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Adelaide by night

Postby oli on Mon Aug 29, 2005 11:28 pm

Big V mentioned the possibility of a night shoot around Adelaide so I had this idea...

Some people from interstate seem to think that everyone in Adelaide goes to bed at 9PM. Let's prove them wrong by sharing photos from around our city taken at night! :P In consideration of those unfortunate people on dialup, thumbnails linking to full size images would probably be the best option. All my photos are under 200K anyway. 8)

Feedback is welcome, but posting your own night shots from around our great city would be best! :D

Aboriginal Stone Wurleys in the Western Parklands
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Paper Boats on the River Torrens
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New TAFE building on Currie St.
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Elder Park Rotunda
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State Library on North Terrace
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The Art Gallery of South Australia's main entrance on North Terrace
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Looking forward to your shots!
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Postby Marvin on Mon Aug 29, 2005 11:50 pm

Hi Oli,
I really like your paper boats picture. Unfortunately, I do go to bed by 9pm and so don't have any night pictures of Adelaide to share but have got some ideas from yours for next time I'm in town. :lol:
Thanks for sharing!
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Postby fozzie on Tue Aug 30, 2005 12:41 am

oli,

Well done. I personally like the architecture shots.

I have not taken shots around Adelaide by night, so l am looking forward to the September Meet :)
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Postby Big V on Tue Aug 30, 2005 1:57 pm

For your interest, on thursday evening, you can get a fantastic photo of jupiter and venus in the western horizon. These suckers are so bright, that if you are at the beach they will cast a light pillar across the water and it will classify as a night shot! I will post an example later tonight when I get home..
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Postby fozzie on Tue Aug 30, 2005 2:24 pm

Big V,

Big V wrote:For your interest, on thursday evening, you can get a fantastic photo of jupiter and venus in the western horizon. These suckers are so bright, that if you are at the beach they will cast a light pillar across the water and it will classify as a night shot! I will post an example later tonight when I get home..


I will be sure to tune in tonight for a look see :)
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Re: Adelaide by night

Postby sheepie on Tue Aug 30, 2005 2:42 pm

oli wrote:Some people from interstate seem to think that everyone in Adelaide goes to bed at 9PM. Let's prove them wrong by sharing photos from around our city taken at night!

Unfortunately, you have proven the point you are trying to disprove, as there are no people in your photo's!
Don't get me wrong, I love Adelaide, and have lived there. But people do really go to bed that early over there!
:lol: :wink: :lol:

Interesting pics, by the way :) Thanks for sharing some of the great buildings in your fine city. Look forward to seeing more of the night sights - there are plenty of possibilities :) Around the Torrens, Glenelg, the Cathedral, the Oval, any of the beaches...
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Postby frink on Tue Aug 30, 2005 7:13 pm

I'd be up for some sort of night shoot..

This time without the rain :?
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I'll be needing a new tripod though :x , might give me the impetus I need to decide on a decent set of legs and a head :lol:
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Postby fozzie on Tue Aug 30, 2005 7:27 pm

frink,

frink wrote:I'd be up for some sort of night shoot..

This time without the rain :?
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I'll be needing a new tripod though :x , might give me the impetus I need to decide on a decent set of legs and a head :lol:


The more the merrier :)

We will have to make sure that 'Big V' orders the correct weather (no rain) :P for Friday 16 September 2005.
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Postby DanielA on Tue Aug 30, 2005 9:34 pm

Hi oli,

Great stuff.
I too like your paper boats. The lights in that one have a star like quality to them. What was the EXIF of that one?

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Postby Big V on Tue Aug 30, 2005 10:21 pm

The 16th is going to be out for me, I have remembered that I will be at Murray Bridge for the 24hr pedal prix event. Bummer..
Here is a sample for thursday night...In this photo you can see Venus, Mercury and Saturn. Jupiter and Venus will be really bright thursday and fairly close to each other
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Postby oli on Wed Aug 31, 2005 1:55 pm

DanielA wrote:Hi oli,

Great stuff.
I too like your paper boats. The lights in that one have a star like quality to them. What was the EXIF of that one?

Daniel


The EXIF is gone because it's 5 shots merged together in Photoshop. 8)
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Postby fozzie on Wed Aug 31, 2005 2:28 pm

Big V,

Big V wrote:The 16th is going to be out for me, I have remembered that I will be at Murray Bridge for the 24hr pedal prix event. Bummer..
Here is a sample for thursday night...In this photo you can see Venus, Mercury and Saturn. Jupiter and Venus will be really bright thursday and fairly close to each other
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Cool shot.

