How to post process fireworks to pull out colors and sharpen blacks?

4 years 10 months ago #649021 by Cory J
We had some neighbors lighting up some fireworks yesterday and I took some photos of these going off, and nearly all my shots seem flat or when they were bright, they had all sorts of light pollution going on from the smoke and bright lights.  

How are you processing fireworks?  your workflow please?  


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4 years 10 months ago #649154 by Ozzie_Traveller
G'day Cory

Hmmm - not going to be much help here as I don't try pp on fireworks

I found years ago that my best fireworks pics were those shot at EV minus 1 or 1,5 to keep the background black like our expectations expect it to be

Possibilities here are Levels > can you pull the mid point down to cause the blacks to darken as well, and maybe Hue/Saturation > to increase saturation by maybe 20% ?? to draw out extra colour

Hope this helps
Phil from the great land Downunder

Phil from the great land Downunder
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4 years 9 months ago #650375 by Dana Beasley
Mess with the contrast and your dark sliders and then bump up your whites. In Lightroom, bump up 'texture' and 'clarity' sliders a tad. 


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