New years eve my wife and I had an offer too good to refuse, get picked up at our door, driven into the city centre of Sydney to enjoy the fireworks and a barbeque 50 floors up. No fighting the hundreds of thousands of people swarming over every normal vantage point and since we would be driven home afterwards we could also enjoy a few drinks in the clouds as well.
It was a good photo opportunity so I took along my Nikon D90, unfortunately I did not have my tripod handy so I had to make do with a monopod when it got dark. This meant I had to keep the shutter speed up at 1/15th at 3200iso to have any chance of sharp shots in a windy environment even with the very effective stabilised lens. This combined with high humidity, low cloud and smoke did not lend its self to the best quality shots, although results are much better than I could have achieved with my old D40.
Looking west towards the Blue Mountains where I live.
Looking north west.
Looking north.
Looking north east towards the harbour entrance.
Looking east towards the Pacific ocean and the famous Bondi beach.
Looking south east.
Looking south towards the air port
Looking south west.
The naval dock at centre and many private boats in the harbour waiting for the fireworks.
Entrance to harbour at top left of centre.
