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Nate P.
07-26-2008, 10:36 PM
...I hope so anyways! Pacific Grove has this "Feast of Lanterns," a gimmicky little festival thing for the tourists, and they set off some fireworks at the end. Stupid me, I forgot my tripod... so I thought I'd experiment!

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb231/natephillips/Feast%20of%20Lanterns%202008/FeastofLanterns066.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb231/natephillips/Feast%20of%20Lanterns%202008/FeastofLanterns076.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb231/natephillips/Feast%20of%20Lanterns%202008/FeastofLanterns057.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb231/natephillips/Feast%20of%20Lanterns%202008/FeastofLanterns060.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb231/natephillips/Feast%20of%20Lanterns%202008/FeastofLanterns044.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb231/natephillips/Feast%20of%20Lanterns%202008/FeastofLanterns065.jpg

All of them done with the Canon 20D and the EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6. What do you think?
Ashraf
07-26-2008, 11:05 PM
Cool! How'd you do that? Can my Canon PowerShot G9 do that? :D
smee
07-26-2008, 11:09 PM
Holy crap!!! Thats amazing Nate!

Please explain how this is done!
Nate P.
07-26-2008, 11:10 PM
Cool! How'd you do that? Can my Canon PowerShot G9 do that? :D
You can if you can manually set the shutter to like 30 second long exposures... just set a really long exposure and wave your camera around while the fireworks are going off.;)
disruptfam
07-27-2008, 03:18 AM
Wow!!
Mr.Guvernment
07-27-2008, 08:08 AM
You can if you can manually set the shutter to like 30 second long exposures... just set a really long exposure and wave your camera around while the fireworks are going off.;)

bingo, try it at home with a light source or something, you can find pick of people with laser lights or glow sticks and such, as long as the person stays as still as possible near the end when the hutter closes you get the solid image with the lights all over.
[XC] 2long4u
07-27-2008, 09:01 AM
That first one would make a great 3 monitor wallpaper. The 3rd one is awesome too.
m0da
07-27-2008, 12:10 PM
love #3
very nice!
Mr.Guvernment
07-27-2008, 12:14 PM
2long4u;3170054']That first one would make a great 3 monitor wallpaper. The 3rd one is awesome too.

i wsa just thinking that! even a widescreen res!
Nate P.
07-27-2008, 03:47 PM
What's a good place to host the high-res pics?
Ashraf
07-27-2008, 04:35 PM
What's a good place to host the high-res pics?

You can e-mail 'em to me and I will host 'em for you.
Nate P.
07-27-2008, 05:17 PM
You can e-mail 'em to me and I will host 'em for you.
My e-mail won't let me attach files that big (~15MB each).
ferrari_freak
07-27-2008, 07:49 PM
Wow those look really cool. I love #3 and the last one.
Cold Fussion
07-27-2008, 09:40 PM
Holy crap!!! Thats amazing Nate!

Please explain how this is done!

Set camera to 30 second exposure
point camera at light
wave camera around while shutter is open
Nate P.
07-27-2008, 09:48 PM
Set camera to 30 second exposure
point camera at light
wave camera around while shutter is open
Pretty much sums it up. Not hard at all.