Any tips to get rid of smoke in fireworks ??

[Davidtxs]

Shot some fireworks last night at Addison is there anyway to get rid of some of this smoke in the shot ? I like the shot except for the smoke it was during the finale so it was a pretty big explosion

[sharpfocus]

I just kept boosting the contrast and then darkening it. And then I sharpened it. It didn't work that good I guess. ...Bob

[Davidtxs]

thanks bob looks a helluva lot better lol
i shot about 300 shots and have maybe 20 i like lol
its a learning process tho
thanks again

[sharpfocus]

David, I like to take fireworks pictures also. I will shoot hundreds of pictures and consider myself lucky to get one keeper. I shoot at about f11 or f16 and set the shutter speed to 5 seconds. You can listen to when it gets shot out and then try to time it so that the shutter is open when the firework explodes. I usually just keep clicking until there is no more room on my 1 gig card. This is one I took in July. ...Bob

[johnastovall]

I don't see it as a problem. The smoke is part of the moment of time the shot captured.

After all smoke is part of fireworks. A photograph is not of perfection but of the moment.

Think about how to work with the smoke.

[johnastovall]

Originally Posted by Davidtxs

thanks bob looks a helluva lot better lol
i shot about 300 shots and have maybe 20 i like lol
its a learning process tho
thanks again

Twenty out of 300? I think I'm doing good if I get 2 out of a 100 I'll even move from bridge to ACR and on to photoshop.

[sharpfocus]

I agree with you Mr. Stovall. It is a simulation of warfare and to be real there would have to be a lot of smoke. Like in this one here. ...Bob

[AllanAguirre]

I got to do the same last night:

[Davidtxs]

Hey Alan was good to meet ya last night ive got some work to do on mine today ill post some more later
thanks to all who have responded too

[AllanAguirre]

Last one:




It was nice meeting and shooting with you too, David. Looking forward to more of your shots.

[AllanAguirre]

ok... one more...

[NathanJK]

Here's my version. What I did was take the overall image and raise the black point a bit in levels and lower the white...which effectively boosted the contrast a bit and helped with the smoke as well as getting the background to be more of a pure black. Then I selected the area most affected by the smoke with a 30 pixel feather...I copied it into a new layer and did the same thing again with levels. Then I did it again selecting from the new layer. Then I flattened everything and went in and burned the smoke left over down a bit more. I think it came out pretty decently!