Fireworks on the 4th

Jim M. · Jul 5, 2002

Here's a shot done last night.

A few others can be seen at http://www.pbase.com/jimm/4th_of_july_2002

Comments welcome, thanks for looking.

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Jim M.
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Michael Offe · Jul 5, 2002

Hi Jim,
Well exposed shot... that's usually the hard part to do!

Michael Offe,
South Australia.

Jim M. said:
Here's a shot done last night.

A few others can be seen at http://www.pbase.com/jimm/4th_of_july_2002

Comments welcome, thanks for looking.

--
Jim M.
Oly 340R & Nikon 995

Jim M. · Jul 5, 2002

Michael Offe said:
Hi Jim,
Well exposed shot... that's usually the hard part to do!

Michael Offe,
South Australia.

Thanks to some timely info on this forum a few days ago the exposure was no problem. I hear other forums aren't as supportive as this on is, it seems like everyone here is very willing to share their knowledge for everyone's advancement.

Thanks to all.

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Jim M.
Oly 340R & Nikon 995

carlos_knology · Jul 5, 2002

Jim M. said:
Thanks to some timely info on this forum a few days ago the
exposure was no problem. I hear other forums aren't as supportive
as this on is, it seems like everyone here is very willing to share
their knowledge for everyone's advancement.

OK, so I'm gonna ask. How did you get those shots. I like that. I'm new to my CP995. Did you take that with a stock 995 (no lenses, etc)?

Thanks.

Jim M. · Jul 5, 2002

carlos_knology said:
carlos_knology said:

Thanks to some timely info on this forum a few days ago the
exposure was no problem. I hear other forums aren't as supportive
as this on is, it seems like everyone here is very willing to share
their knowledge for everyone's advancement.

Click to expand...

OK, so I'm gonna ask. How did you get those shots. I like that.
I'm new to my CP995. Did you take that with a stock 995 (no
lenses, etc)?

Thanks.

Stock 995, no additional lenses. Hand held, 2.7sec at f10.4, 26.2mm. Shutter set to bulb, most shots were f8 and above with no noise reduction. I shot a dark frame at the end of the night and used this to get rid of hot pixels in photoshop.

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Jim M.
Oly 340R & Nikon 995 & TC-E2
http://www.pbase.com/jimm

Darrel Booth · Jul 5, 2002

I was comparing the exposure to my posting. I got alot of blown out highlights and therefore tried to get the picture after the initial explosion.
My guess you are 1 stop less than mine shot at SHUTTER : 3.26sec.
APERTURE : F7.0

Great exposure, hand held!!!!

Darrel

Jim M. said:
carlos_knology said:

Jim M. said:

Thanks to some timely info on this forum a few days ago the
exposure was no problem. I hear other forums aren't as supportive
as this on is, it seems like everyone here is very willing to share
their knowledge for everyone's advancement.

Click to expand...

OK, so I'm gonna ask. How did you get those shots. I like that.
I'm new to my CP995. Did you take that with a stock 995 (no
lenses, etc)?

Thanks.

Click to expand...

Stock 995, no additional lenses. Hand held, 2.7sec at f10.4,
26.2mm. Shutter set to bulb, most shots were f8 and above with no
noise reduction. I shot a dark frame at the end of the night and
used this to get rid of hot pixels in photoshop.

--
Jim M.
Oly 340R & Nikon 995 & TC-E2
http://www.pbase.com/jimm

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carlos_knology · Jul 5, 2002

Jim M. said:
Stock 995, no additional lenses. Hand held, 2.7sec at f10.4,
26.2mm. Shutter set to bulb, most shots were f8 and above with no
noise reduction. I shot a dark frame at the end of the night and
used this to get rid of hot pixels in photoshop.

Thanks for the reply. Good pic. I'll have to play some more with mine. Just finished reading Peter iNova's eBook so there are tons of things I'm dying to try.

Canyonlu · Jul 5, 2002

Beautiful, Jim! i love the double distant shot over the water, too!

marilu

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Jim M. · Jul 5, 2002

Darrel Booth said:
I was comparing the exposure to my posting. I got alot of blown
out highlights and therefore tried to get the picture after the
initial explosion.
My guess you are 1 stop less than mine shot at SHUTTER : 3.26sec.
APERTURE : F7.0

Great exposure, hand held!!!!

Darrel

Darrel,

I looked at your posting again, it still looks great. I don't see any problems with that one and, as I said before, I like the foreground tree.

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Jim M.
Oly 340R & Nikon 995 & TC-E2
http://www.pbase.com/jimm

Ashok Rai · Jul 5, 2002

Jim,

Impressive shots. You must have one heck of a steady hand! Do you mind sharring with a rookie how to use a dark frame shot to get rid of the hot pixels? I also made an attempt at shooting the fireworks last night, and overall I'm happy with my first try. I used the clone tool to fix the hot pixels, but is there a better way. Here are some of my shots: http://www.pbase.com/ashokrai/fireworks

Thanks for any advice, and once again nice pictures!

Ashok

Jim M. · Jul 5, 2002

Ashok Rai said:
Jim,
Impressive shots. You must have one heck of a steady hand! Do you
mind sharring with a rookie how to use a dark frame shot to get rid
of the hot pixels? I also made an attempt at shooting the
fireworks last night, and overall I'm happy with my first try. I
used the clone tool to fix the hot pixels, but is there a better
way. Here are some of my shots: http://www.pbase.com/ashokrai/fireworks

Thanks for any advice, and once again nice pictures!

Ashok

Hi Ashok,

You've got some great shots yourself !!!

As for the dark frame here's what I did, I don't know if it's exactly right but it worked for me:

1. Opened both the dark frame shot and the fireworks shot in Photoshop 6.

2. Inverted the dark frame i.e. made it a negative, then increased the dark areas in levels.

3. Selected all the darkframe and copied it as a new layer on the fireworks shot.
4. Set the layer option for the darkframe layer to multiply.

This was just seat of the pants flying, trying a number of different options until something worked. I knew you should be able to do it because someone on this forum said you could.

--
Jim M.
Oly 340R & Nikon 995 & TC-E2
http://www.pbase.com/jimm

Ashok Rai · Jul 5, 2002

Jim,

Thanks for the advice. I'll remember to take a dark frame shot and try this out. All of my photoshop experience comes from experimenting and reading on this forum, so thank you very much for the teaching.

Ashok

http://www.pbase.com/ashokrai
CP995

Michael Offe · Jul 5, 2002

Hi Ashok,
You got some very good results!

I know how hard it can be to get them that good!

Congratulations!

Michael Offe,
South Australia.

Ashok Rai said:
Jim,
Thanks for the advice. I'll remember to take a dark frame shot and
try this out. All of my photoshop experience comes from
experimenting and reading on this forum, so thank you very much for
the teaching.

Ashok

http://www.pbase.com/ashokrai
CP995

Michael Offe · Jul 5, 2002

Should your shot I put in my message, be rotated 90 degrees anti-clockwise?

Michael Offe.

Michael Offe wrote:

Ashok Rai · Jul 5, 2002

Michael,

Thanks for the complimant and oops, you're right, I forgot to rotate this one! I took 120+ shots last night, and I'm still sorting through them (owe, my eyes!)

Ashok

Michael Offe said:
Should your shot I put in my message, be rotated 90 degrees
anti-clockwise?

Michael Offe.

Michael Offe wrote:

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