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From: rs55611@ihuxk.UUCP (Robert E. Schleicher)
Newsgroups: net.rec.photo
Subject: Re: Fireworks Photos
Message-ID: <675@ihuxk.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 9-Jul-84 14:27:47 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul  9 14:27:47 1984
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Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL
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Maybe others can add their experiences in shooting fireworks,
but here's one opinion:

It sounds like the original submitter had his/her camera in auto-
exposure mode.  This is no good for fireworks, as the resulting
photo will be very washed-out, as the auto-exposure will try
to
make the black sky look like a normal daytime exposure.  The result
is a lightened sky, with washed out fireworks.  I've had reasonablt good
luck with regular 100ASA film, at about f5.6, with 1/60 second
exposure.  This gives nice black backgrounds, and the actual
fireworks expose nicely too.  If you want to get multiple fireworks
in one picture, without going to the hassle of multiple exposures,
you can use the camera on a tripod, and the B setting, holding the
shutter open for several seconds.  If the fireworks are spaced far
apart, cover the lens between fireworks, while keeping the shutter open.
For this type of shot, the lens should usually be stopped down
as far as possible.

Bob Schleicher
ihuxk!rs55611
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Naperville, Ill.