Circular Quay timelapse

Here is a preview image showing my setup at Circular Quay. Shooting with a 10mm (16mm equivalent) lens so should be interesting!

Night Lights, Sydney

Work has been kicking me pretty hard lately, sorry for the lack of blog posts. I think this is the first time that I have gone 3 weeks without posting since I started this, and I’ll try not to do it again.

Some gear news:  I have had the 60D in for a ‘grease and oil change’ (sensor clean etc.) recently – and am hoping to get a decent flash unit for my birthday next week.  Should be interesting learning to use a flash properly – at the moment, I just leave the on-camera flash turned off basically.

Here are some “Night Lights” shots taken on my Sydney trip in mid-October – I went down for work, but managed to pack the camera :).  I am really happy with these pics, so hope you enjoy them too!

Night Lights, Wild Fire restaurant, Circular Quay Sydney

Luna Park lights, below the Sydney Harbour Bridge, from Dawes Point Park Sydney

Reflection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Circular Quay entrance

Looking through the Overseas Passenger Terminal, Circular Quay, Sydney

‘Closed’. George St, Sydney

Night Lights, Cruise Bar, Circular Quay Sydney

Sydney – Night Long Exposures

Night long exposures taken at the Rocks (near the Overseas Passenger Terminal) in Sydney.  Both of these really appeal to me because they are clear and sharp, but also contain some movement.  Taking some pics was a great way to break up the pretty full-on business trip.

The swirls in the sky above the bridge are something (bats, I think) swarming around the bridge lights. 6s exposure.

The strong lines to the left of the Opera House are 5s of a ferry, outbound from Circular Quay, crossing through the shot.

Both shot with the assistance of my fabulously portable Joby GorillaPod (SLR-Zoom) which was all I could fit in my luggage for the short trip.

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Sydney Opera House and Sydney Ferry, Night Long Exposure

Sydney Harbour Bridge and aerial visitors, Night Long Exposure

Sydney panoramas

Shot with the new panorama feature on my iPhone 5.  Amazing quality really, for a tiny little lens, and dead easy to use.

Sydney airport panorama

Circular Quay by night, from the roof terrace at Museum of Contemporary Art

Circular Quay, from the railway station

Mrs Macquarie’s Chair

Above:  Sydney Opera House, from the end of Bennelong Point.

I was fortunate to be in Sydney last week for 3 nights, for work, and on the middle evening I went for a walk with an old friend from Circular Quay to Mrs Macquarie’s Chair and back – a good walk and a long chat along the way.

He was patient enough to let me snap a few quick pictures along the way, and here they are:

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Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge, from Mrs Macquarie’s Chair, at dusk.

Sydney Opera House, silhouetted against the Sydney Harbour Bridge, at dusk.

Sydney Opera House, looking back from the end of Bennelong Point

‘Carnival Spirit’ docked at Circular Quay, Sydney Opera House in the background.