4th July Fireworks: 2.5s f/8.0 ISO100 80mm, Canon 30D, Canon 70-200 f/2.8L IS

I have a small selection of fireworks photos in my Canon 30D gallery now. My style is to use a long lens and record the detail of the display rather than try to capture the whole thing. I used ISO 100, f/8 for all of them, varying the exposure time according to how much movement I wanted. I used a tripod of course, one of the few occasions that I do, and turned IS and AF off. JPEGging them for upload loses a lot of the detail, and that's unfortunate because they are very sharp.

Tags: Fireworks, Canon, 30D