Fireworks in Sydney

The title says it all!

I left the shiny stuff to the professionals, instead i took five minutes of time during work to take a few quick snaps from near the Opera House. I shot on old 200iso film and tried a combination of f11 to f22 1 second exposures, some f22 shots on bulb and a great big smearing pan from the house to the bridge. To those that don’t speak that language but are still interested i let in as little light as i could but for longer, thus giving us the long streaks of light effect you get as the fireworks shoot upwards. It was all handheld and so very shaky, i’d love to try with a tripod sometime but i like how these turned out- much better than i thought they would at the time!

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