Great shot taken in Perth on Australia Day. Fireworks,Lightning, Sunset, a Comet, and the Beach. Look between the two displays of lighting up the sky to see the third - McNaught's Comet. The photo was taken just north of Hillary's Marina, which you can see - the harbour wall on the left with fireworks being launched. Cheers, Peter
This one is a little bigger, I want a high res too...no doubt the photographer will make a little packet from this photo, its a gem . Click for slightly bigger pic!
lol i didnt see the first one so tops pic, personally id rather no sunset amoungst it all, but thats just me did this really happen or is it a chop job?
Jealousy over not seeing the sunset go down over the ocean? I believe its a chop; exposure etc just doesn't look right between the lightning, fireworks and beach!
Having spent 10 years working as a Senior Photographic Technician in 2 of the best professional photo-labs in Australia, I am 100% per cent certain this is just a good example of a multiple exposure with the shutter left on Bulb=wide open and then the individual light sources have exposed themselves on the film, with the crowd in the foreground exposed probably last with a hand held flash. (Thats why they are different exposures and dont look as just one exposure.) This used to be one of my favourite techniques using the old film medium and I very much miss not being able to do it now with the digital format but it makes up for it in other ways. Below is just one of my time exposures to catch the flightpath of a F111 and its afterburner over a 100,000 concert goers at South bank in Brisbane, I hope you's like it. If anyone is interested in multiple or time exposures PM me and I'll send you some of my fireworks pics and a few others to get an idea.
Here are a couple more examples of multiple exposures done in camera. The firework shot is a compilation of 5 different exposures but if done well cant be picked from a normal shot. This shot was taken in Kings Park years ago and required 3 seperate exposures,1 at about 6pm with a strong reflection off the buildings, another at about 6:30 to capture the colours in the sky and the final exposure made at about 7pm waiting for the full moon to rise. This one has a 5 second time exposure.
I'll reference you all to http://jkemppainen.com/antti/. The awesome "pic" featuring comet, fireworks, lightning and a nice beach are actually three photos stitched together. I didn't notice but have had it pointed out to me that if you look at the horizon it dips (where in reality it shouldn't) thus showing where the stitch is!
Any camera shot with a wide angle lens will bend the horizon,like a fish eye lens. But having said that I meant to add to my last post that this could very easily be produced via the digital medium aswell, however in my opinion this hasn't been. I also think it takes alot more craft and skill to do this in camera as opposed to photochopping. Excuse me for disagreeing with you but you gave an opinion and I just disagreed with it and gave my opinion thats all,no offence intended.
Far out! What an awesome photo... Looks great with all the people sitting on the beach. Go Perth!! Rob.
No offence taken. We both shared an opinion. I agree it would be much harder to do this on film than digital. I realise the horizon will bend; but it will bend in one smooth curvature from edge of the photo to edge of the photo. You don't need a fish eye for that. I've seen bends at 24mm. There is bend slightly right to centre of the pic where the horizon does have a "crease" in it. Its not one smooth curve.
For reference, a response from Antti: So there you go; not the same pic - however still took some skill to time it right.
