Last night I went to view the Northern Lights display in Adelaide, and I am here to say that it was nothing short of spectacular. They say that up to 15,000 people a night go to check out the display of 70 different projections of light that is projected on the facades of the State Library, SA Museum, Art Gallery, Elder Hall, Mitchell Building and Bonython Hall. My only gripe was that the displays changed every five minutes and I found it a little tedious.
The Northern Lights were created using digital software and giant French-made PIGI system projectors that each weighed more than 200kg. I reckon I was extremely fortunate as I caught the last display.
I noticed that although there were a lot of people taking photos with there camera phones or digital cameras, very few actually used tripods and I am afraid all those who didn’t use a tripod will be disappointed with their photos. These are some that I took. Clicking on any photo will enlarge the photo.
Bonython Hall
SA Museum
SA Library
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Mitchell Building
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Elder Hall
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Art Gallery
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All these shots were taken with my Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX50. This is a digital 7.2 mega pixel camera and I used the Scene mode that was set on night scenery, the shutter speed being set to the maximum 8 seconds.
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I love these images, the colour and sharpness is fantastic.
Obviously a tripod, but which body do you use? Great quality!
The answer is in the post.
Love the lighting and love the design on the buildings
Love the photos that you took from Adelaide. I’ll be visiting Adelaide this week and I hope to visit the Northern Lights to see this in person.
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Hi Katie, I sure hope you have a great time while in Adelaide. As to the lights, I don’t think they’re on at the moment.
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Hi Katie, yes you should pay Adelade a visit when it is possible. The structures there looks far better in person, though I should say that the pictures like in this one looks remarkably good. I have been there for about two weeks on a business trip.
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Very good on perspective.. I think the lights on clean tall buildings are quite pleasing but never thought museum can be a medium too for light shows…awesome! it must be pretty hard for the crew behind it for rough edges, they did good job base on your pics.
cheers!
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