NYE Fireworks and Harbour Views

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NYE Fireworks and Harbour Views

Postby Alpha_7 on Mon Jan 01, 2007 4:34 pm

Just some random shots (again PP'ed from the Small Basic of the D200 I think they look ok for web viewing don't they?) So much faster.

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Postby Matt. K on Mon Jan 01, 2007 4:43 pm

Nice work Craig. The third shot is certainly spectacular. Looks like you had a good vantage spot?
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Postby Nnnnsic on Mon Jan 01, 2007 4:46 pm

I like the fourth.

Looks like you missed the smoke obscuring the view of the fireworks, which is good.
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Postby Alpha_7 on Mon Jan 01, 2007 4:48 pm

I got a last minute invite to a hotel room in the Harbour View (North Sydney) from Doug and Genista.. The view was awesome and with the 10-20 I could actually capture all the fireworks sites (but they were incredibly small). For the Midnight fireworks I used the 18-200 VR and it worked a treat, as I could zoom in, or quickly go wide to follow the spectacular show.
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Postby NJ on Mon Jan 01, 2007 6:32 pm

that third shot is a cracker craig!
perfectly exposed! :D
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Postby Oscar on Mon Jan 01, 2007 6:37 pm

Lovely shots Craig. WOuld have loved a room over there to get those shots.

Well done.

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Postby Killakoala on Mon Jan 01, 2007 8:51 pm

That third one is brilliant.
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Postby Alpha_7 on Mon Jan 01, 2007 9:40 pm

Its funny I didn't actually like the third one, it is growing on me but I just picked it as one that showed more firework then cityscape.


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Postby rflower on Mon Jan 01, 2007 10:54 pm

Great shots. Looks like you had a great spot to shoot from.

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Postby firsty on Mon Jan 01, 2007 11:21 pm

Great shots Graig so how many did you take in the end with the 2 cameras
I ended up taking 56 fireworks shots with about 15 ok and 4 good ones
my ones of the bridge were not worth keeping as I was to far away and partly obscured
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Postby wendellt on Mon Jan 01, 2007 11:29 pm

2nds and 3rd are excellent

your viewpoint makes the whole thing look more exciting than observing it from the ground

just wonderign what focus method did you use

after several attempts at autofocus i decided to just use manual set the lens to infinity. Autofocus wasnt giving me a good percentage of keepers
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Postby Alpha_7 on Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:36 am

firsty wrote:Great shots Graig so how many did you take in the end with the 2 cameras
I ended up taking 56 fireworks shots with about 15 ok and 4 good ones
my ones of the bridge were not worth keeping as I was to far away and partly obscured


For 9pm and 12pm I took 430 shots (not all actual fireworks, some the boats, the buildings, the lights etc) But in the 2 sessions I took that many shots. 9pm I used 2 cameras, 12pm I only had room for the D200.

I have so much sorting to do! :cry:
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