singaore sportshub opennig

[yumyum]

anyone shooting fireworks for opening sportshub on friday ???

 

[Edwinkoh]

anyone shooting fireworks for opening sportshub on friday ???

I interested.

 

[sunguang]

where and what time?

 

[homerlikephoto]

Yes I am.
I'm meeting like-minded at 6pm outside Nicoll Highway MRT Station.
Feel free to join us!

 

[yumyum]

Wat time the fireworks start

 

[Thoth]

Wat time the fireworks start

Ya wondering too.

 

[DiGdUb]

7.30pm-8pm according to the official website.

https://www.seagames2015.com/get-involved/sports-hub-community-open-house

 

[yumyum]

Too bad I m working

 

[yumyum]

But not too bad I m going for sat ndp cr 2

 

[Edwinkoh]

Yes I am.
I'm meeting like-minded at 6pm outside Nicoll Highway MRT Station.
Feel free to join us!

Y there. Stadium MRT better right?

 

[dhyk2008]

Wat time the fireworks start

Fireworks from 7.30-8pm

 

[dhyk2008]

Y there. Stadium MRT better right?

Try shooting from the HDB flat next to Kallang MRT from high level.

 

[CalvinL33]

Where will u all be meeting?

 

[Thoth]

noob shot... Sigma 19/2.8 on Sony A7

 

[Edwinkoh]

Wow nice photo Thoth. I did not do a pretty one, was having fun at the stadium.

 

[ricleo]

one shot to share of the fireworks

sDSC02407c by ricleosg, on Flickr

and another of the actual sports hub
sDSC02533 by ricleosg, on Flickr

 

[Edwinkoh]

Wow great photo ricleo. Just a one question. For fireworks, AF or MF better?

 

[CamInit]

Nice efforts! it was a disaster for me. Too greedy and missed everything. Was hoping to shoot from flyer and I mis-predict the timing. Thought the fireworks will occur closer to 8pm but instead it started around 7:35pm. End up fireworks were over just when my capsule starts going up.

 

[dhyk2008]

Nice efforts! it was a disaster for me. Too greedy and missed everything. Was hoping to shoot from flyer and I mis-predict the timing. Thought the fireworks will occur closer to 8pm but instead it started around 7:35pm. End up fireworks were over just when my capsule starts going up.

Sorry to hear that. You can try it next year SEA games. Shooting from flyer will there be any reflection and you mean the flyer will stop for you to shoot fireworks. I have never experience shooting fireworks from flyer.

 

[CamInit]

Sorry to hear that. You can try it next year SEA games. Shooting from flyer will there be any reflection and you mean the flyer will stop for you to shoot fireworks. I have never experience shooting fireworks from flyer.

It's ok. Was trying my luck. Learn a lot of lessons. Shooting from flyer not so straightforward due to the rotation.
It will be a battle to keep the exposure long enough to capture the bursts vs keeping exposure short enough to minimize blurring from the cabin movement. Depending on the FoV, so far I see its about 2 to 4 seconds, max. Need more experiments. And you have to make sure surroundings are decently exposed since its already dark.


- Tons of reflections. Gotta shift the tripod around. Bearing in mind other guests within as well (including kids). Good chance to try out lens skirt if the MO at the General Photography Talk section goes through.
- It's not as empty as the papers make it out to be. At least not on a Friday evening. Streams of visitors were continually coming in. Most dining cabins were also full.
- Sportshub is at kinda awkward direction as its more towards the corner of the cabin.
- One round of the flyer ~30min. Of this, I think there's only a 15-20min window where you can shoot. Rest of the time either too low or obstructed by the flyer structure/other cabins. Unless you know the exact timing and location of fireworks, gonna be quite risky.

I've seen photos of fireworks shot from the flyer so its not impossible, just more challenging.