Quote Originally Posted by Stephen Coates View Post
Has anyone here ever taken photos of Fireworks? I read that it is quite difficut, but as it is the 5th November soon I thought I'd give it a go. Last time I took pictures of fireworks was a few years ago and they ended up looking a bit strange.
Yeah, they're really fast paced and it's near impossible to convey the sense of actually seeing them. However, I've always found them quite good for getting to know a new camera beyond the simple point-and-shoot in daylight standard shot. Here's a few examples from several years ago that I've no idea why I've kept.

You'll need to use a fairly long exposure time else you'll get something like this:



Smoke is a problem, especially with the air being fairly damp so it's all too easy to end up with something like this:



Oh and of course, make sure the flash doesn't fire otherwise you'll get something like this:



Then really it's luck as to if what you take looks good.