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A couple on the 4th



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upload_dateJul, 2016

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Wildwoltersphotography
 
Wildwoltersphotography April 16, 2018
I absolutely love this picture!

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Behind The Lens

Location

I took this in Boise, ID.

Time

Taken right at the end of the blue hour, as you can see some blue hues in the sky, but it was still dark enough to give the fireworks great contrast.

Lighting

I shot this at 6 seconds as a non-composite image. These type image usually have two composites, however i liked the back lighting and subtle silhouette of the couple.

Equipment

This was taken with a Canon 6D on a Tokina 11-16mm lens. The lens is normally used on crop sensor bodies, however works great on a full frame at 16mm. A tripod was obviously used as well. The body is one of the best bodies to use under 5,000 dollars for handling noise at higher ISO's.

Inspiration

I was running all over the park looking for a good foreground, and finally saw the couple along with the great contrasting light of the people in the distance.

Editing

I did a little post-processing in Lightroom. I shot this in RAW and was able to correct the white balance and bring up the shadows a little. Crop and lens corrections as well.

In my camera bag

I don't like to overburden myself too much, however I like to have a good range of lenses. If I'm bringing one lens and body around my neck I will take the 24-105mm as it has one of the best IS of any lens, alleviating the need to bring a tripod in many cases.

Feedback

Watch the timing of the fireworks. You don't want to expose too many streaks at once otherwise it will get too messy. I found that at this show 6-8 seconds got the whole path of the fireworks without capturing much of the proceeding fireworks. focal length depends on if you are making a composite image or not. For mine as it was just one image, I just recommend doing the math and find how wide you can get your aperture without losing any focus/sharpness.

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