Ground Zero at the Fireworks
Image by Stuck in Customs
I was contacted by John Polk at Alpha Lee Fireworks here in Austin on account of that fireworks shot that somehow ended up in the Smithsonian — it turns out his company shot those things off. He invited me down on Saturday night behind the scenes of their big fireworks show here in Austin.
John mentioned to me that the fireworks shot got a lot of people he knew interesting in HDR photography… and they all were visiting my HDR Tutorial ( stuckincustoms.com/2006/06/06/548/ ) – cool!
I brought Ethan and we got there about 2 hours before the show. He took about half an hour to show us around the trailers, the shells, the wiring, the firing board, and everything. It was very cool and interesting, especially since I have shot so many of these things to see how it really works backstage.
He then granted Ethan and I up close and personal action while we sat right by the trailers. We wore earplugs because we were so dang close… I used a 10 mm, so you can see the launch point as well as the peak of the explosion here.
See the larger one at stuckincustoms.com/2008/03/30/ground-zero-at-the-fireworks/
Another magnificent HDR work!
Beautiful!
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Amazing !!
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Cool! I really like how you included the launch point in the shot.
Looks like a great time was had by you and Ethan.
nice
Fantastic
Great capture and nice colours.
excellent work, really cool fireworks shot
great shot and great work dude…
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Prettiest PALM TREE I’ve ever seen
Very cool!
Great story – Lucky you!!
Cool shot.
Thanks!
WOW!!
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Very cool shot, great how you show the launch point and also the illumination of the trees and surrounding area
amazing shot – part of a great shoot is getting to know your subjects and respecting their craft. It brings out something extra in the images
Super shot……great story Trey!
Beautiful traces of light.
HI Stuck in customs
I’m new to HDR and have a question for you regarding this shot. As I understood it HDR consists of multiple exposures processed later on. How were you able to get the fireworks as an HDR? By the time you fired off several shots wouldn’t they have dissipated too much? Please do not take offense, I am very new to HDR and am trying to learn lots. Any info you could offer up on this shot would be great!
Thanks!
BTW, very cool shot!
Reminds me of Gandalf’s firework show. It’s beautiful.
Great capture !!
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sweet!
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arcan –
Sorry for stepping in when I wasn’t asked the question, but….
… this is technically not a true HDR shot (although many, including myself, call it HDR for practical reasons) since, more than likely, Trey took one shot, probably in RAW format, and then used some sort of software to adjust the exposure settings up and down, then combined them into one shot (using Photomatix I assume) to give it the HDR look and feel.
Trey actually has several shots that employ this technique. I once asked the same question. I pass the answer on to you.
Thelonious Gonzo, thank you for your input! Very intresting to know. I will have to do a little more digging on the matter then. Very neat to see the possiblities of HDR! I can’t wait to learn more! Much appreciation!!
Great shot the colors are beautiful.
Hello! I used this photo on my blog:
http://www.linguatrek.com/blog/2011/12/my-language-goals-for-2012
I attributed the photo to you and included a link back here in the image caption. Please let me know if you would like it attributed differently. Thanks for sharing!