Last night, I attended my first Grand Marais (Minn.) Fourth of July fireworks. It was very cool.
In the past I’ve shot fireworks right around the neighborhood of ISO 200; f/11; 20 seconds — give or take. That has seemed like a good exposure to get both the fireworks’ brightness and the trails. However, the fireworks at Grand Marais seemed to come quicker than they have in the past, so for some of the time, I went down to ISO 100 and 10 second exposures at f/11.
Here are the results:
![090704-Up-Fireworks-088 20 sec. at f/11; ISO 200; f=35mm](http://blog.calebwilliamsphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/090704-Up-Fireworks-088.jpg)
![090704-Up-Fireworks-117 10 sec. at f/11; ISO 100; f=35m](http://blog.calebwilliamsphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/090704-Up-Fireworks-117.jpg)
![090704-Up-Fireworks-090 20 sec. at f/11; ISO 200; f=35m](http://blog.calebwilliamsphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/090704-Up-Fireworks-090.jpg)
![090704-Up-Fireworks-130 20 sec. at f/16; ISO 100; f=35m](http://blog.calebwilliamsphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/090704-Up-Fireworks-130.jpg)
Thanks for looking,
- Caleb