Surprisingly not a bird in sight.
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Postby DanielA on Wed Aug 31, 2005 8:50 pm

oli wrote:The EXIF is gone because it's 5 shots merged together in Photoshop. 8)

You didn't keep the originals? :shock:
Doesn't matter, I was just wondering if the f-stop produced that effect.

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Postby oli on Wed Aug 31, 2005 10:12 pm

DanielA wrote:You didn't keep the originals? :shock:
Doesn't matter, I was just wondering if the f-stop produced that effect.


Sure I kept them!
ISO100, all at F/8
Shutter speeds: 2.5s, 5s, 10s, 20s, 30s

Frink... Yeah. Rain + photo gear isn't good, in particular for those of us without weather sealed bodies :roll:

Big V: Sweet photo. :D

Guys if you go to bed so early, fair enough... But don't make it public knowledge! :wink:
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Postby beetleboy on Wed Aug 31, 2005 10:57 pm

Just had a trawl through my images and realised I don't have any Adelaide night photos!

Time to get crackin'

Thanks for the inspiration! =]

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Postby DanielA on Wed Aug 31, 2005 11:06 pm

oli wrote:
DanielA wrote:You didn't keep the originals? :shock:
Doesn't matter, I was just wondering if the f-stop produced that effect.

Sure I kept them!
ISO100, all at F/8
Shutter speeds: 2.5s, 5s, 10s, 20s, 30s

That's a relief. :D
I was wondering if you had done something like that.
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Night shoot in Adelaide

Postby Jenko on Thu Sep 01, 2005 10:38 pm

I am still getting the hang of this forum stuff. I seem to have missed something along the way of conversation. Is the 16th going to be a night shoot? I am keen as I have next to no idea about shooting at night and would like the chance to see how others set up for their shots. :D

When I eventually learn how to post images on here I will do that too. I am lswapping Big V my 70-200mm 2.8 lens for his Sigma jobbie on that weekend, so I will be on a double learning curve. :shock:
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Re: Night shoot in Adelaide

Postby fozzie on Fri Sep 02, 2005 6:52 am

Jenko,

Jenko wrote: When I eventually learn how to post images on here I will do that too.


Here is a thread re posting images

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Postby Big V on Mon Sep 05, 2005 11:40 am

How about a night shoot this Friday for those that can make it. Any takers?
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Postby fozzie on Mon Sep 05, 2005 11:45 am

Big V,

Big V wrote:How about a night shoot this Friday for those that can make it. Any takers?


I can make it :)
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Postby oli on Mon Sep 05, 2005 4:18 pm

Big V wrote:How about a night shoot this Friday for those that can make it. Any takers?


Got anywhere in particular you'd like to go?

I'm interested. :)
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Postby bouyant_clown on Thu Sep 15, 2005 2:33 pm

I may well be interested in an outing this friday night. How about meeting in one of the city squares? Different city views from last fridays efforts?
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Postby bouyant_clown on Thu Sep 15, 2005 2:56 pm

my turn to add to the pics in this thread.

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Postby fozzie on Thu Sep 15, 2005 4:15 pm

Nice :idea: but at the moment I have some sort of virus and struggling to make it to/from work each day, so count me out :(
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Postby Marvin on Thu Sep 15, 2005 6:11 pm

I like your picture buoyant clown. I would like to see more on the bottom. Unfortunately I won't be in town this weekend so I'm out too. I think Big V is in Murray Bridge for the pedal prix so he may well be out too.
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Postby nat on Thu Sep 15, 2005 9:11 pm

I do like the colourings bouyant_clown, although I would like to see a lot less of the sky. I think it detracts from the lioghts and their reflection. I would crop it so that the shoreline was just bellow centre on the left and just abouve centre on the right. Have a play - see what you think. BTW - was this taken at West Lakes?

I too am unable to make it this Friday - I'll be out of town.
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Postby bouyant_clown on Mon Sep 19, 2005 2:51 pm

Thanks, for the comments on the photo guys.
Yes it was taken at West Lakes. I agree that it would be nice to have either a little more lake or a little less sky.
I cropped the bottom of the photo pretty severely because there is some ugly, distracting foreground light in the original (to the right side).
I have a different crop for my desktop image that i removed more from the right hand side and left more at the base.
It's a compromise between the two options.
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