Nikonians on the Harbour...

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Nikonians on the Harbour...

Postby Remorhaz on Mon Aug 29, 2011 11:53 am

I listen to the The Image Doctors podcastnikonians.org and a number of episodes back Rick Walker announced he would be here in Sydney Australia for the night and was interested in a meetup for dinner and a photowalk in the Rocks/Circular Quay area. I emailed and was one of the first twelve lucky people to attend. We had dinner in the Rocks and then as a group took a stroll around the harbour foreshore nearby with tripods and all manner of Nikon gear to see what images we could create :)

Admittedly most of the evening was about chatting and sharing (both stories, ideas and lenses :)) but we also managed to get a few shots in - here are some of mine...

C&C welcomed :)

I went in early and parked near Observatory Hill in the rocks so that I could catch the end of sunset and twilight before meeting for dinner at 7:30PM. The first two shots are from on Observatory hill before heading off for dinner.

Giant
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NIKON D7000 + 8.0-16.0 mm f/4.5-5.6 @ 8 mm, 3 sec at f/11, ISO 100

Twilight Waiting
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NIKON D7000 + 17.0-50.0 mm f/2.8 @ 48 mm, 20 sec at f/8, ISO 100

I then met the others for dinner and the walk afterwards around the harbours edge

What visit to Sydney would be complete without the obligatory Sydney Harbour Bridge shot... it was also very nice of the man to sit so still for my one minute exposure to help complete the image.

The Span
Image
NIKON D7000 + 17.0-50.0 mm f/2.8 @ 17 mm, 58 sec at f/11, ISO 100

some slow shutter work to allow the wheel to spin and the coloured reflections to burn in

Luna Park
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NIKON D7000 + 70.0-300.0 mm f/4.5-5.6 @ 75 mm, 8 sec at f / 11, ISO 100

and of course the Opera House - for this image I borrowed someones new Nikon 85/1.4 (mmmm very tasty) which Rick had just hand delivered from the US

House
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NIKON D7000 + 85.0 mm f/1.4 @ 85 mm, 20 sec at f / 9, ISO 100

and finally it was time for some Ultra Wide action directly under the bridge (I'd been meaning to take a shot like this (during the day) for a while now)...

Underbelly
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NIKON D7000 + 8.0-16.0 mm f/4.5-5.6 @ 8 mm, 58 sec at f/9, ISO 100
D600, D7000, Nikon/Sigma/Tamron Lenses, Nikon Flashes, Sirui/Manfrotto/Benro Sticks
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Want: Fast Wide (14|20|24)
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Re: Nikonians on the Harbour...

Postby zafra52 on Mon Aug 29, 2011 7:13 pm

Nice images, but I thought the Nikonians
were an alien invasion... :D
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Re: Nikonians on the Harbour...

Postby surenj on Mon Aug 29, 2011 8:29 pm

zafra52 wrote: an alien invasion...

The last shot shows the mothership... :wink: Nicely done Rodney!
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