[A] Fireworks

[Miriel]

I went to Pier 39 in San Francisco to watch the fireworks for 4th of July, and even though the fireworks were pretty medicore (nothing to compare with Disneyland's!) I still got some great shots. Most of these were taken with veeery slow shutterspeed to capture the light.








And some experimental ones:




And a special one for my boyfriend where I tried to create a heart with the light from the firework. It kinda turned out well.

[Rye]

Aaah, I love the heart one, that's my favourite. How did you do it? The pictures are so nice and they came out well. I wish it wasn't so stormy in NY on the 4th of July, or else I would have tried to take photos of fireworks.

[DK]

The second one is awesome! And the last one is cute. Terribly cute. Sappy lady.

Top stuff, as always. Miriel ftrox.

[~SapphireStar~]

The heart one is cute Those are some great shots there Miriel, the experimental ones are excellent.

[Miriel]

Aaah, I love the heart one, that's my favourite. How did you do it?

I set the shutterspeed to something like 10 seconds and then slowing moved my camera in a heart shape to capture the light that way. It's a simple trick, all you have to do is to move slowly and make big motions while the shutterspeed is dragging.