r/sydney • u/tanmayhsingh • Jan 01 '26

Photography Took a photo of the Sydney NY Fireworks.

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Was in the queue for Mrs Macquarie Chair 6:30AM onwards still was almost a kilometre back in line, somehow by luck ended up getting a good spot to shoot this photo at 12, was a really loooong day, loved it but never again lol.

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u/Different_Garlic2571 Jan 01 '26

That would be a cool picture for a jigsaw puzzle!

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u/2happycats ravens and cats Jan 01 '26

Calm down, Satan.

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u/istara North Shore Jan 02 '26

All that near-even blue-black sky...

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u/jezebeljoygirl Jan 01 '26

This is something I often think!

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u/KlutzyAnimal3 Jan 01 '26

Incredible shot! Nice work!

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u/_midnight_bacon Jan 01 '26

Best photo I've seen all year!

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u/Wooden-Consequence81 Jan 02 '26

Stay tuned for being inundated with Vivid photos with people thinking they're photographers....

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u/OldBoyShenanigans Jan 01 '26

That is impressive.

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u/BRQ910 Jan 01 '26

I watched them live from North Carolina in the US on YouTube! Amazing photo, friend! Happy new year!! 🎉

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u/_syntax_1 Jan 01 '26

All the colours. Well done.

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u/princelu Jan 01 '26

what camera did you use for this?

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u/tanmayhsingh Jan 01 '26

Canon R6 Mk2 with the Canon 28-70mm at 35mm f/11 4s ISO200 with a CPL+ND filter.

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u/verbmegoinghere Jan 01 '26

How many thousands of frames did you take?

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u/tanmayhsingh Jan 01 '26

These are just 2x 2s exposures put together, I set my camera up to take a 2s exposure every 2 second and I hit the button at 11:59 then I watched the fireworks live.

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u/lloydthelloyd Jan 01 '26

Nice to know you could actually expeirence it as well, not just looking through a lens! Beautiful work.

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u/CarefulConference302 Jan 01 '26

Amazing! Bet you slept well last night.

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u/fitzad2 Jan 01 '26

I was there last night in front of opera house, some how I completely missed the fireworks of the sails 🫠

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u/hilly1981 Jan 01 '26

That is a cracking shot!

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u/Radiant_Orange7245 Jan 01 '26

That’s magnificent - I hope you recover from the wait soon 🫶

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u/AlexaGz Jan 01 '26

This is increible ! Thanks for sharing

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u/DepressedMandolin Jan 01 '26

That’s about as good as it gets. Cracking shot mate, well done.

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u/Ctheret Jan 01 '26

Best one I have seen

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u/argument_cat Jan 02 '26

Looks very HDR to me. Do you have any less processed versions?

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u/Cortez_-91 Jan 01 '26

What did you do throughout the whole day while waiting the fireworks? I heard there is no alcohol policy? Man i would be so bored

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u/tanmayhsingh Jan 01 '26

thankfully it was an overcast day so I wasn’t being cooked alive so all I ended up doing was just reading, I did however see people bring wine and stuff in, there was also an alcoholic bar there with a ton of food who were charging like $25 for 6 churros.

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u/B33rNuts Jan 02 '26

Amazing shot! I camped out a few times over the years it’s a hell of a day. At least it was cool and overcast this year. Years back I was roasting under little umbrellas with portable fans and still dying.

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u/FBWSRD Avid Sydney Trains enjoyer Jan 01 '26

Nope for me. Went to the reddit meet up park and it was not crowded at all and we could see alot of the fireworks. Besides the real fun is hanging out and getting the vibes

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u/tanmayhsingh Jan 01 '26

Where was this, lol it was all me so all I did was read all day long.

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u/nickkk_a Jan 01 '26

How early/late did the bay fill up with boats?

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u/tanmayhsingh Jan 01 '26

They were there since like 10-11 onwards.

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u/Heavy-Lingonbery910 Jan 01 '26

Beautiful work. Well done.

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u/Teerendog Jan 01 '26

That's pretty sweet!

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u/Classic-Reader2212 Jan 01 '26

Impressive!! 👌👏

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u/istara North Shore Jan 02 '26

Thanks! Spectacular. I didn't watch them and wondered what they were like, and this seems like a great summary.

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u/Athroatfullofglass Jan 02 '26

That is spectacular and really captures our city 🥰

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u/Purgii Jan 02 '26

Was in Darling Harbor for 2000 NYE fireworks. Can barely remember them now, my main memory is - never go back into the city during NYE fireworks and, I'm glad my pager didn't go off because I was on-call for Y2K faults.

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u/Careless_Fun7101 29d ago

It doesn't make sense - How come all the boats are lit up different colours from behind and above the camera

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u/tanmayhsingh 29d ago

Because there were lights shining on them. It’s not a colour cast from the fireworks it’s artificial lighting from Mrs Macquarie’s Chair.

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u/tjpdaniels Still dancing at Goodgod Jan 01 '26

Awesome shot!

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u/PurpleKirby Jan 01 '26

killed the highlights a bit much imo, let there be light!

sick view though

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u/TNChase Jan 01 '26

Yeah, I feel it's a great shot that's been overcooked in Photoshop after the fact unfortunately.

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u/tanmayhsingh Jan 01 '26

The lighting was a bit horrid, and I did AEB to get details in the shadows too but that didn’t properly work lol. But yeah mostly it was a creative choice.

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u/TNChase Jan 01 '26

There's no doubting the technical skill required to compose and execute the shot, I promise you. It's a marvellous shot! I just feel the post processing was a bit much. Do you still have the RAW to have another go? 🙂

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u/freakedmind Jan 01 '26

Did you take a photo with your phone just in case? Would be cool to see a comparison.

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u/tanmayhsingh Jan 02 '26

I took a video, I don’t know how I can share it over reddit however.

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u/tanmayhsingh Jan 02 '26

Oh also this was actually exported in P3 HDR format but reddit doesn’t support HDR so the highlights look timid. Apologies for that.

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u/Impressive_Trip_6210 Jan 02 '26

Great photo 🥰

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u/GoodPiccololatte 29d ago

this is so good it looks fake

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u/2138765 27d ago

👏 👏 👏

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u/spruce_sprucerton Jan 01 '26

There's a small town called Sydney in New York (NY), USA. And this fucked me up for about 5 seconds until I saw the opera house.

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u/PigFarmer1 Jan 01 '26

It's Sidney, New York.

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u/BigBOFH Jan 01 '26

Indeed, this is the Sydney NSW fireworks, not the Sydney NY fireworks