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Published: 2006-04-05 13:25:08 +0000 UTC; Views: 8743; Favourites: 21; Downloads: 2505
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Brisbane's Riverfire always draws a crowd. And with spectacular fireworks, is it any wonder...Update 6 January 2007: Relatively minor update; tidied up the image slightly, and adjusted colour levels. Was thinking of doing more but didn't want to mess with it too much.
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Thanks so much. An oldie (now) but still a goodie.
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Well oldie it may be, but still new to me 
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Yeah, OK. Thats a little bit cool. Nice shot man
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Cool. Thanks so much. Glad you like it...
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Thanks for the compliment! If you're gonna visit Bris Vegas make it in winter; summer's way too hot and humid...
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It may well have been, but this is from '05. In Brisbane. In September. It's this event that makes NYE in Bris Vegas such a non-event. Sydney, on the other hand...
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Thanks very much! I much prefer my NYE shots from Sydney, but this is quite spectacular...
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Thank you, kind sir! Glad you like it...
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WOW!!!!!!!! @o@ I WANNA GO!!!!!! What was the occasion?
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Riverfire is the highlight of Brisbane's annual River Festival . It's so good it makes New Years Eve totally pointless in this city as far as sights and sounds are concerned...
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AWE! SOME! *wonders if a rally ever coinsides with Riverfire*
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No. Just had a look at the ARC calendar and the Queensland round (on the Sunshine Coast) is this weekend. As are two 24-hour races: Le Mans and Nurburgring. I'll be tuning into Radio Le Mans at every oportunity...
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suckage... oh well... just means I'll get to go to Aussieland twice! XD
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Beautiful colours! I know from experience how hard firework photography can be, so I respect anyone who can pull it off. I do a lot of it but mine never usually gets shown
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Well, considering some of the work in your gallery, that's a huge compliment! Thanks!
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thats awesome.
pity there is so much smoke with fireworks
still damn good
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Oh if only they'd produce smoke-less fireworks. In any case, they're still wonderful to watch; half an hour at an event such as this goes by as if it's half a minute...
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vivid colours and good timing. i like that not just the bridge and fireworks, but also the city in the background is correctly exposed and well detailed.
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Thanks very much - I was certainly aiming to capture the city as well - without it, the shots I took that night wouldn't have been anywhere near as good overall. Check out more over at my website in the fireworks gallery.
Cheers
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Thanks heaps!! Glad you like it...
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Thanks so much. It's definitely one of my favourites from the event...
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That was last year's event. Just about the best view I've ever had for any Riverfire.
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hehe awesome! I have to go to one of those years before I'm too much older!
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Make sure you do. It's too good to miss, and puts New Year's Eve in the shade as far as the fireworks go...
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Hey thanks - glad you like it. Thanks especially for the 
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wow, split second beauty caught in one shot;; love it.
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Hey, thanks. Glad you like it!
I've uploaded quite a few more to my website but this one I decided to turn into wallpaper. By the comments I've received so far, I'm really glad I did!!
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awesome shot, great job with the clarity of the fireworks, i can imagine that it was hard to capture so well
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Thanks so much. Actually, not hard at all, really. Just got myself set up early in a good spot (courtesy of some patient friends!) and snapped away.
I took over 150 photos in the half-hour display, constantly fiddling with exposure settings to get the right light. Most I'm really happy with; this one I chose because I love the colours of the fireworks...
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Thanks. I was playing around with another image (yeah, for a wallpaper) and a thought just struck me. Fireworks!!
Needless to say, the other photo took a back seat...
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That is amazing. Wonderful capture. How long was the exposure?
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Sorry for the delay...
Just checked and it was 1/8sec at f3.5 with the ISO set at 800. Kinda surprised myself, actually, as I thought I took most photos that night between 1/15 and 1/20...
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should have gone for a longer exposure set the shutter to 1 second and adjust the aperature until you get a corrrect exposure, on and shoot around ISO 100 or 200, if you have it on a tripod theres no need for a higher ISO.
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Might do some more experimenting come this year's event; I'd only had the camera about a month for last year's. I'd have thought, though, that a longer exposure might dull the effect of the fireworks; make them a little less 'focused'...?
Certainly for still shots, I'd go for 'low and slow' settings...
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no not at all, longer means you can capture more of the firework explosion, it also helps so that as soon as you hear it go off you remotely trip the shutter and you get the big bursts in the sky. the key is remotely tripping so you don't get camera shake. but you have to make sure your meter indicates a correct exposure, or it'll be too washed out or two dark.
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Oh the wonder that is camera shake. Yeah, I'll give that a shot (excuse the pun) at this year's event. Went out again yesterday evening and took some city shots - all sorts of exposure lengths just to experiment with different looks. I'll post some soon...
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alright, looking forward to seeing them. do you use your tripod when you shoot at night?
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