Fireworks July 4 2025

lulu5kamz

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A 180 degree view of fireworks from the deck of our house. At the start of the video a person is walking on the dirt road below our house using a cell phone for light. They return a couple minutes later and appear to be in a hurry to get back.


 
A 180 degree view of fireworks from the deck of our house. At the start of the video a person is walking on the dirt road below our house using a cell phone for light. They return a couple minutes later and appear to be in a hurry to get back.



Is this footage raw, directly from the camera (no post corrections)?
 
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A 180 degree view of fireworks from the deck of our house. At the start of the video a person is walking on the dirt road below our house using a cell phone for light. They return a couple minutes later and appear to be in a hurry to get back.




Nice views Lulu.
 
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That's amazing. You must have a LOT of light in this location. I can only dream of images like this. I have terrible lighting
The only light is from the camera and city lights. This hillside and the dirt road below our deck is very dark. The city lights prevent the sky from turning dark, so you can't see stars above the city. But to the left of our house is open hillside, so you can see stars in the sky in this area. Here is a screenshot from this morning at midnight. Camera is Empire Tech IPC Color 4K 180.cap_Cam50.20250709_000025_1_00_00_05_01r.jpg
 
The only light is from the camera and city lights. This hillside and the dirt road below our deck is very dark. The city lights prevent the sky from turning dark, so you can't see stars above the city. But to the left of our house is open hillside, so you can see stars in the sky in this area. Here is a screenshot from this morning at midnight. Camera is Empire Tech IPC Color 4K 180.View attachment 224167
That's a bright image for being dark. What settings are you running for this camera?
 
That's a bright image for being dark. What settings are you running for this camera?
Camera settings are default, except for:
Resolution lowered to 4096 x 1216 (to eliminate distortion)
Frame rate lowered to 15
Bit Rate at 6144
 
Camera settings are default, except for:
Resolution lowered to 4096 x 1216 (to eliminate distortion)
Frame rate lowered to 15
Bit Rate at 6144
I'm very surprised that there's no motion blur (at least I can't detect any) in the image at default settings. Wish I could run default settings and get results that good