Helen Stephenson's Chislehurst Rotary Fireworks Pictures, 3rd November 2007

We made our move from by the bonfire to a good viewing spot for the fireworks while the bonfire was still in full swing. As most of the action with fireworks takes place above ground, it's less important to get right to the front, and in fact I didn't want to get too close or I might not have been in a position to capture the big aerial shells exploding.

I decided to stick with the li-ion battery I'd used to photograph the bonfire, but I put on my Sigma 10-20mm lens, set the aperture to f16, set the camera's sensitivity to ISO 100 (the lowest my camera will go), put the camera in bulb mode, and with my cable release attached, I was all ready to go when the fireworks started.

I also turned off the noise reduction function, which locks the camera up for a time equal to the time the exposure takes. As a result, I may have a few "hot pixels" in my shots, but at least I could keep pressing the button and something happened! It seems that the K10D is less prone to "hot pixels" than its predecessor the *ist DS, as I didn't actually find any annoying little green dots.

The li-ion battery lived up to my faith in it and there was still life left in it once the last firework had exploded. It seems that the li-ion battery in the K10D is capable of shooting more pictures, even long night exposures than the rechargeable AA batteries were ever capable of in the *ist DS.

I thought about putting a few favourites at the top of this page, but I couldn't decide which ones were my favourites, so I've just presented them in the order I took them.

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