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So 2014 has arrived and in Sydney it’s the time for the annual pilgrimage to the harbour to watch the New Years Eve fireworks.

Note: These images (especially the wider shots) look much better when larger – so click any of the images below to see larger versions in an inline overlay slideshow gallery viewer.

This year I joined Gerry at Cremorne Point for the early 9PM family fireworks and then the midnight masterpiece. I left it fairly late leaving home after dinner at around 7:15PM and drove over to Neutral Bay where I parked up near Military Road. I’d packed my daughters bike in the back of the car so I could ride down to Cremorne Point.

After arriving at around 8PM it was time to rece the area looking for somewhere suitable to setup the tripods with a decent view across the harbour to the main fireworks attractions – the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the Sydney Opera House and the city itself. I found a good spot right down on the water and Gerry joined me soon after.

From the 9PM fireworks – I was hoping for a little twilight colour in the sky – unfortunately it was much too late for that

Pink Blush

NIKON D600 + 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8 @ 50 mm, 8.20 sec at f/11, ISO 100

Fire in Lavender

NIKON D600 + 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8 @ 50 mm, 5.40 sec at f/11, ISO 100

To make use of some of the time between the 9PM and midnight fireworks displays Gerry and I did a little light painting with the interesting foreground rock we had out in the water in front of our position

Sydney NYE

NIKON D600 + 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8 @ 26 mm, 97 sec at f/11, ISO 100

The midnight fireworks in full swing – we ended up having a pretty decent view of the action unobstructed by a lot of water craft

Blue Velvet

NIKON D600 + 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8 @ 32 mm, 7.70 sec at f/11, ISO 100

Red Cascade

NIKON D600 + 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8 @ 32 mm, 4.10 sec at f/8, ISO 100

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