Riverfire Begins
F-111 Dump-n-Burn and the opening spray of fireworks off the Story Bridge, shot from Wilson's Outlook.
We staked out our shooting location from 10am (event started at 7pm) to make sure we got the prime position - was a looooooong day, but worth it in the end.
View all photos taken: Saturday, 30th August 2008, This photo: 7:02pm
Nice Dave! looks a bit like mine .... eheheheheh
Spectacular timing.
How was the crowd situation?
Love the Dump-n-Burn... Spectacular!
Riverfire is great.
If only they did stuff like this down in Melbourne.
There's rumour that this is the last year the F-111's will be doing their dump-n-burn... sad if it is, but makes me even happier about getting this shot.
This is spectacular, Dave !
Now I know where Wilson's Lookout is. Great photo David. Now I know why I don't do night photo's. No need, I just Fave yours :)
Ended up staying home all day long and doing nothing! For once it was great.
Wow! You sure had found a good spot!
Excellent work Dave. One of the best I've seen on Flickr in a while. You should make "Explore"!
Hehe, seems like the wait was worth it.
Well done :-)
i agree, awesome shot, perfectly timed. well done
Ohhhhh that's a spectacular sight David. I think i should have stayed at Wilsons Outlock as all the smoke was going towards the CBD. The F-111 has a much nicer track from where you were. Love the greens in the bridge
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Perfect David
That was a long day.
See you there next year, From 3pm for me and walk up from ferry, I guess no parking spots at 3pm.
We're thinking of hiring a room in a hotel next year for a different view. Dunno if it'll transpire, just a thought.
Brilliant capture, great colours and nice calm waters for the reflections.
nice shot David - we had too much on today to be able to get to city that early...Isaac had his soccer grand final today, so that was most of the morning and half of the afternoon gone!!
we viewed from near home - not quite the same, but at least it was a pleasant evening for it!!
Stunning - simply stunning
Cool stuff :)
moh
Great shot!
Excellent Riverfire shot!
Wow! I'm not sure I've seen a fireworks shot as good before!
That is quite spectacular. Lots of effort, but what a great reward.
Wonderful colours. And great that you got the opening shot so no smoke. We got quite a bit blowing towards us which made it very easy to overexpose.
wow, gorgeous.
Fantastic Capture!
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Great shot Dave, as has already been summed up on whirlpool, you could have easily packed your bags and gone home after it.
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Great colours
Fantastic Shot! now that`s dedication.
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great shot - how upsetting was it that there was only one plane for the dump and burn this year? i love that plane...sends shivers down my spine whenever it goes over!
wow its a great snap
Dave, just saw this at this link
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Congrats mate.....
I guess it's 'slightly' better than mine ;p
Nice 1
Indeed he did :)
Impressive!
Great!
Nice one dave, well done on the explore :)
fantabulous
Congrats on explore........
One of the most beautiful photos I've ever seen, congratulations.
Congrats Dave. I guess it was one of those slow days in Explore-ville... =P
The best shot of Riverfire I've seen. Brilliant capture David.
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Wow!
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Awesome :D I especially love the dump and burn trail left by the F-111 :) What a wait! Well worth it tho :D
lol - that would have been priceless - perched at the top of a cliff, standing on a ladder ! :) could have come in handy if you were mobbed by crowds...simply climb the ladder and there are no more obstructions to your view :) But it sounds like you had that well covered in any case! Nice of the council to highlight your entry point :)
awesome!
I thought it right decent of them to show the way through the fence.
brilliant fireworks !!! stunning capture !!!
spectacular shot!
Gorgeous shot! Wow. Excellent exposure
nice
Stunning night shot.
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awesome shot!
WOW luv it !
The lights
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congratulations on a fine shot--you deserve it =)
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Hi'david that's very prety and beautiful shot i like this pic hey that's great moment that u capture.
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Spectacular photo. Congrats on explore!
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Stunning Photograph!
superb capture
well done
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Wow!
Excellent shot.
Congrats David - that's an awesome shot!
I wish I'd stopped in properly and asked for some advice as my results were pretty average from where I ended up. I didn't have the guts to leave the camera open that long even at f11.
Thanks everyone (too many people to respond to individually now).
