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But it was worth it.

For the 9pm I was out at Prymont where you can avoid the crowds and get a decent chance of seeing two different sets of fireworks




Then I headed down to Walsh Bay for the Midnight show....crowds galore and a partial view on the bridge. Using the 10-17 Fish in hope of getting in two sets of fireworks didnt quite work




After the explosions....the smoke in the air....but the coat hanger survived another day


Sorry I couldnt decide which two to leave out *ducks*. I should also note that this is the first time I have ever actually brought out a tripod to shoot the fireworks with.....

Very nice set! I prefer the first 2 and the last one
for no particular reason. I just do.

Nice stuff Cameron.
I prefer the first 2 as well

I hear ya about the waiting, man I only had two bottles of beer on me (couldnt carry anymore) and there was not alcohol for sale at my venue, makes for a long wait

anyway enough whinging...onto teh images

I like #2, with a little cropping I reckon it would be very nice, even with that flag pole!

The fishy shots are actually growing on me, the first two are nice and crisp which I like, my only gripe is the fishy-ness I would like to see how on looks de-fished.

Each of the fishy shots brings something different which I also like...

biggerry wrote:I like #2, with a little cropping I reckon it would be very nice, even with that flag pole!

#1 is nice but has that distracting shadow bang in the middle.

aim54x wrote:I should also note that this is the first time I have ever actually brought out a tripod to shoot the fireworks with.....

Wow you must have very steady hands

I am partial to the fishy images but can't get past those white poles in the foreground. In that regard #5 does well to draw the attention away from the pole to the RHS of the image.

surenj wrote:

biggerry wrote:I like #2, with a little cropping I reckon it would be very nice, even with that flag pole!

#1 is nice but has that distracting shadow bang in the middle.

Thanks guys

surenj wrote:

aim54x wrote:I should also note that this is the first time I have ever actually brought out a tripod to shoot the fireworks with.....

Wow you must have very steady hands

I am willing to say that I am just silly...in 2008/09 I used a D80 + 18-200VR at higher ISO's, in 2009/10 I was using my D60+50mm 1.8+ Fisheye and a Joby (which was dead - borrowed from shop display) so I ended up hand holding at 1.8 at higher ISO's again....

surenj wrote:I am partial to the fishy images but can't get past those white poles in the foreground. In that regard #5 does well to draw the attention away from the pole to the RHS of the image.

It was a shame that I couldnt find a position that would allow to get rid of those Pylons....but I was just happy to make do with what I had, next time I guess I will have to carry some SEMTEX to carry out some pylon removal....

biggerry wrote:The fishy shots are actually growing on me, the first two are nice and crisp which I like, my only gripe is the fishy-ness I would like to see how on looks de-fished.

Each of the fishy shots brings something different which I also like...

Thanks Gerry, I couldnt decide so I sneaked in a few extra images...I will have a look at de-fishing these....any tips?

aim54x wrote:Thanks Gerry, I couldnt decide so I sneaked in a few extra images...I will have a look at de-fishing these....any tips?

The only thing I have used to de-fish was CNX2, I used this a couple of times when I borrowed your 10-17, from memory it worked ok.

heres a couple that I did that might help...

is this just the "adjust>correct>distortion control" option? I had a play and found that i had to do it 2x to get it right....is there another tool that i have missed?

aim54x wrote:is this just the "adjust>correct>distortion control" option? I had a play and found that i had to do it 2x to get it right....is there another tool that i have missed?

yep, thats the tool I used and yes I have in one shot applied it twice!

There is also a program that Peter used I remember with quite some success, however it slips my ailing mind atm.

zafra52 wrote:Very nice set! I prefer the first 2 and the last one
for no particular reason. I just do.

Me too - great work Cameron. Inspired use of the fisheye.

For partial defishing I use DxO Optics Pro. Lightroom and CS% both do it as well for some lenses (eg it will for my 16mm Nikkor)

stubbsy wrote:

zafra52 wrote:Very nice set! I prefer the first 2 and the last one
for no particular reason. I just do.

Me too - great work Cameron. Inspired use of the fisheye.

For partial defishing I use DxO Optics Pro. Lightroom and CS% both do it as well for some lenses (eg it will for my 16mm Nikkor)

Thanks Peter, to me your the fisheye master, so the fisheye usage is only really paying homage to your brillant use of fisheyes in obscure places.

aim54x wrote:next time I guess I will have to carry some SEMTEX to carry out some pylon removal..

or a ta$er to remove people.

Also Cameron, Did you just reveal you COD addiction?

surenj wrote:

aim54x wrote:next time I guess I will have to carry some SEMTEX to carry out some pylon removal..

or a ta$er to remove people.

I think the more permanent removal of people with a Deagle would be better!

surenj wrote:Also Cameron, Did you just reveal you COD addiction?

Actually I have a CS addiction, C-4 would have been to obvious though