Fireworks

Rudolf wrote on November 13, 2005:

Hm—yeah, these things can be very powerful. I went to watch the fireworks at Tsu Yacht Harbour this year. The final bouquet was so powerful that it set off a car alarm right next to where I was standing, so the whole display ended with a wailing and howling car, which I found was a rather humorous finish.

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Yuuna wrote on November 14, 2005:

This summer I went to watch the fireworks at Tsu and Hisai, but Ⅰ have never watched Kumano one.

All the photos I took then are out of cast! Taking photos of the fireworks is quite difficult,isn’t it? is there any good way to do it?

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Mayu wrote on November 14, 2005:

Me,too. I’m not good at taking pictures of the fireworks. It’s very difficult…I don’t know good way,so I gave up taking it and only concentrated on watching the fireworks. Because of it,I didn’t have pictures.

Is there any good way to do it??

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Jerry wrote on November 15, 2005:

Hi Mayu,

Thanks for the message on my webpage. You use very good English!

Hajimemashite.

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Rudolf wrote on November 15, 2005:

Hiya Jerry!

Mayu and Yuuna—taking pictures at night is a whole lot more difficult than taking pictures in broad dailight, and I’m not sure small cameras like the ones found in cell phones are very good at it.

With non-digital cameras, you might want to use film that is more light-sensitive than regular film—some of the more expensive digital cameras have features that allow you to set different values for light-sensitivity.

But more importantly, when taking photos at night you need longer exposures, meaning that your camera’s shutter needs to remain open a little bit longer so that it captures the same amount of light it would capture in daylight at a lower exposure.

With longer exposures comes a problem, though: human beings are not good at being perfectly still, not even for half a second. So as you increase exposure, you need to make sure that the camera is perfectly still, otherwise your images will be blurry and out of focus. To makle sure your camera is perfectly still, you might need to use a tripod.

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Mayu wrote on November 15, 2005:

Hi Jerry,

Hajimemashite.

Welcome to the Mie Journal! Thank you for your comment. I’m very happy. I listened the the crossing streets music on your page, it’s so amusing. That’s a famous children’s song. I enjoyed singing it when I was a child. It’s a good old memory!

Hi Ruedi,

Thanks for your advice. I didn’t know there are different film types and haven’t got a tripod. Maybe I don’t buy it… but I have an inexpensive digital camera.

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Rudolf wrote on November 15, 2005:

If your camera allows you to adjust the exposure, you can improvise even if you don’t have a tripod. I took this photo with an exposure of somewhere between one and two seconds while resting the camera on top of a little wall and adjusting its angle with a cash card and an alien registration card.

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Yoshinori wrote on November 16, 2005:

I like seeing fireworks. I like to take pictures of fireworks, too. I think I can do that well with cameras found in cell phones. But you could take more beautiful pictures in the way Ruedi explained.

I didn’t see fireworks near them this year. So I want to see big fireworks like Kumano fireworks near them next year.

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daichi wrote on November 17, 2005:

This summer I saw only Tsu fireworks.

I really wanted to see Kumano fireworks, but I couldn’t.

If I want to see next year, I never fail to go to Kumano to see firework.

Someday, I want to hear about Kumano fireworks.

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Mayu wrote on November 17, 2005:

OK.Let’s talk about Kumano fireworks!!I rocommend watching it.

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