David de Groot Photography » Cityscape

Riverfire 2008

david — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 11:39:30 +0000

This photo is the culmination of 9 hours of staking our spot at Wilson’s Outlook. Myself and a group of fellow photographers arrived early in the day and marked out a spot for the rest of our party and then waited until the show began.
Since fireworks are very bright compared to the background, you need a long exposure to burn in enough of the background to be interesting. This is only really possible at the start and the end of the show, which meant that essentially I got one decent photo for all that waiting, but it was worth it.

You can also see my spectacular 2009 Riverfire photo.

Riverfire

admin — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 03:14:39 +0000

River Festival, Brisbane. Heralding in the new Spring.

Story Bridge and City

admin — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 01:47:52 +0000

During the Blue Hour. Kara and I stopped off at Newfarm after dropping everyone off at their respective drop-off points and I shot a couple of dozen twilight city shots. I like this one the best.

Blue Arch

admin — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 22:26:34 +0000

I came across this nifty blue arch on my walk today and felt compelled to shoot off a few frames from different angles. This is the one I like the best.

Brisbane City Reflections

admin — Sun, 06 May 2007 01:52:16 +0000

Blue Hour shot I took back on the 5th of May 2007. Re-processed with Lightroom using the “Direct Positive” process.

Brisbane at Night

admin — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 02:52:55 +0000

Shot back in March of this year during a night photowalk with visiting photographer, Xenedis, from Sydney. I borrowed his 35/1.4L for the evening (wonderful lens by the way).