fireworks

[adrian rathbone]

Not sure if this is the correct forum for these but i thought i would post a couple of fireworks shots from a recent carnival night

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3015/3023404248_e03c35b058.jpg?v=0


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3248/3023420142_04871cb636.jpg?v=0

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3048/3022580593_a3a204ac05.jpg?v=0

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3046/3023414542_bf9d2dfa98.jpg?v=0

[Asher Kelman]

Not sure if this is the correct forum for these but i thought i would post a couple of fireworks shots from a recent carnival night

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3046/3023414542_bf9d2dfa98.jpg?v=0
Adrian,

I like this last one in particular because of the layering of colors that gives the impression of depth. Firework photography is a challenge for the still photographer as the whoosh, crackling and booms are to be heard and felt at the same time. In fact, only having experienced this would we be able to imagine it.

I'd like to see this picture larger. I don't know if it will stand the enlargement but it should be pretty. Besides capturing the big spray of colors erupting, which is tough enough, getting a special composition is another matter. Is there any detail discoverable in the blackness that's worth exploring?

Asher

BTW, would it test your own concept of truth for you to overlay some of these images to make a new presentation? Sort of like stitching a landscape, since after all these pictures all occurred in the same place.

[Bart_van_der_Wolf]

BTW, would it test your own concept of truth for you to overlay some of these images to make a new presentation? Sort of like stitching a landscape, since after all these pictures all occurred in the same place.

If the background didn't move, or is very dark, the easiest way of doing that is layering (e.g. in Photoshop) in a "Lighten" blending mode.

Bart

[adrian rathbone]

right ok what i did was here i have taken a vertical shot from the same fireworks display and lightened the buildings at the bottom, (shame the water wasnt higher that night then built a collage of 3 other fireworks around it c+c please


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3284/3034564316_946affcae2_b.jpg

[adrian rathbone]

as requested , im afraid the blackness really is quite black

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3046/3023414542_bf9d2dfa98_b.jpg

[Bart_van_der_Wolf]

right ok what i did was here i have taken a vertical shot from the same fireworks display and lightened the buildings at the bottom, (shame the water wasnt higher that night then built a collage of 3 other fireworks around it c+c please

Hi Adrian,

Such a composition allows to build impressive firework displays, doesn't it? ;-)

In this collage it's too bad that you've lost the highlight definition, which your earlier examples seemed to be retaining much better. Maybe caused by the method of compositing? Any details how you did it?

Bart

[adrian rathbone]

im quite new to editing multiple images i did this using layer on paint shop pro , then erasing certain areas of the various laers using different oppacity levels

[Bart_van_der_Wolf]

im quite new to editing multiple images i did this using layer on paint shop pro , then erasing certain areas of the various laers using different oppacity levels

Does Paintshop Pro allow a "Lighten" or "Lighter" blending between layers? That would be ideal for fireworks compositing.

Bart