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Sydney NYE fireworks extravaganza

Postby fustyler on Mon Jan 01, 2007 6:14 pm

Took these in NSyd last nite. comments welcome.

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Postby Oscar on Mon Jan 01, 2007 6:20 pm

Great shots. Well done. What setup were you using for these shots?

Cheers, Mick :) :) :)
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Re: setup

Postby fustyler on Mon Jan 01, 2007 6:25 pm

the key is having a lens that is wide enough to capture it all. I used a 20d with 10-22mm lens. Shot at iso 200, bulb mode, keep the shots to around 2sec. Being at a great vantage point also helps!
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Postby Willy wombat on Mon Jan 01, 2007 6:48 pm

These ones are high quality. You had a great vantage point!
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Postby Alpha_7 on Mon Jan 01, 2007 7:39 pm

Well done mate, great shots, we strolled past from Blues Point to under the bridge yesterday between 1pm and 4ish, and I saw plenty of good vantage points if I was patient enough to wait it out. How long did you camp your position out ?
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Re: location

Postby fustyler on Mon Jan 01, 2007 8:38 pm

I worked alone last night and only got there at 8.30pm. Being mobile it was a lot easier to move around the crowd and squeeze myself into a pretty good tight spot. It was pretty insane by around 9pm. The beauty about Blues Point is that it slopes downwards so you don't get any heads in front of you. A real important lesson that I learnt last year which I learnt from Circular quay last year. The venue houses 3000 people and it was relatively easy to leave after and also get a seat on the train!
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Postby joey on Mon Jan 01, 2007 8:44 pm

Lovely and colourful images, fustyler. :)
My vote is for the third image.
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Postby Big V on Mon Jan 01, 2007 9:09 pm

Those last two are crackers!!
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Postby Poon on Mon Jan 01, 2007 10:22 pm

Very beautiful.
I saw it in TV this morning.
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Postby in1way on Mon Jan 01, 2007 10:26 pm

Superb images......nicely done.

Cheers,
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Re: thanks all

Postby fustyler on Mon Jan 01, 2007 10:49 pm

Thank you all for your encouragement. If you haven't seen it live, I highly recommend you check it out. It's a totally different experience seeing it in persno when the big ones explodes and flies out and feels like it's gonna hit u. From a photography perspective it's really rewarding if you can pull off a few good shots to share with everyone.
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Postby stubbsy on Mon Jan 01, 2007 11:54 pm

These are far and away the best NYE shots I've seen from this year.
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Postby aussichef on Tue Jan 02, 2007 6:23 am

these are great shots
well done mate best i have seen this year also
i will have to come back to Sydney one day for NYE ( i grew up in Manly)
Watched the fireworks on tv these make our local Gala day fireworks look small but then again it is but ours is good for a regional ones we have ours NY day night
will post when i PP is my first try @ fireworks
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Postby ozimax on Tue Jan 02, 2007 8:05 pm

Wonderful images, thanks for sharing them with us. At Coffs we had a good NYE fireworks too, all three penny bungers went off without a hitch! :wink:

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Postby shutterbug on Tue Jan 02, 2007 8:17 pm

Awesome :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!:
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Postby fustyler on Tue Jan 02, 2007 9:03 pm

Does anyone have suggestions on how I can make a few bucks out of these shots? I've always wondered how to get photos published on postcards.
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Postby Glen on Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:14 pm

great stuff Fustyler
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