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claimed to be the biggest fireworks in the history, the atlantis hotel's grand opening was extravagant. using 100,000 state-of-the art fireworks made by grucci, it was seven times bigger than the beijing olympics' opening ceremony. the hotel's closed-door party bash cost about 20million dollars. a-listed celebrities attended the party with the likes of michael jordan, janet jackson, charlize theron, robert de niro, wesley snipes, lindsay lohan, sir richard branson and many more. kylie minogue performed first concert in the middle east.
since we're not part of the list like others do, we decided to scout the area early. two hours before the big salvo, we found a spot on the right side of the island, just few meters away from the beach. we used telephoto lenses to be safe. at first, we thought the main focus of the fireworks was just the hotel building. we got surprised when the whole place was illuminated.
my jaw dropped.
the fireworks display lasted for five minutes. it was indeed one of the greatest fireworks display i've seen and my hand on the shutter remote keep on clicking. few minutes later, i tried different angles and orientation without worrying my focal length (it was prefocused to infinite). i wasn't able to use my uwa lens due to the tripod plate was mounted on longnose's collar and didn't risk to switch it.
shots by nikita using longnose (70-200mm) with different set of exposures (3-30secs) at iso 100. |
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can't see why you have had no comments this is a fine picture and the fireworks have been captured well i can't get one decent shot.
- banaei
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(774) - [2009-02-16 21:03]
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Hi Jeff
Excellent capture of this male Whinchat with good pose and composition, sharp details and bright natural colours.
TFS
**MAB**
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- Ejtaan
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- [2009-08-11 6:57]
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Spectacular Jeff! great colors and I like the light of the fireworks on the buildings in the distance.
Cheers,
Anneke
