happy new year 2008 #4

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      bjpop, on2wheelz, agtwo, grantthai, and 47 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    2. entity119 (66 months ago | reply)

      Loving the sky tones here.
      Better than the hobbit hole, that's for sure :)

    3. Andrew (Meejahor.com) (66 months ago | reply)

      Really nice! I'm finding fireworks very difficult to photograph. I've done three displays so far and haven't got anything as good as this yet. I get the exposures right but my compositions leave a lot to be desired. This one is a lesson in how to photograph fireworks! Well done.

    4. slaptaxi [deleted] (66 months ago | reply)

      Gotta get a Nikon! This is really clear, with a great subject.

    5. tim_best_1972 (66 months ago | reply)

      Nice Mugs!
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    6. Brylan (66 months ago | reply)

      Your firework pictures are better than the ones on The Age!

    7. madeinwelly (66 months ago | reply)

      wow mugs, these are wonderful. Just full of colour

    8. Stephen Kinna Photography (66 months ago | reply)

      Your Bolte Bridge competiton entry for this year perhaps? Great capture.

    9. Lulybelle (66 months ago | reply)

      What a great shot!

    10. Sherly Nome (66 months ago | reply)

      hey, happy new year~!!!

    11. Adam Dimech (65 months ago | reply)

      The sky colours and the contrast between it and the fireworks is superb. Well done!

    12. wana2b (65 months ago | reply)

      Superb shot and colours !

    13. brucewbumstead (65 months ago | reply)

      fantastic

    14. jipps (65 months ago | reply)

      woah - lovely stuff! Happy new year!

    15. Mark Tabacco (65 months ago | reply)

      Great. Love the contrast in the clouds and fire works colour. The people in the foreground is a nice feature too. Well done!

    16. Stuart Forsyth (65 months ago | reply)

      Brilliant, welcome 2008 :)

    17. anastasjja [deleted] (65 months ago | reply)

      jes these are great firework captures! happy new year to you too!

    18. aussiegall (65 months ago | reply)

      Fantastic capture.
      All the best in 2008

    19. AdamBoulton (65 months ago | reply)

      Excellent I really like this photo!! Brilliant!!! The sky is amazing

      But how did you manage to have the people be static in this photo???

      Thanks

      ;)

    20. mugley (65 months ago | reply)

      Thanks everybody. The reaction to this series has been just incredible.

      @ ent - that's not what Gandalf said :)

      @ AdamBoulton - it helped that a lot of the people were sitting down, and everyone was transfixed by the visuals - this meant that body movement was minimal. There was a bit of head and arm movement - I've cloned the worst of it out, but you can still see some on the bloke in the middle of the main reflection, and also the bloke above the kid on the far right of frame.

    21. *vlad* (65 months ago | reply)

      Excellent - it's awesome how all the people actually add to the intrestingness of this photo - most of the time I am tempted to yell obscenities when someone gets in the way :)

    22. AdamBoulton (65 months ago | reply)

      Thanks for explaining mugley ;)

      ;)

    23. gappa01 (65 months ago | reply)

      Beautiful Mugs - the dusk light is amazing although people will probably think that Melb's in Antartica as the sun is still in the sky.

    24. cajebo (62 months ago | reply)

      Great moment in time capture.

      It has a very rich HDR quality to it as well. Given your admission to the cloning procedure, did you tweak to this wonderful result?

      Again, a great shot.

      edit: Your shot has been used as eye candy for an article on fireworks statistics at Miamisburg, Ohio Community Site

    25. mugley (62 months ago | reply)

      Yeah, it's been tone mapped (admitted in the tags) to bring out the detail in the spectators. It's only a single exposure though, so it's not really HDR as such.

    26. GlobalGrasshopper (42 months ago | reply)

      We love this photo and blogged it at www.globalgrasshopper.com/travel/seasonal-tra vel/top-10-p...

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