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Fantastic work, I'm envious!
stupendous shot.
im in love with it
Great shot! Totally worth all the waiting, eh? stav
David, I really like your technique here. I'm gonna try that next year. Might also try some shots to stop the action so the plane is visible. Looking forward to it already :)
David, you don't happen to do engineering @ UQ? I saw someone in my maths lecture today looking at your picture -> thought it might be you.
I was wanting to get into this exact position. How did you manage to set ur spot up. of course the long wait but did you put cones out so nobody would get in ur road or something? How did u do it.
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That was me looking at it in 1052 :-) Was showing it to a friend.
Small world.
impressive shot!
Wow Nice shot
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Stunning shot.
Beautiful.
Unbelievable timing! It's not you don't see an uncrowded 64-sec exposure of fireworks everyday!
Fantastic shot David :)
Congratulations, awesome
that's awesome. (:
impressive shot - well done
Thanks All :)
That's so true David. If only they'd do all the cool stuff in the Blue Hour, as you call it. At last year's riverfire the helicopters did a fly-by when the light was just perfect:
Congratulations!
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David this photo is amazing!
This is one of the best pieces of work on Australia!!!
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Beautiful Photo!
very very nice.
incredible!! never seen anything like this!
Wow absolutely stunning
no full size? weak!
mikephantasmic why don't you buy a print of this amazing shot then you can see it full size every day :D
To describe David as weak is to show how little you know about him....so think of your purchase as an apology !
My god are you people little children? Perhaps you should realize the implications of what I'm saying: I would like to see the picture larger because it's nice. Apology? Good luck. How much I know about him? What the hell does that matter?
@mikephantasmic - Hi Mike, No I restrict the larger sizes to my contacts. As you'll appreciate, there are a lot of people out there all too happy to rip off work found in flickr, and since I try to etch out a living from taking photos, I'm disinclined to change that policy. However, if you buy the Feb edition of Pyro76 magazine (in the US), you'll see this shot on a double page spread.
Wow Dave, congrats on the publish mate, well derserved ..... considering you held the spot ;) thanks mate, have a safe and happy Christmas/new year.
Indeed -- congratulations on publication of this image. Well deserved.
I totally agree with Dave's stance on not making large resolution versions available to the public. I do the same. People out there will unfortunately steal work.
DdG Congrats on the magazine :D Nice one and well deserved :D
mikephantasmic Throwing insults around when you don't get what you want or when someone dares to disagree with you - interesting that you are suggesting I am a child !
'Grats on the publish Dave!
Well done Dave. It is a great shot.
I'm not throwing out any insults. I simply appreciate it when photographers release larger images than the one I see. I'm not trying to get a raw file, and I'm not insulting the photographer's character or skills. I empathize with the photographer when he says he gets ripped off.
I do however have a problem with people who believe it's their duty to 'police' message boards trying to push their morality on others. I'm sorry for my offense, but you guys are reacting negatively when entirely unnecessary.
I made a harsh comment, but it's still the truth. And if you push me, I tend to push back.
I just saw this in the Brisbane festival magazine and instantly recognised it as yours, nice work!
I need to get a copy of said magazine at some stage :)
I'm a year late, but wonderful photo Dave. Does the trail stop because the aircraft stopped its "dump and burn" there or because the shutter closed while the aircraft was still in frame?
Congrats on this photo, it is amazing, I saw it on a billboard at Newstead just tonight, you must be very proud.
I saw the billboard near the BP at Toowong when i was down in Brisbane last weekend. It looked familiar and now I know. Congrats! Thats awesome!!
I have a feeling that there is one on the M1 northbound into Brisbane, somewhere near shailer park - might not be an accurate memory though.
Saw your picture in today's (5/9/09) Courier mail advertising River Fire '09
pg 2 of River festival lift out guide.
Congrats
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great exposure!
So beautiful!
incredibile!!!
Awesome. I gather its a long wait up there, but seems well worth it.
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuart_addelsee] Yes it is indeed. That year, I think we were there for 7 hours or so. The following year, 8 or 9 hours. This year, 15 hours. It's really the biggest fireworks spectacular in Queensland, and thus attracts people from a fair way off (photographers from Sydney turn up).
nice