Clear Winter Skies in Sydney City...

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Clear Winter Skies in Sydney City...

Postby Remorhaz on Sun Jul 18, 2010 8:26 pm

I had some of my gear in the office with me one day last weeks so I decided to to take another impromptu lunchtime shoot in the city of Sydney.

Went for a bit of a walk towards Cockle Bay/Darling Harbour for a quick lunch and grabbed a few shots along the way.

As always please tell me what you think, whats good and where I might improve...

I loved the colours and the way the reflected light was falling onto this old building in the city (near Town Hall):

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D90 + Nikon 18-200mm @ 29mm, 1/60 sec at f/11, ISO 200

Just at the entrance to Cockle Bay I saw these poles sticking up into the sky and had to frame this shot against the sparkling blue skies:

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D90 + Nikon 18-200mm @ 56mm, 1/100 sec at f/8, ISO 200, CPL

At the end of Cockle Bay wharf there was this interesting little jetty with nicely lined up poles and as luck would have it a seagull arrived on cue :) :

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D90 + Nikon 18-200mm @ 50mm, 1/160 sec at f/11, ISO 200, CPL

Finally on the way back to the office we have this shot of the clock tower on Sydney's Town Hall in the early afternoon sun:

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Re: Clear Winter Skies in Sydney City...

Postby aim54x on Sun Jul 18, 2010 11:46 pm

I love the last one of the Town Hall, you have successfully avoided deep shadow that you almost always get on one side.

I really should get out at lunch with my camera as well.
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Re: Clear Winter Skies in Sydney City...

Postby Remorhaz on Mon Jul 19, 2010 9:13 am

aim54x wrote:I love the last one of the Town Hall, you have successfully avoided deep shadow that you almost always get on one side.

I really should get out at lunch with my camera as well.


Thanks - I was a bit surprised at that too - the hard 2PM sun was basically to the right but I'm guessing we got some reflected light from the building across the road to provide some fill.

and yes we should :)
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Re: Clear Winter Skies in Sydney City...

Postby aim54x on Mon Jul 19, 2010 9:32 am

I didnt bring my camera to work today, brought gym gear instead.
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Re: Clear Winter Skies in Sydney City...

Postby surenj on Mon Jul 19, 2010 3:26 pm

#4 is a corker and your CPL is working wonders for you there. Nice capture!

I also liked to semi-muted tones in #1 and the perspective makes for an interesting image! :cheers:
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