Month: May 2016

Vivid Sydney Makes a Light Show of the City’s Harbour and Beyond

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Opera House Songlines. Image Courtesy of Destination New South Wales

Opera House Songlines. Image Courtesy of Destination New South Wales

Vivid Sydney, the Australian city’s annual festival of lights, began today with colorful installations that reinvent icons like the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Jørn Utzon’s renowned Opera House. The event is host to over 90 light installations devised by more than 150 artists from 23 countries, appearing in eight precincts across the city.


Opera House Songlines. Image Courtesy of Destination New South Wales


Cathedral of Light, Botanic Gardens. Image Courtesy of Destination New South Wales


Circular Quay. Image Courtesy of Destination New South Wales


Chatswood Gondwana Light Lab. Image Courtesy of Destination New South Wales

This year’s installation on the “sails” of the Sydney Opera House is called Songlines and celebrates the work of six Indigenous Australian artists: Karla Dickens, Djon Mundine OAM, Reko Rennie, Gabriella Possum Nungurrayi, Donny Woolagoodja and the late Gulumbu Yunupingu.


Opera House Songlines. Image Courtesy of Destination New South Wales

Opera House Songlines. Image Courtesy of Destination New South Wales


Opera House Songlines. Image Courtesy of Destination New South Wales


Opera House Songlines. Image Courtesy of Destination New South Wales


Opera House Songlines. Image Courtesy of Destination New South Wales


Cathedral of Light, Botanic Gardens. Image Courtesy of Destination New South Wales

Vivid Sydney is owned, managed and produced by Destination NSW, the State Government’s tourism and major events agency. As the world’s largest festival of light, music, and ideas – attended by 1.7 million visitors in 2015 – Vivid Sydney will run for 23 nights from May 23 – June 18.


Cathedral of Light, Botanic Gardens. Image Courtesy of Destination New South Wales

Cathedral of Light, Botanic Gardens. Image Courtesy of Destination New South Wales


Circular Quay. Image Courtesy of Destination New South Wales


Central Park. Image Courtesy of Destination New South Wales


Botanic Gardens. Image Courtesy of Destination New South Wales


Taronga Zoo Asian Elephant. Image Courtesy of Destination New South Wales

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Norwegian spring midnight by nerdcissus by nerdcissus

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After spring equinox, norwegian nights never become totally dark. Up north you get the midnight sun, but down south in the Oslo area, you can only see the glow. This long exposed photo is from Konglungen in Asker, near Oslo, directed north. It’s almost like blue hour, even at midnight. You can see reflections of an even lighter night directly north, and reflections of Oslo City lights towards east. The waves of the Oslo fjord are smoothed because of the long shutter time. Obviously captured on tripod. It was a beautiful night.

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The setting sun by ahtamar by ahtamar

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Venice: a small canal by fredmatos by fredmatos

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A small canal in Venice, Italy

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Karagöl by mehmet_emin_ergene by mehmet_emin_ergene

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Izmir / Turkey

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Sheep River Falls by Wangbu by Wangbu

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Shelley Beach Portsea by MarkMcLeod by MarkMcLeod

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First time shooting in Australia since my Iceland/Norway trip. It was pretty cold and windy but it made for a great long exposure. Taken down on the Mornington Peninsula VIC

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