Christening the new D7000 - Night Images in Olympic Park...
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:01 pmA friend invited me to take some sunset, twilight and night shots in Olympic Park at Homebush here in Sydney on the weekend and as I'd just bought my new Nikon D7000 it was as they say fortuitous timing. The area is filled with all manner of interesting architectural and other items to photograph and well worth the trip.
I took my eldest daughter with me to the evenings shoot and we met along the main Olympic Boulevard in the centre of the park.
Any constructive feedback, criticism or critique is welcomed.
This first was taken just on sunset at 7:20PM looking down the boulevard.
Skylight
NIKON D7000 + 8.0-16.0 mm f/4.5-5.6 @ 8 mm, 1/10 sec at f / 9.0, ISO 100
Working our way down the boulevard past the stadium and arena towards the fountains and earth pyramid at the end - 7:40PM
Launchpad
NIKON D7000 + 8.0-16.0 mm f/4.5-5.6 @ 8 mm, 2 sec at f / 11, ISO 100
Looking back up the row of lights and at Acer Arena on the right - 7:45PM
The Avenue
NIKON D7000 + 8.0-16.0 mm f/4.5-5.6 @ 16 mm, 3 sec at f / 11, ISO 100
We moved across the road at the bottom and climbed the earth pyramid. A silhouette of what looks like my daughter walking up the hill with the remnants of sunset/twilight behind (she actually had to stand still for the long exposure
). You can see here she's sporting my trusty D90 which she has appeared to have claimed for herself now - 7:50PM
NIKON D7000 + 17.0-50.0 mm f/2.8 @ 34 mm, 4 sec at f / 9.0, ISO 100
Finally after having been eaten to death by the plague of mosquitos we worked our way back to the water fountains - 8:10PM. It was interesting how much twilight colour we could still get in the sky with a long exposure.
Arc
NIKON D7000 + 17.0-50.0 mm f/2.8 @ 17 mm, 43 sec at f / 9.0, ISO 100
Finally on our way back up the boulevard my daughter wanted this picture looking up the tunnel of trees - thats her trying to sit very still up there on the left
The Boulevard of Trees
NIKON D7000 + 17.0-50.0 mm f/2.8 @ 50 mm, 13 sec at f / 11, ISO 100
I took my eldest daughter with me to the evenings shoot and we met along the main Olympic Boulevard in the centre of the park.
Any constructive feedback, criticism or critique is welcomed.
This first was taken just on sunset at 7:20PM looking down the boulevard.
Skylight
NIKON D7000 + 8.0-16.0 mm f/4.5-5.6 @ 8 mm, 1/10 sec at f / 9.0, ISO 100
Working our way down the boulevard past the stadium and arena towards the fountains and earth pyramid at the end - 7:40PM
Launchpad
NIKON D7000 + 8.0-16.0 mm f/4.5-5.6 @ 8 mm, 2 sec at f / 11, ISO 100
Looking back up the row of lights and at Acer Arena on the right - 7:45PM
The Avenue
NIKON D7000 + 8.0-16.0 mm f/4.5-5.6 @ 16 mm, 3 sec at f / 11, ISO 100
We moved across the road at the bottom and climbed the earth pyramid. A silhouette of what looks like my daughter walking up the hill with the remnants of sunset/twilight behind (she actually had to stand still for the long exposure
). You can see here she's sporting my trusty D90 which she has appeared to have claimed for herself now - 7:50PMNIKON D7000 + 17.0-50.0 mm f/2.8 @ 34 mm, 4 sec at f / 9.0, ISO 100
Finally after having been eaten to death by the plague of mosquitos we worked our way back to the water fountains - 8:10PM. It was interesting how much twilight colour we could still get in the sky with a long exposure.
Arc
NIKON D7000 + 17.0-50.0 mm f/2.8 @ 17 mm, 43 sec at f / 9.0, ISO 100
Finally on our way back up the boulevard my daughter wanted this picture looking up the tunnel of trees - thats her trying to sit very still up there on the left
The Boulevard of Trees
NIKON D7000 + 17.0-50.0 mm f/2.8 @ 50 mm, 13 sec at f / 11, ISO 100
I know those water features and there is a walk way just off to the right however you could get back a bit and get the next row of water spouts in completeing the scene. 
