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Øivind Tøien

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A late Happy 2018 from Fairbanks!
« on: January 07, 2018, 07:00:55 »
Happy New Year to Nikongear with these images of the celebration in Fairbanks that also was the 100 year anniversary for the university. (We are always among the last to enter the new year here   ;D ). Due to focus on other things I have not gotten to neither capture nor post much images lately so bear over with the somewhat image-rich post. I somehow found the firework display unusually well composed, and the 300PF worked very well for this. After looking at my "Dishy" Firework captures from last year I decided on the same vantage point (just a quiet walk down the road from my cabin and no big crowds). The old satellite dish was exchanged with a smaller and better one last spring and ended up being hidden behind some trees.

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In our dreams about 2018...
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...let us hope it becomes a better year in shape, ....
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...colors, ...
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... and structure.
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Although the Arctic is warming with an alarming rate and the lower 48 presently is colder than Fairbanks, let us hope there will be a while before palm trees grow in Fairbanks...
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So let us go into the new year with best wishes for our globe...
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... and with new energy...
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... to set straight the setbacks of last year.
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Re: A late Happy 2018 from Fairbanks!
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2018, 11:27:42 »
Thank you-just great!
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Re: A late Happy 2018 from Fairbanks!
« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2018, 11:39:56 »
Happy New Year, Øivind!

You seem to be blessed with the nice weather for the fireworks, especially in terms of direction and speed of the wind.
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Re: A late Happy 2018 from Fairbanks!
« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2018, 12:22:44 »
Happy New Year, Øivind!
A lovely display of fireworks. The trees in the foreground add a special touch!
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Re: A late Happy 2018 from Fairbanks!
« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2018, 12:49:15 »
Happy New Year Øivind.  I have enjoyed these images.

The warming of Fairbanks is a worry.  It was 41 Deg C here in Melbourne yesterday and 47 Deg C in parts of Sydney today - much too hot for my tastes!
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Re: A late Happy 2018 from Fairbanks!
« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2018, 13:24:56 »
Thanks everybody for the kind words.
Akira, it was cloudy (so any stars shown are those of the firework), but nice and calm as often during winter in Fairbanks. As there was not much possibility to adjust aiming as it progressed, once focus was established, with settings at ISO 100,  f/16 and shutter at B , it was just to enjoy the show while trying to previsualize on the fly and use the wired remote to synchronize shutter activity to that of the show, without too much activity to mess up and blow out the frame. (Some previewing of exposed frames was involved to check that positioning was not completely off).

Jakov, agree, the compressed telephoto perspective works really well to provide ground object as scale and with a side view, not from below view, of the show. I lightened the background a bit around the trees on most to make them stand out. I really enjoyed photographing this.


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Re: A late Happy 2018 from Fairbanks!
« Reply #6 on: January 07, 2018, 14:04:01 »
These images are a really good start for the year. Happy new year, Øivind.
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Re: A late Happy 2018 from Fairbanks!
« Reply #7 on: January 07, 2018, 14:31:25 »
Hi Øivin
Happy new year, fantastic images.
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Re: A late Happy 2018 from Fairbanks!
« Reply #8 on: January 08, 2018, 03:16:30 »
Øivind, thank you for the deatils.  The exposure data seem to be similar to mine when I shoot annual fireworks here on August 15th in Tokyo (it was cancelled due to the rain last year).  I typically set the exposure time to 4-6 seconds according to the types of the firework, though.

Considering it was calm, the smoke doesn't interfere the firework too much, which is nice.
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Re: A late Happy 2018 from Fairbanks!
« Reply #9 on: January 08, 2018, 03:18:37 »
Thank you! I can't wait to see these at home.

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Re: A late Happy 2018 from Fairbanks!
« Reply #10 on: January 08, 2018, 06:48:56 »
Thanks all for further comments. Akira, the exposure times varied between 1.6 and 20 seconds (all frames included), so it was a marked advantage to be able stop the exposure based on visual feedback. [In the longest exposures I tried to keep shutter open in pauses between bursts to capture more of the background behind the trees]. I have tried predetermined shutter speeds on these occasions before, and it always ended up in frustration when the shutter did not close when it was most appropriate (and in addition then sometimes not ready for the next burst). The intensity of the display varied quite a bit between each sequence (like a symphony), with short pauses between, lasting a total of 20 minutes. So one just needed to use the camera like another instrument playing along with the rest of the symphony.
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Re: A late Happy 2018 from Fairbanks!
« Reply #11 on: January 08, 2018, 08:23:14 »
Hmm...I may want to try the "B" setting next time!
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Re: A late Happy 2018 from Fairbanks!
« Reply #12 on: January 08, 2018, 10:03:45 »
Beautiful work, Øivind.  A great 2018 to you too !!

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Re: A late Happy 2018 from Fairbanks!
« Reply #13 on: January 08, 2018, 16:35:10 »
Very good Fireworks shots. I see you expose between 9 and 16 seconds using aperture 16. Why 16 aperture? The fireworks seem far away enough for f/4
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Re: A late Happy 2018 from Fairbanks!
« Reply #14 on: January 08, 2018, 17:47:11 »
Wonderful captures, happy new year to you as well!
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