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Ive been experimenting with my bridge camera that I got for christmas and have been trying anything and everything; landscapes, portraits, macro, etc.
I read recently that Renfrew town hall would be having a re-opening ceremony today with fireworks, lighting on the hall etc. With it being only 100m down the road, I set off camera and tripod in hand to try my luck with firework photography with the beautiful building in front of them.
I took some nice shots in daylight of the building and some shots of my fiances little cousins on the rides, anticipation of the big event rising.
Then, to my astonishement, at 4.30 when it was still perfectly bright, boom boom boom. The fireworks start. My FZ45, at the zoom required, has a minimum aperture of 3.5 so any kind of long exposure was out of the question, even with exposure compensation. No problem, I thought, ill just get some sharp images of the town hall spire lit up with fountain fireworks falling in front of the clock and salvage something from the day. No such luck as Renfrew coucil seem to have bought the smokiest fireworks in the world aparently. Nothing could be seen, fireworks were enveloped by the smoke and even if they hadn't been, the natural light totally washed them out!!
Just goes to show, event planning and attention to detail can really makr or break what could have been a great spectacle. I will just have to wait till a better display to work on my firework skills!
Rant over!!
Paul
I read recently that Renfrew town hall would be having a re-opening ceremony today with fireworks, lighting on the hall etc. With it being only 100m down the road, I set off camera and tripod in hand to try my luck with firework photography with the beautiful building in front of them.
I took some nice shots in daylight of the building and some shots of my fiances little cousins on the rides, anticipation of the big event rising.
Then, to my astonishement, at 4.30 when it was still perfectly bright, boom boom boom. The fireworks start. My FZ45, at the zoom required, has a minimum aperture of 3.5 so any kind of long exposure was out of the question, even with exposure compensation. No problem, I thought, ill just get some sharp images of the town hall spire lit up with fountain fireworks falling in front of the clock and salvage something from the day. No such luck as Renfrew coucil seem to have bought the smokiest fireworks in the world aparently. Nothing could be seen, fireworks were enveloped by the smoke and even if they hadn't been, the natural light totally washed them out!!
Just goes to show, event planning and attention to detail can really makr or break what could have been a great spectacle. I will just have to wait till a better display to work on my firework skills!
Rant over!!
Paul