Archive for September, 2009
Well you have no doubt seen or heard about the amazing dust storms that hit Sydney today so I won’t bore you with detail. I just thought I would share my view of the phenomenon as I took my short daily walk from Elizabeth Street to Wynyard, through Martin Place.
Castlereagh Street
Martin Place tube station
Martin Place & the Post Office clock
George Street
Martin Place
Martin Place
George Street with Australia Square in the background
George Street
Wynyard Park
Wynyard Park
Suncorp Building from Wynyard Park
Erskine Street
Erskine Street
While you’re in the mood, here are some links to a bunch of other photos of this strange, strange morning:
http://blog.flickr.net/en/2009/09/22/red-dust-over-sydney/
The sign of things to come?
Sydney Daily Photo
Heres a new set of images that I took from Cremorne Point, just a 10 minute ferry ride across the river from Circular Quay. The weather had been tempremental all day but the rain held off for long enough periods to let me get some nice shots of the brooding clouds over the city skyline.
I was using a 2 stop gradient filter for these images. I quite liked the effect it had on the clouds even though I wouldnt have necessarily thought of using it on an overcast scene until I tried it.
Well, theres not much more to say really – I’ll let the images speak for themselves… Enjoy 
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Here’s another handful of shots of the Opera House that I took from another trip to Macquarie Point a week or two ago. I have been in Sydney for less than a year so I am still in awe at how every sunset seems to give you something different to shoot. The colours on this night were just beautiful and this first image has had little post processing done on it and is a pretty accurate reflection of the scene infront of me as I pressed the shutter.
The world famous Opera House and Harbor Bridge
Another wider angle shot of the famous landmarks
Sonia taking time out to pose for a snap
A shot from earlier as the sun was setting
The photo of Sonia really stretched the capabilities of my popup flash. It was pretty dark by the time I took it and I used rear curtain flash to light up the foreground whilst creating a longish exposure of the background. I was happy with the effect although I would love to see what I can achieve when I invest in a proper flash unit.
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La Perouse is quickly becoming one of my favourite local places to shoot. A couple of weekends ago Sonia and I headed off on a walk from Yarra Bay, along Frenchmans Bay and onto La Perouse and Bare Island. It took about 1 1/2 hours at a leisurely pace and we got some nice images along the way. Here is a small selection of my shots as we followed the route south.
Yarra Bay – with Bare Island off in the distance
A natural looking breakwater at Yarra Bay
Some mossy rocks between the two beaches
La Perouse Tower
Bare Island
On the rocks below Bare Island
Facing south under the bridge
Capturing the last of the red glow of sunset
It makes a change for me to post some landscapes that were taken in the daytime, I always seem to find myself taking long exposures at night but I really should get out more in the daylight hours as I had a really nice time on this photowalk.
In case you are reading this and would like to follow the walk yourself, please see this google map for the location:
Click here (until I find out how to stop wordpress stripping out the google maps embedding code)
We travelled by public transport mainly because we are currently car-less but it is actually quite convenient for begining the walk in one place and ending it in another. The 309 bus (which goes from Circular Quay) will drop you at the bottom of Military Road, just a short walk from the northern tip of Yarra Bay beach. Then once you have completed the walk south to La Perouse you can catch the 394 back to Maroubra Junction from which you can head off anywhere you like.
Thanks for visiting and see you next time
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