joanna Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 hi from sunny Australia!!! what colour temperature do you guys find gives the most accurate colour rendition of night-time fireworks? would a stop of shutter (1/60) make much difference visually? i realise this would also soak up a stop of light. i'm using Sony Betacam SX. thanks.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alvin Pingol Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 >>what colour temperature do you guys find gives the most accurate colour >>rendition of night-time fireworks? I was actually playing around with this on New Years and found that daylight (5600K) looks best. With 3200K, white fireworks turn blue-ish. >>would a stop of shutter (1/60) make much difference visually? i realise this >>would also soak up a stop of light. I'm not too clear on what you mean by "stop of shutter," but I simply used "no shutter" (1/60th) as my speed. It looked pretty good. Of course, if you are staying in 60i, using shutter speeds faster than 1/60th won't produce that noticeable visual changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joanna Posted January 22, 2004 Author Share Posted January 22, 2004 thanks Alvin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimMcGee Posted January 25, 2004 Share Posted January 25, 2004 Hi Joanna, I have shot fireworks quite a few times and I feel Alvin has good advice with shooting under the daylight setting. Any ambient outdoor lights will be a little warmer as well which can be a nice effect. If you have the ability to shoot at a shutter speed slower than 1/60, you may want to experiment. Slowing the shutter may eliminate potential underexposure as well as giving some interesting trailing effects. Good luck. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joanna Posted January 26, 2004 Author Share Posted January 26, 2004 thanks Jim it's Australia Day today so hopefully i'll get some great shots tonight... Happy Australia Day all..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member John Pytlak RIP Posted January 28, 2004 Premium Member Share Posted January 28, 2004 I agree, fireworks will be rendered most naturally treating the exposure filtration as for daylight (5500K): http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jht...pq-locale=en_US Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AStar Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 That makes sense since firework create white light by burning phosphors, which burn extreamly white, not sure what the color temp is but obviously must be in the 5600k range. My question is, since arial flares (like battle field lighting flares) are basically fireworks using the same technology, would this also hold true for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member John Pytlak RIP Posted January 29, 2004 Premium Member Share Posted January 29, 2004 The color of a flare depends on its chemical composition. I suspect many use magnesium, and so would be quite high in color temperature. Here are some links: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/fireworks/anat_nf.html http://hmchemdemo.clt.binghamton.edu/zumda...07fireworks.htm http://www.skylighter.com/mall/chemicals.asp?Sort=S http://www.pyro-pages.com/Info/Chemistry/chemical.htm Be careful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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