27 March, 2013

Wordless Wednesday No. 76 - Sydney Harbour Bridge

Sydney Harbour Bridge - Observatory Park
Sydney Harbour Bridge - Observatory Park
Observatory Hill Tree
Observatory Hill Tree



Ok, I know I have not been blogging as regular as I should, but having to apply for my own position at work is way to exhausting at the moment... Although, I did get out the other day to get the photos above, including the time-lapse project I also did... Let me explain!

Bayer, who are celebrating their 150 years, has a blimp that is flying people around. A friend of mine in Auckland put out a call asking if anyone was going to be out, if they could photograph it, as his brother would be onboard! So, I thought I'd help, and arranged a location to be. His brother texted me saying it would be an afternoon/evening flight around 5-7pm. So it would be a 'facing' the east composition. I thought do I do north side, Blues Point, or South Side, Observatory Hill, I opted for the later. Anyway, whilst waiting, 5pm came... And went, then suddenly, I got the text, its a "NO GO" due to winds! What to do now?

So, as I had the gear in the car, I thought I might get a shot of the Harbour Bridge whilst here, and I had my tripod as well. It wasn't until I got to my spot, I thought about doing a time-lapse of the sunset against the bridge! I had done one before, so the settings would be ok (just a little more thought) to give it a go! So I set it all up, and let the camera simply do its thing.

Settings are, if you're interested, A/V, F9.0 and ISO200. Then I set the intervalometer at a 10 second interval, with a 2 second countdown. What I should have done, was for a 5 second interval, which then would have given me double the images and a longer video! Then, in Lightroom, a sharpen, and boosted the blue, red and green spectrum's only, and VERY slightly increased temp... I also cropped at 1600 x 900 which is a better 'video' output, and then 'synced ALL 800 odd images so as settings are the same. I then outputted the video at 24 frames per second, a plug-in that you can find for Lightroom...

Hoo roo for now...

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19 comments:

  1. This is really interesting and something I really want to learn more about, I thought I understood,up until the word countdown.

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  2. Stunning pics! The views must have been breathtaking! Happy WW

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  3. Wonderful shots. I especially like the one of the bridge. Thanks for hosting and Happy WW!

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  4. What wonderful photos you have captured. Thank you for stopping by Oh! My Heartsie Reviews, I appreciate it!! Have a great week!

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  5. Love silhouettes…so you can guess which one is my favorite. ;) Although, the lighting in your first photo is off the hook!

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  6. Stunning. I love all the different colored lights on the bridge. Happy WW :)

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  7. Gorgeous! LOVE the time lapse. It goes to show how important lighting in on a subject. You can tell the good lighting from the flat lighting. Nicely done!!

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  8. Love the first shot and have to say, the time lapse is pretty cool! Something I have yet to try, perhaps one of these days!

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  9. Stunning photo of Sydney Harbour bridge in all those lights..

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  10. Absolutely gorgeous! My husband and son have been to Sydney many times but I've only dreamed of it. ;)

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  11. Stunning photos love the lights on the bridge looks great at night.

    Have a fantabulosa week and thanks for stopping by :-)

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  12. Great stuff! I hope to make it to Australia one day. In the meantime travelling around Europe doesn't sound all that bad, does it? ;)

    If you ever run out of travel ideas, you are always welcome to take a peek into my adventures.

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  13. Awesome pictures! So glad you linked over. Have a great week. :)

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  14. Excellent photos, I really like how you captured these stunning lights at night ...

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  15. These pictures are the reason I want to travel when I retire.

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  16. Great pictures thanks for sharing them with us.

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