Singapore Fireworks Festival 2005
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huaiwei said:Anyway, if I may borrow ricleo's map from http://forums.clubsnap.org/showthread.php?t=144817:
That was more or less the approx location of the firing point (or line actually). I was just in front of this line of noisy and bright stalls, so it might not be that good a position if you guys want darker environs. I would suggest walking along the water away from the Benjamin Sheares Bridge then. Althernatively, the bridge itself seems like a good spot for nice compositions, and I suspect the corner of Marina Centre may be another nice spot? Saw a crowd there, but no photos yet published here.
Oh, and the simple reason why I am not showing any of my own photos was because I decided to use my video camera to film the whole thing down instead...with my Canon 350D sitting pretty on my lap!
Thanks huaiwei !!
Is there any public bus going to this place?
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k3nn3th03 said:
according the the map above, the BLUE color dot should be the shelter...
my guess is, if u wan other spot other than the marina south or on bridge ( lazy to climb ), go to the spot nearer to the firing point.. ( if u know where i meant ) but was thinking, if so near, wouldn't it be tooooo big when the fireworks burst ??
DO NOT go under or near the bridge... cant see clearly... and too many inconsiderate pple.. they dun care , they will jus stand up, block ur view and enjoy their view..
* ps...
i wonder if the view on the bridge perpendicular to the firing point.. near to the condo the side..
( all above r of my own view, pls correct me if i am wrong.. )
thanks
I dun know exactly where i was, but i was all along facing the fireworks directly. Need a 35mm to 50mm on 1.6 crop to fill up my frames. Good place.
(add: this is where i was http://www.streetdirectory.com.sg/s...rchmasterid=32&searchbuildingid=10961&level=4
k3nn3th03 said:Ah? where got shelter....they are just "shelters" for the stalls lah.
Anyway I suppose the best thing with regards to this location compared to last yr is that there is plenty of space for viewers. We have plenty of people sitted all around us in front of our tripods, so everyone got to see the show unobstructed. Lovely people, quite unlike the inconsiderate ones who starts to stand up in front of the esplanade.
No problem! There is a bus....service 400, to the event. Lots of marshalls there to help you too. Can take it from either Marina Bay MRT, Chinatown MRT of Outram Park MRT. For more details, refer to http://www.sbstransit.com.sg/whatsnew_03August2005.asp.dshooter said:
But some of us were smarter. To avoid the crowds, we simply walked over the benjamin sheares bridge and either have a (more reasonably priced) dinner at Marina Square area, or just go home from there!
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In summary.... best places to shoot singapore fireworks festival 2005 fireworks...huaiwei said:No problem! There is a bus....service 400, to the event. Lots of marshalls there to help you too. Can take it from either Marina Bay MRT, Chinatown MRT of Outram Park MRT. For more details, refer to http://www.sbstransit.com.sg/whatsnew_03August2005.asp.
But some of us were smarter. To avoid the crowds, we simply walked over the benjamin sheares bridge and either have a (more reasonably priced) dinner at Marina Square area, or just go home from there!
i. esplanade bridge (must cross over to the side facing out to sea)
ii. marina south, along water's edge, away from bright & noisy stalls
both locations are acessible to public transport (maybe sheares bridge location must walk a bit further) and have almost straight on view of the fireworks (so other people will not get into yr frame of view and no stray light entering your lens).
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huaiwei said:k3nn3th03 said:Ah? where got shelter....they are just "shelters" for the stalls lah.
Anyway I suppose the best thing with regards to this location compared to last yr is that there is plenty of space for viewers. We have plenty of people sitted all around us in front of our tripods, so everyone got to see the show unobstructed. Lovely people, quite unlike the inconsiderate ones who starts to stand up in front of the esplanade.
neh... have mah.. :sweat:
i might be getting older but i dun think this is not blue rite.. :bsmilie:
huaiwei said:Think its posible to walk up from Marina Square side? Not too sure about this, but logically, there should be a way up from there!
Marina square, u will on the side facing the singapore skyline right? This time want to go to the other side like what many people had did. Is it still walk from marina square or walk from marina bay? :dunno:
Hope tomorrow's fireworks still at yesterday's place, can anyone confirm? dont wanna later found the "other" side but fireworks from the singapore skyline side. That would be a photographic disaster. ;p
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huaiwei said:Haha....there were three of us....quite near to this "hot banana" store...sekali you were right beside us??
haha,i was beside you,using a D70,saw you using your video cam.:bsmilie:
Thanks so much for the direction,the tasty hot banana have long queue too.
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there are 2 ways (might be more if think more imaginatively...zaxh81 said:
i. yes, there is a staircase on the other side (not directly opp tho, i think)
ii. go up the bridge using the "usual" staircase, walk towards marina south end, go down the staircase there, cross under bridge and up the staircase on opp side
if shooting locaiton same as sat, then option i. is shorter (and brighter).
Muahaha! Small world siah!zaxh81 said:
But I think you asked my friends lah...not I. I was either busy advising another poor confused fella who was chatting with me over the same topic, or one of my friends who happened to bump into me AND asked the same damn question again. 
I will be going again tonight, and quite likely to the exact same location. The noise around me actually adds to my video!
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