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What are some ways to take pictures of fireworks that aren't the same kind of pictures that everyone else is taking? I mean yeah, you've got different foregrounds and backgrounds, but the fireworks themselves have pretty much a bog standard look now.
I saw last year some guy doing a neat deal where he'd throw the camera out of focus during the exposure which gave a sort of blooming quality to the light, but what are some other things to try?
I tried that technique (failed...I expect it's far easier with a manual focus lens). I also tried throwing the zoom around, but that's generally nothing special. One thing that did get me a little more crisp of a look was during the exposure sort of randomly holding my hand in front of the lens and taking it away (mainly I'd cover it immediately after a burst).
Any other ideas of things to try?
