, its the only way i get to see fireworks at the moment as my furbaby is terrified of them so i stay at home with him instead 

[colinb]

Cheers for that Colin. I don't have Photoshop so I've been playing around in GIMP. It took me a while to work out how to to get the layers so that I could see through them; I set the layer mode to "difference". Anyway, here is my attempt. I hope you realise that there will be no jobs done around the house for a while now!

 

 

 

not bad for a first timer     one tip I'll give you ... try adjusting levels (or brightness if you don't have levels in Gimp) to make the layer background darker. On the top left one you can still see the layer edges as the background is slightly red by adjusting it you will find it blends better. But a good attempt and nice to see you learning something from my post... Please pass on my apologies to your family

[ChrisLumix]

I went looking for my fireworks pictures earlier - I remember taking my camera to mum's village "do" a couple of years ago - but I couldn't find them anywhere. Then I remembered, I'd taken video only, so no stills.

[NannyFerret]

I think I would have done better with the video, Chris. I never thought until we were on our way home after the Saturday display.