Another couple of points.
I use my Sky Lights to protect my lens face proper, plus they help with
overall picture quality (warmth) in daylight situations. In my opinion
these filters are nobrainers for just walking around town. To set up and
dedicate a shoot solely to fireworks I doubt I'd be down on the beach, and
if I were my shots would be with very fast color film (800 Supra I imagine)
and hand-held. In the actual event I think I'll set up my gear (assuming
I've a tripod) on my hotel balcony which overlooks the beach area,where the
fireworks display will be displayed for the crowd, and so be able to do
without the Sky Light altogether in that situation. I don't put extra glass
in front of my lens for no reason at all!
The other thing is you didn't mention what kind of Sky Light you used for
that picture. I still have a couple of Tiffen Sky 1-A's lying around in
case I should need them, but I use the TMC (multicoated) variety these
days, which might well have a better effect for these kinds of possible
glare situations. Again, I don't know as I haven't tried fireworks shots
for some time, and not at all with TMC Sky Lights.
Another point is that even at night I almost always shoot with a hood. This
just might catch a few unwanted light sources from outside the subject
area, especially at longer exposure times.
Tris
At 05:00 PM 7/17/01 +0200, you wrote:
Yo,
on Sat, 14 Jul 2001 18:15:29 -0700, Tris Schuler wrote:
>I'll be able to check that thoroughly again this summer during semana
>grande in Donisti, where they hold an international fireworks competition
>the entire week. I think you're wrong (within my experience). Certainly
>hope so.
You are, of course, entitled to learn from your own mistakes, but you might
have a look at the following anyway:
http://www.translators.de/gallery/reflect.jpg
This is a test shot I did because I suspected the very effect the picture
shows. OM-2, 85 mm f2 set to f8, Minette tripod, exposure time approx. 1
min. The odd reflections in the middle of the construction crane's arm and
below were caused by a Sky 1A Filter. Only this picture and 2 or 3 others
that I took with the filter on show this phenomenon; all the others on this
roll of film (same subject, w/o filter) are fine.
MtFbwy,
Volkhart
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