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How to capture fireworks?

One great thing about living in Orlando is fireworks every night 🙂
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That was my D70s with the 18-70mm set at 18. 5 second exposure at f22
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that was 1/5 second at f3.5
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1/25s at 5.0

Looking at those you can see that you don't need overly long exposures to get good stuff.
I think the longer ones are too 'busy'
I also think fireworks pics look better on film, if I had my film ones scanned I could show you.
 
Bump, great thread. Fireworks are tricky to shoot; the links above should be really helpful. Maybe the mods could sticky this until after the 4th.
 
If the fireworks are being launched fast enough and you are close, I have been able to get away with fast shutter speeds on a p&s. Otherwise the tripod is the only way to go.
 
Thanks to all the information and tips provided, i scored several great shots tonight.

While they may not have the mega WOW factor, i'm happy with them - as this is the first time i've successfully captured fireworks.

first one processed: (cropped, resized)
http://troytime.com/fireworks.jpg
 
my fireworks pics all turned out a bit smoky and i was too far away for the lenses at my disposal (i'm seeing a 70-200 in my future). i also appear to need a remote release. or maybe the parking garage i was on was vibrating a bit.

not sure if i could have remedied the smokiness by being in a different location. the wind wasn't blowing much and there were an ungodly amount of pyrotechnics in use. not just one shell at a time, usually 2 or 3 with fountains going off at the same time. for 25 minutes. my clearest shots, in terms of smoke, were hand-held for the country club that lights it's fireworks off just before the city does.
 
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