[Leica] Fireworks

[TDSatty@aol.com]

I used to shoot chromes of 4th of July fireworks every year.  Try using a 
fast film -- EI 200-400.  Lock the shutter open and cover the lens with a 
hat, towel, lens cap between bursts if you do not want the foreground to 
lighten up and the sky to get lighter.  Let a few bursts go for each picture 
- -- you can make everything look like the grand finale by letting multiple 
bursts go on the same frame.  F stop choice is not so critical but changes 
the look.  Basically, wider F stops give broader, brighter, less saturated 
lines of color, while smaller F stops will give you finer, darker, more 
saturated lines, which is a matter of personal preference.  Experiment.  

Tom Schofield