Taking photos of fire works

[Jodster]

I had a chance on NYE to take photo's and I wish I read this post first before I went out, it would have helped alot. These are pretty good compared to the rest. I was across the road from the fireworks and I had a street light which annoyed me a bit.

[bigdazzler]

Daz it might help if you provided settings to your images also unless they are the same as Dave suggested and then specify SS

geez these were taken last year but from memory I think these were SS priority, ISO100, anywhere between 2 and 10 secs ... Ill try and find the exact exif and post.

[dulvariprestige]

I'd just like to thank Dave, pretty much follow your advice to the tee, and i'm pretty happy with what i achieved, i didn't thank you in my other post as i couldn't remember where i got the tips from, as i'd read a few, but after reading this thread again i knew straight away.
Thanks agian

A shot before the show
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On with the show
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[ladysith]

Awesome photos of the Sydney fireworks!

Too bad it was raining in Melb!

[nossi5]

Thanks for all the awesome advice everyone, unfortunately here in Melbourne the storm rolled in and i didn't get the chance to put any of it into practice. Hopefully sometime in the future though i will have more luck and ill be able to come back to this thread and use all your advice.

[mwkh]

vote for pic. 6..

[Mile]

This is such a handy thread, especially that the Brisbane riverfire is coming up this weekend. I have a question, i can only open my exposure for 30 secs, then it goes to bulb mode, is there a exposure of 1min or infinity on my canon 550D? i am imagining so but cant find it. I would like to do stars another night. Thanks.

[dulvariprestige]

Sorry miles, to get a longer exposure you'll need a remote shutter release, you can get aputure brand remotes on eBay really cheap, I got a AP-TR3C for around $25 and a wireless one for around $30