Infrared Fireworks Photographs

[IStudioIR@xxxxxxx]

Hello All,

A short while ago I read with intrique and interest several postings
concerning photographing fireworks displays using infrared film.  The note
from Clive Smith, I believe it was, was that the result showed the foliage
whitened as if shot in normal daylight.  

Well that got my curiosity up and I set out to photograph last night's
Sarasota fireworks display with HIE to see if I, too, would find similiar
results.  My lovely partner and I scoped out the scene on Friday and chose two
possible sites that would give me a good wide angle view of the fireworks and
the land mass at the bottom.  [Compositional note:  Florida is flat as pancake
especially along the coast.  Fireworks in Sarasota, FL are lit off from a
small island called Island Park.  The spot I chose gave me several small
sailboats in the foreground, the island's trees in the midground/background,
and the fireworks over head.]

Last night further proved a long standing law that I live by: 'Planning is a
method of eliminating one way of doing things.'  When we got to the waterfront
we could not get to either spot we had scoped out earlier on Friday.  Choosing
another location, and a better one as it turned out, we set up.

To make a long story short...I souped up the roll this morning and I was
pleasantly rewarded with several images that not only gave me an excellent
fireworks image but also well lit and well exposed foliage.  I haven't yet
done any contacts or scanned the negatives in but I am certain that I will
have 3-4 workable images to show at the next camera club competion and to
market as a poster or fineart image.

One phenomenon was noted though...on two/three of the images there looks like
a secondary light ring around a major burst.  Anyone have an idea what would
cause such a circular halo around the major bursts on the image?

I will welcome your comments and inputs.  I hope to have some photos up on our
new website soon.

Thanks,
Mike Brouphy
>From the hazy,hot, and humid suncoast of Florida where June, July, and August
are a small  price to pay for January, February, and March.

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