South Bank - Brisbane

[Wazza]

Continuing my tour of Brisbane...

On our first night there, had a walk along South Bank, and just shot a few.

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Water flowing, 1 sec shutter, f11

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1.6 second shutter, showing smooth fountains of water.

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Looking back across the Western side of the city.

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A shame about the rail. Girlfriend was walking away, so had to shoot quickly, and not walk up the steps.

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I liked the shadow patterns made from the highways suspended over the water. :)

[cjm]

Very Cool shots. That's something I have to try, water falls! Absolutely awesome, each and every one of them.

What settings was the last picture done with? I have been trying to take a good picture of my cities skyline but can't seem to get the right settings, but maybe you could help me out by giving me your settings so I have somewhere to start from. If you can, Thanks.

[infeeneetee]

great shots! i love them

[Mills]

Great shots as always. Did you go to Noosa? (sp?) I have friends there and may be going in December.

[Wazza]

The last pic was taken with AV mode, where you just set your own Aperture and ISO. I always use ISO 100, which makes for longer shots, but less noisy. I could have used many different apertures on this shot, and would have worked. This one was f6.3, ISO 100, 13 second shot, using a tripod and 10 sec timer to eliminate tripod shake. However, as I was on the bridge on this shot, a truck and a large bus went past, shaking the whole bridge. It seems the image still came out ok. :)

Mills: No, I didn't get to Noosa. Only places I visited was Brisbane, then to Surfers first day for 7 days - where I then went to DreamWorld, MovieWorld, SeaWorld, DreamWorld, Wet n Wild (yes, Dreamworld twice). Also went to Harbour Town for cheap shopping, and stayed in Broadbeach. One day I was thinking about getting up, catching a taxi into Surfers Paradise CBD, and taking some photos there. But each morning I was exhausted, or missed my 5:30am get up. ;)

[adebass]

Wow, cool shots. Ill post a waterfall and brisbane shot of my own so you can have a look. Didnt spend that much time in Brisbane, looking at your pictures i wish i had.

[cjm]

Wazza thank you so much, just getting into night photography and have been using Manual settings. I will try that next time, and good point about the timer. I'll see how I do next time.

[froman98]

Those are great shots. I was going to mention which ones I liked specifically, but I like all of them. :) Good job.

[fatrat]

Great shots, i love Brisbane its like 25C in the winter there
Much better then the gold coast
rally good pics , south bank is good, eh, i like the sand in the parlk like a beach at the park.
Did you lose any money at the casino??

[RockSlut]

great shots Wazza! It's nice to see other's perspective on my own town.
I've taken almost the same shots as 2 & 3, you have done very well. You can almost see my workplace in #3. :)

[symes]

Great Shots...Love the last one.

what lens are you using in these?

[Michaelmjc]

Im a sucker for waterfalls, I love the way the water looks. So soft and clear.

I really like the colors in the water reflections.

[Wazza]

Thanks very much for the wonderful comments all. Really makes a day start well. :)

RockSlut: I do have a couple of shots taken further right, if that's where your work is. I just didn't post it, as it wasn't as good as #3 here.

Symes: I used the 17-40L on all of these. No filter. I had been using a UV filter, but broke it just before this trip. :( (Lucky the lens didn't break)

Michael: Yes, I love the lights also. Whoever designed this city, did a great job.
There is now talk around Auckland's Viaduct and wharfs, that we need to do it up. I agree, much of it is very trashy, and ancient. Only the Viaduct itself is a little bit more presentable

[skyphix]

Im sure its already been said, but "brilliant"

[sparker1]

Very nice photos, thanks for sharing.

[TammieO]

I find the last 3 simply spectacular!