fireworks Archives - Ed O'Keeffe Photography

5 May 201911 March 2019

Fireworks from Mount Victoria

For this year’s Chinese New Year fireworks I walked up to the Mount Victoria Lookout. From here you get a good view of the city centre. It was too crowded at the lookout and I didn’t like the foreground. So I walked down Lookout Road to in front of the Radio Tower. What caught my eye was the twists of Palliser Road in the foreground. Taking a wider view of the fireworks meant I captured the S shape of the road. This leads the eye towards Clyde Quay Wharf and the explosion of the firework in the sky above the city centre.

24 March 201911 March 2019

New Years Eve Fireworks over Wellington

Standing at the end of Clyde Quay Wharf is about the closest you can get to the harbour firework displays. They happen a few times a year. This was from New Years Eve. It’s one of my favourite spots to photograph fireworks, as you can see the city skyline behind. There are also a lot fewer people than along the waterfront by Frank Kitts Park. In the foreground to the left is the Wellington Marina Berths for yachts.

15 July 20172 October 2017

Fireworks over central Wellington

For this year’s Chinese New Year I wanted to make sure I was on the harbour to watch the fireworks. This is the view west to Wellington’s central from the end of Clyde Quay Wharf. The fireworks came from a platform about half way between us and Frank Kitts Park on the waterfront. It was a great place to stand and watch. Dad and I were in a crowd of people, even a few photographers. I struggled to get many sharp or well exposed photographs. Out of the hundred or so I captured this was the best that night.

27 November 201520 May 2017

Wellington Fireworks Display 2015

One year on from the previous photograph of fireworks I wanted to get a bit closer to the water to avoid foreground distractions and attempt to get some of Wellington city lights in the background. Not knowing exactly where the boat or platform that the fireworks would fire from would be, I went along Oriental Parade. I set the tripod about half way up the hill on Carlton Gore Road, looking back towards central Wellington. Due to the winds the platform came much further out into the harbour than last year’s firework display, so the background shows more of the Port but it’s certainly an improvement over last year.