RE: Fireworks ?

Heres my 2 cents.

Obviously use a tripod. I use a bulb setting for the shutter speed and use the lens cap as the shutter. As the fireworks burst in the sky I remove the lens cap and replace it between bursts. Paint the fireworks into the scene. Exposure is determined by your subject outside of the fireworks (cityscape, building, whatever). Keep filling the frame with fireworks till you reach proper exposure for the outside scene. Use your aperture to control your “window for opportunities”.

…bp

Bill Powers

Statewidephoto@xxxxxxx

-----Original Message-----
From: Jakob Sigurdsson [mailto:jakobs@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, November 26, 1999 5:35 PM
To: panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Fireworks ?

Hi there,

I recently bought a Horizon 202. I want to take some pictures

of the new year fireworks here in Reykjavik. I will try to find some

high ground and capture the sky over a large portion of the city.

Here in Reykjavik the whole sky lights up around midnight. If the

weather will be calm then I believe that it will be a spectacular show.

I have never tried to photograph fireworks before. There are some pointers on the net

about this but not regarding panoramic cameras.

Any recomendations regarding film, shutter speed etc. will be appreciated.

Maybe a swing lens camera is not well suited to do this? Well I'm pretty clueless.

Horizon specs:

- multi coated 28mm/f2.8-16 lens
- exposure times: 1/2-1/4-1/8s and 1/60-1/125-1/250s

As I said any recomendations will be helpfull.

regards,

Jakob S

jakobs@xxxxxxxxx