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I wanted to post another shot of one of the light stands at the Brisbane Woolloongabba Cricket grounds. The post processing has created a slight showering effect in the light cast.

This is my favourite, and shows the extraordinary amount of light that comes out of this tower, 1 of 4 around the grounds.

While the crowd was going wild at the gladiators playing football inside, I was driving around the streets outside trying to get a good vantage point for this shot.

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This extract is from the Gabba website
The Gabba lights are environmentally friendly and energy efficient. The lights are 'neighbourhood friendly', being designed to minimise 'spill' outside the playing field. They have internal louvres to minimise spill and glare and each individual light has been carefully aimed to light a specific part of the playing field.

Furthermore, the headframes are tapered, curved and angled downwards to concentrate the light on the playing field. The Gabba lights have only half of the spill-lighting levels of the MCG,

There are four different levels of illumination:

* Colour TV/match play
* Training
* Patron exit
* Safe working level for staff (cleaners, etc.)

Extensive neighbourhood consultation was conducted to ensure minimum impact on nearby residents.

The lighting controls were converted from manual to computer controlled using radio signals to each tower and each tower has some hot restart lights which illuminate within two seconds of being switched on lighting the area to the safety level. The balance of the lights will come back on after a cooling down period.

Wikipedia is en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brisbane_Cricket_Ground
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