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What settings should I be using to photograph fireworks?
As it's heading into firework season (with Thanksgiving, Guy Fawkes, and New Years), I've never been particularly successful at photographing fireworks. In previous years I think I've always had too ...
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How do I achieve fireworks pictures such as the hirobamboo method?
How do I achieve the abstract effect for fireworks that is sometimes referred to as the hirobamboo method? Specifically what types of lenses would work best for this, do I start in focus or out, ...
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How to get rid of smoke in this fireworks photo in post processing
This was a 6 seconds on f/11 exposure with 100 ISO. The sky wasn't dark so I couldn't use the black t-shirt trick here. Anyway, how can I lose the smoke using Adobe Lightroom 4 or Adobe Photoshop?
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Fireworks, getting rid of the smoke
Is there any way I can get rid of the smoke (or reduce it to a minimum) when photographing fireworks?
Like a minimum distance from the event, position from the wind and surrounding lights?
Exposure ...
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What unique techniques can I use for shooting fireworks?
What settings should I be using to photograph fireworks? covers some of the basics of taking photographs of fireworks, but what special techniques can I use shooting fireworks? I heard about this one ...
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Long Exposures of Fireworks. How was this done? [duplicate]
Just saw these amazing long exposures of fireworks by Davey J. How did he do that? I'm assuming it's slightly more complicated than just taking a long exposure on a tripod?
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Metering mode for fireworks shooting
Following up from this question I would like to know what could be the correct metering mode that I should use to shoot fireworks? Since evaluative mode could be tricked here since the a large area of ...
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How to recreate Instagram Lux effect in Photoshop [duplicate]
I am just wondering if anyone knows how to recreate the instagram lux effect with photoshop,
here is an example of before and after of the lux effect
Before Lux
After Lux
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Optimal settings to capture firework at night using Nikon D3200 with 18mm - 105mm Zoom Lens? [duplicate]
I tried take photos of firework using my Nikon D3200 with 18mm - 105mm Zoom Lens in Aperture Mode. But I cannot get a good focus since if happens in sky at different heights. This made most of my shot ...
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How to make a image fade out in two sides just like this [closed]
Ho can you create an image that will fade into the background so that it can be used at various widths (fade out + the same color background color). Thus it could be used at any screen resolution.
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adobe fireworks blend mode issue [closed]
an image having blend mode as multiply,(its kind of reducing opacity) its showing its effect in adobe fireworks but its not showing the same effect,when overlapped on another image in browser.
