Fireworks Over the Castle

[WDWFigment]

I've already proven that I don't know a whole lot about fireworks in another thread, so I'd like some feedback as to what I could to to improve this shot. I think the shots streaming upwards are a little blown out; obviously the uppermost fireworks could be completely in the frame; and my location could be better (straight on), but what else could I do? (EXIF: 25 seconds, f/14) Thanks for the help!



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[Roger]

Does the D40 allow for multiple exposures? (I just thought of using that with mine)

 

[WDWFigment]

^I'm a little embarrassed to admit, but I'm not quite sure what multiple exposures means. I would assume it's combining a bunch of shorter exposures into one frame, am I right? (So here, it would mean doing a 2 sec f/8 + 2 sec f/8 to get two bursts in one shot). That sounds cool...but I'm not sure if the D40 can do it--I'll check it out when I get home from class. I know I could do it in Photoshop, but I prefer to do this type of thing in camera.

Anyone know if the D40 can do it?

EDIT: according to various sites on the net, the D40 isn't capable of "pure" multiple exposures, but it can do "image overlay" of multiple RAWs.

 

[mSummers]

You could combine them in photoshop. You would have to take 2 or more photos using a tripod so the static elements in the shot are in exactly the same spot in all of the photos. Then you would put each one on its own layer in photoshop and then set all of the layers except the bottom layer to lighten and only the lighter parts of those layers would show on top of the bottom layer.