Long-exposure fireworks photos

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  Dave — August 29, 2012 at 3:05 am

  That’s a combination of zooming and long exposure.

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    David Johnson — August 29, 2012 at 6:22 am

    Thanks for the post Nathan! These shots were entirely in bulb mode on the camera, where I’d hold the exposure open long enough to capture the explosion and that’s it. The camera would also be out of focus. Once I heard the explosion, i would simply refocus the lens so the light would converge to a fine point, hence the bizarre shapes.

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      Dave — August 29, 2012 at 7:15 am

      How would you know when the camera was in focus though? Really interesting technique!
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      H James Lucas — August 31, 2012 at 9:37 am

      @Dave, I think the bottlenecking you can see near the tips is the result of perfect focus being attained and then overshot just slightly—it lends a nice organic aspect in my eyes and also implies that David didn’t need superhuman focusing skills for this technique.
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  Zen Materialist — September 4, 2012 at 4:33 pm

  Fireworks can become a paintbrush if you wish them to be. http://justsitback.deviantart......=8%2C3%2C0

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