Backyard Fireworks, Sewell NJ, July 2007.
A display of fireworks in daylight makes a vertical ascent outdoors in a backyard located in the suburb of Sewell, NJ.
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Background Information:
While attending a party in the NJ suburb of Sewell, NJ fireworks were bring ignited in the backyard at around 5:00pm. The view of the fireworks during daytime, in an empty suburban backyard, struck me as surreal. Although I did not think of this at the time I created the picture, as I look at the photograph now It reminds me of the burning bush from the Biblical narrative.
Compositional Information:
I framed horizontally to include as much as the backyard as possible. I placed the fireworks in the center, insuring their prominence , and set the shutter speed at 1/30th second, the slowest shutter speed I could get away with while hand holding the camera. I chose the slowest shutter speed that I could because I wanted the backyard to be sharp and defined, but I wanted light trails that would be created by any fast moving sparks.
I spot metered off of the edges of the fireworks to include some of the backyard area and the AV priority mode of the camera went to f-8. Considering that the scene was high contrast, metering off of the edges resulted in a compromise between the areas where I wanted to hold detail.
Technical Information:
Subfile Type:Full-resolution Image
Image Width:3072
Image Height:2304
Bits Per Sample:8 8 8
Compression:Uncompressed
Photometric Interpretation:RGB
Image Description:7/22/2007-A display of fireworks makes a vertical ascent in a backyard located in the suburb of Sewell, NJ.
Make:SONY
Camera Model Name:DSC-V3
Strip Offsets:33958
Samples Per Pixel:3
Rows Per Strip:2304
Strip Byte Counts:21233664
X Resolution:300
Y Resolution:300
Planar Configuration:Chunky
Resolution Unit:inches
Software:Adobe Photoshop CS2 Macintosh
Modify Date:2009-06-25 17:15:34 GMT
Artist:Sam D’Amico
Copyright:(C) Sam D’Amico
Exposure Time:30
F Number:8.0
Exposure Program:Shutter speed priority AE
ISO:100
Exif Version:0221
Date/Time Original:2007-07-22 20:50:23 GMT
Create Date:2007-07-22 20:50:23 GMT
Shutter Speed Value:30
Aperture Value: 8.0
Max Aperture Value:2.8
Metering Mode:Spot
Light Source:Daylight
Flash:Off
Focal Length:7.0mm
File Source:Digital Camera
Scene Type:Directly photographed
Custom Rendered:Normal
Exposure Mode:Auto
White Balance:Manual
Scene Capture Type:Standard
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