Find the Right Exposure
All that??™s left is selecting the correct exposure. Because you??™re photographing small moving
lights against a pitch black background, you obviously want to use a timed exposure??”something
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longer than the typical 1/60 second your camera usually uses. You??™ll probably get your best
results when you use an exposure time between 1 and 4 seconds. If you can control your aperture
setting, try starting at f/8. After you take your first couple of pictures, review them on the back
of your camera, and check to see if you??™re getting realistic color. If the bright blue, orange,
and red fireworks all look kind of white, you should use the same exposure time but close the
aperture a bit and try again. That means changing your f/8 setting to f/11 or perhaps f/16. If
you don??™t have any control over the camera??™s aperture setting, then you??™ll have to shorten the
exposure time instead.
Take Photos through an Airplane Window
It seems that no matter where you go on vacation, there??™s always some sort of airplane or helicopter
tour available to let you get a better view. Even on an ordinary airline trip, there are some cool
sights to be seen out the tiny little window, like the following image, which I captured on final
approach to one of the Bay Islands near Honduras while shooting out the window of a typical
passenger plane.
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