In Sydney, there is a light exhibition that is held specifically in winter. Even though it was winter, it wasn't really cold. I survived with only a sweater. In Japan, there is a similar exhibition called "winter illumination". In Sydney, the exhibition only focuses on six points around Circular Quay and Darling Harbour. Whilst in in Japan, you can find them at different places, e.g. Roppongi, Ginza, Shinjuku, etc.
My most favorite from all of the exhibits is this "jelly fish" fiber optic lights. The pots are hanged under the railway track of Circular Quay station. The lights changes into different color and it's just oh-so beautiful. It sparks some idea to decorate the balcony with it.
As you walk towards the Opera House, you will see more of free-standing exhibitions, like the light gradation wall and the "light bulb". When I arrived at the Opera House, there were soooo many people, despite that it's on weekday. Taking pictures there was simply not worth it.
Then, moving on to the other side of Circular Quay, which is the Museum of Contemporary Art. The building is used as a huge projector screen where moving images are projected to. There was loud electrical-pop music playing along as well to make the exhibit feels more dramatic. I really love bold colours on this, just so pop!
Then, if you walk further towards the Harbour Bridge, turn to the Garden of Eden to get a spot to take pictures of the Opera House. It is much much better than going to the Opera House itself and you can actually see the moving images a lot clearer. Unfortunately I forgot to bring my tripod, which means I had to hold my hand still to get a sharp picture. It was hard, but I managed some that are quite nice. And also, that place is packed with photographers with tele lens or tripod, so getting the right straight angle of the Opera House was a fierce competition. Below are just a few of my favorite pictures from hundreds of images I took of the Opera House.
Lastly, we went to Darling Harbour to catch the water show. We passed the light exhibitions at the bridge to Darling Harbour mall and the Maritime Museum but didn't take any pictures of it, because I thought it was boring. Now that I think about it, I think it's my fault that I didn't play around with other angles.
The water show was spectacular, but Disney Sea's water show is even better, hahaha. There was water screen as well (I first watched water screen in Odaiba in 2009), which is a "screen" made from bursting water where images are projected to.
I didn't get to take picture of the Harbour Bridge because I was too tired of walking (and too scared to cross the bridge at night). Anyway, overall I enjoyed this event and can't wait for next year's Vivid Sydney!
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