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š These freakin’ buttons
on my cam’ra, but no clues
which for fireworks?
I’m pretty much an idiot for not reading the manual (“RTFM”, as we say in technology; the “F” is the same as in another popular acronyn, “FUBAR”). I get to the part where the pretty blue stuff is in the air and I realize I’ve got a camera in my hand that I’ve not really tried with fireworks before. Therefore, I have NO CLUE what setting it wants. There’s one that looks like a guy with a star over his head, so I pick that one. Uh-uh, blurry mess. Then there’s one that looks like a party in a cornucopia – all these streamers and confetti things coming out of it. While I don’t know what that one is for (yeah, I’ve been home for three days and I’ve not sought the manual yet), I do know it took a better photo of fireworks than the star-hovering-over-the-stick-dude setting did. Photo taken with a Canon Powershot SX110IS
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The drama and chorus of ‘ooh’ and ‘ahh’ from the crowd below is heard and felt by the viewer!
I remember my old walking days and my film, all manual Pentax K1000! I knew to use an F-stop of 30 or less, mounted securely on a tripod and using the cable shutter release. The old Pentax, you knew the shutter speed and F-stop to get a perfect picture. Alas, with the wheelchair, the heavy steel bodied camera with a heavy lens doesn’t work so much. The point and shoot Canon we use is easier these days. I dream of a lightweight affordable digital SLR. and keep dreaming!
I have never had great success at taking pictures of fireworks. You might not have known what you were doing but you did a fantastic job. š
Happy PSF!
Ha! Dangerous huh?? Mine has a fireworks button too but dang you gotta hold REALLY still for it to work!
enjoy that baby!
Happy Halloween!
I think you figured it out without the manual! Beautiful shot!
I sure can identify with not understanding all the buttons on a camera! LOL
Actually, I like the artistic look of your fireworks. They turned out great.
Boy, do I understand. I usually turn myself loose on something, play with it for a while, then look at the manual. Sometimes it actually works. Ha.
The fireworks remind me of sea anemonies (SP???).
~~~Blessings~~~
Great capture! My camera has a fireworks setting, but it doesn’t work in stability mode, and I can’t hold the camera still enough in standard. Go figure.
It makes me wanna cheer!.
Please come and see the beautiful blue sky in Donsol, Philippines
That photo is awesome. My camera cost a couple thousand and I can’t take photos in the dark at all. In fact, there’s a lot of photos I screw up and frankly, I’m too damn busy to read a manuel. Enjoy your photos for what they are and the memories they bring. (No one will really give a hoot about them when we are gone anyhow! lol)
This is an awesome shot for experimenting. I love the blue wriggly lines.
Happy weekend!
I have a Canon camera, and the fireworks setting is under the SCN menu – there are several choices there. I took an online course called “What do all these camera buttons do?” or something like that, to help me learn. It was much more fun than reading the manual, but I don’t really remember a lot. I should probably go back over the lessons…
Anyway, this turned out really nice anyway! I love fireworks.
Thanks Anna – guess what, mine is under SCN too! I just checked it out. The icon looks like a fat snowflake make out of dots. Not the cornucopia after all. I wonder what the cornucopia does? Guess I will RTFM after all!
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well the picture turned out well–I’m sure you’ll figure it out in time. If you want to wander down my road Iām home.
Whatever setting …. they look great!