Perth Wheel
John and I decided to be one of the first people to photograph the brand new sexy toy the Perth Wheel as of operation 9th Jan 2009. Sort of copied, ok copied from the hugely successful London Eye, the Perth Wheel it stands 50m high, can carry 284 passengers in 36 capsules.
For $15 adults $10 children, you get to spend roughly 15 minutes on the wheel, which will do approximately three revolutions. There is even a VIP capsule which boasts leather seats, best to get clients stuck with you high in the sky to approve your business proposal in comfy leather seats and a plasma screen display. Operators are also expecting it to become popular for marriage proposals and birthday celebrations…oh and those girlfriend boyfriend stuff.
Who said Perth cannot look like London huh? ;)
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Shot settings:
Body: Canon EOS 350D
Lens: Sigma 10-20mm DC HSM EX
Shutter Speed: 35”
Focal Length: 13mm
Flash: Did not fire
ISO: 100
Aperture value: f/8
Add-ons: 77mm -
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Steve Chapple
Outstanding image again Keegan. Sensational colour and shutter exposure.
coffeetea
beautiful night shot.
EOS20
Nice shot!
Congrats on being the first one to take a pic of the new wheel too!
Keegan Wong replied
EOS i suggest taking your 5D down to the foreshore, its really great to see the ferris wheel in action ;)
LisaR
Wow fantastic capture!
Jared Revell
wonderful work Keegan !!
what was the exposure time on this ? It seems long to get that great spiral effect, but the people don’t seem to have moved much, so I’m guessing maybe 10sec if they were standing relatively still ?
Keegan Wong replied
I’ll post up the EXIF soon, but it was a 25 second exposure shot. I had Neutral Density 8 filter + a CPL attached to my Sigma 10-20mm to increase the ability to have longer exposures…The reason why the people look still even within that 35 sec mark is most likely because the shadows you see is due to a long duration standing i.e. standing there for quite some time, and then they departed quickly afterwards…so you get this standing effect. Thanks again for stopping by Jared :)
simonesphotos
This is a stunning shot Keegan, just love the colour mate and the ghostly people at the base, well done!!!
Sue Nueckel
Nice shot keegan
Jared Revell
thanks mate :-)
Kate Lillian
this looks very futuristic… reminds me of mariko mori’s work. Very cool! Nice colours too.
Kirk Hille
nice shot mate was wondering when someboday would shot this new toy
NautilusBlue
We have one in Brizzy now too..same price. Good time exposure mate :)
Luka Skracic
whoa!! very intense, looks like one of those glowing yo-yos people used to play with it.
Danielle Knight
very nice work Keegan, I was there this night attempting to capture a shot of this as well. Could even be me standing watching lol. Fantastic shot, well done.
Keegan Wong replied
wow you serious? haha pity it was a little dark for face recognition lol. Hope you got great shots too.
Taylor Sawyer
Hey Keegan! THi sone is great! Can you please tag it with p101slowss? Thanks!
Keegan Wong replied
done ;)
IngridSonja
Superb! Love the colours .
Janice Kho
brilliant one keegan :D love the colour. I’ve yet to see this “new attraction” in perth yet haha. been bit busy with work and what not, the weather doesn’t help much either :p
Keegan Wong replied
Haha that’s because someones a workaholic :)
Peacefulwarrior
nice shot….. good to see the new toy on here dude…... nicely done too.
Janine Hewlett
Fantastic capture!!
Grant Scollay
Great Shot!
drec
Nice one, so clear.
melbourneguy75
Awesome capture :)
Barbara Brown
Great image! Love the color!
DaveBassett
This is great – nice work.
Daniel Rayfield
NICE!!!!!!
Nigel Donald
Nice work
Robert Armstrong
Wow! Amazing shot, Wow!
Mary Campbell
Great job, your such a skilled photography with a really developed eye for the best compositional elements.
Maria Moro
Please consider one of your artworks for challenge Triangular Shapes