With the 4th of July (and Bastille Day, and a whole host of other regional excuses to set off large explosions in the Midsummer sky) in the offing, John Watson has a short tutorial on shooting fireworks. there are thousands of tutorials on this subject out there, but he boils it down to the essentials: use a reasonably slow ISO setting (100-200); don't forget the tripod; exposure = length of trail; aperture = brightness of trail.Working out the timing so that the starburst is centered wherever you've aimed the tripod is left as an exercise for the reader.
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You can
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clicking on the button at the bottom of the
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Posted at 9:05PM on Jul 28th 2006 by txdave22