Mine came out pretty bad so no worth putting on this forum but I want to learn what y'all have and how you set your camera. I have read one of the posts in this forum and have learned a lot. I guess experience really counts in getting this skill sets.

 

Here's a couple of mine:

 

Nice, was this at Ft Meade?

 

Yea, Fort Meade. Got there late this year, not until after 8PM. Show started at 9:30. We got a spot right in front of the launch area, about 150 yards away. Not much of a breeze, so there was a lot of smoke hanging around.

 

 

Turned out to be a great spot!

 

I was lazy and didn't go out (after being outside for much longer than I'm accustomed to during the day) - but managed to get some shots of the distant shows from home - these are all with the 200mm

http://www.flickr.com/photos/delobbo/4762709820/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/delobbo/4766398817/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/delobbo/4767038748/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/delobbo/4767038830/

a flash-bang above (or near) Comiskey Park -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/delobbo/4766398925/

 

Nice shots guys. Here are some newbie questions. When I zoomed out to the max, I could set the focus point to infinity. However, when I tried to zoom in, "focus to infinity" will give me blurry images. I set my lens to manual focus. Any tips to address this? Also, how long do you keep your shutter open?

 

I tried different settings:

1/20, f/2.8, ISO 400, -1ev
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ep_jhu/4763998368/" title="Fireworks! by ep_jhu, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4123/4763998368_d8e009d028.jpg" alt="Fireworks!"></a>

1/40, f/3.2, ISO 100, -2ev
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ep_jhu/4763998900/" title="Fireworks! by ep_jhu, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4119/4763998900_838fab7f62.jpg" alt="Fireworks!"></a>

1/20, f/2.8, ISO 500, -1ev
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ep_jhu/4762246041/" title="Fireworks! by ep_jhu, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4119/4762246041_88ba71b01a.jpg" alt="Fireworks!"></a>

Focus point was the monument for all 3.

 

Here are some of mine. This was from a private show for the neighborhood at my girlfriend's parents. It was tough to capture because they were directly overhead.