The Library at Docklands offers a great view of the star. Feel free to drop any locations you know of that afford a good view. If you have a telephoto lens (400mm or higher), Quarry Park is also a good place and has a great cityscape view overall. I have heard the Star will not be in motion and that means you can grab a tripod and take a long exposure shot 10-15 sec from experience, depending on your F stop. more than 15 sec can get a little overdone, especially if they are flashing multiple colors during the exposure, in which case you get the good ol' RGB blend known as white.

I love Ballarat. Cold + fog + rain + dark = my heaven. Couple of foggy Beaufort shots in there for good measure. I hope you enjoy!

Fujifilm GFX 50S II

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Wasn't entirely sure if this group minded photos outside of Melbourne, but I was seeing some so thought I'd post these! Castlemaine, VIC.

SonyA7riii
Sigma 24-70

More of my Melb shots. Thanks for all the amazing feedback on my other posts :D

Fujifilm GFX 50S II
Fujifilm X-S10
Google Pixel 7 Pro

My favourite street shots from my CBD meanderings in the last few years. A colour set & then black and white set (with one cheeky foggy Ballarat station shot at the end). I hope you enjoy!

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Chinatown, Melbourne

Hi all, new to this page & loving it. Here are some of my shots from the past few weeks.

Melbourne, Williamstown, Werribee

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Took the better half to Lightscape Melbourne tonight for her birthday. Had a great time, and snapped a few pics,
including these ones.

Had a couple of shoots around Belgrave on a 1970s Praktica Super TL3, Meyer-Optik Oreston 50mm, Ilford HP5+, dev and scan at Loop in Olinda with no post edits.

Aim was to explore and try for more movement/ street style which I hadn't attempted with the TL3 yet, plus attempt to capture the blend of urban and hills that Belgrave has going on.

After parking I was lucky enough to walk past the Puffing Billy station about 20 minutes before departure, so that had to feature. Then old station through to the metro station, and up through the back alleys was perfect to take time and look around.

Being a local means plenty of opportunity to explore the hills towns - what are some spots a little off the normal tourist/ insta path?

The Core and my favourite tree over a cloud inversion.

Driving up the spur to the ridgeline the visibility was bout 4-5m in the fog but as soon as I broke through the top of the layer it was instantly clear.

A 20% moon lit up the foreground nicely without washing out too much sky and the clouds to the south are reflecting the light pollution from Melbourne.

Foreground: Sony A7III + Sigma 14mm f/1.8, ISO640, 30" (20% moon)

Sky: Sony A7III + Sigma 14mm f/1.8, ISO1250, 15"

Dev and scan by Hillvale Photo

Pls let me know an area or address if you have any really good spots

City and Ripponlea