I took this image (actually, it’s multiple images!) while in Brisbane for a work trip in April this year. I was going to drive to Mount Coot-Tha lookout which is a great vantage point to see the city from, but as I was driving across the Story bridge, this view greeted me and I couldn’t resist. It was 1am when I took this series and I stayed there until about 2. I only saw 2 other people and a few cars and trucks. Apart from that it was almost dead silent!

This is a blend of 21 images, then blended into 7 frames. Those 7 frames were then stitched together to create the panorama. Each frame was created by blending up to 4 images using Tufusion and then imported into Photoshop along with the darkest frame. I then used luminosity masking to extract just the brightest details from the darkest exposure.

Shot with a Canon EOS 40D using a Tamron 17-35mm lens. Manfrotto 190D/141RC Tripod and a KingPano panoramic tripod head. A cable release was used to trigger the shutter to avoid shake from bumping the camera.

Settings:
Aperture – F/5.6
Shutter Speed – from 1 second to 15 seconds per frame.
ISO – 640.