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Sydney Lunchtime Rush... or not...

Postby Remorhaz on Fri Oct 19, 2012 6:11 pm

Weekday lunchtimes in the heart of the Sydney CBD are normally a crazy, jam packed affair with a sea of office workers milling through the streets. I headed out from the office with the new D600 and just the 85/1.8 with a view to capturing something which completely DIDN'T reflect this :)

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Actually this food court which lies underground at the Galleries Victoria was teeming with activity at the time (I'd just had lunch at the very nice Chat Thai - highly recommend it if you've never been)
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and of course you can't go past the ever present QVB... outside...

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Re: Sydney Lunchtime Rush... or not...

Postby lightning on Fri Oct 19, 2012 8:05 pm

The first one I like and find quite humorous but I would crop out the lampost and to the top of the tree on the right, first lamps one I love and the building as well ( although it seems to be leaning to the right) 2nd lamps doesn't do it for me but I would think overall a really good lunch time shoot!
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Re: Sydney Lunchtime Rush... or not...

Postby aim54x on Sat Oct 20, 2012 8:40 am

I really like the hanging lights (#2), and #3 would be better if you stopped that lean (quick put some supports on the QVB before it topples!)
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Re: Sydney Lunchtime Rush... or not...

Postby PiroStitch on Sat Oct 20, 2012 10:19 am

The QVB image is tops. Ditto on the lean but it looks like it's more because of the tower behind it, than the building itself.
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Re: Sydney Lunchtime Rush... or not...

Postby Remorhaz on Sat Oct 20, 2012 2:00 pm

lightning wrote:The first one I like and find quite humorous but I would crop out the lampost and to the top of the tree on the right, first lamps one I love and the building as well ( although it seems to be leaning to the right) 2nd lamps doesn't do it for me but I would think overall a really good lunch time shoot!

aim54x wrote:I really like the hanging lights (#2), and #3 would be better if you stopped that lean (quick put some supports on the QVB before it topples!)

PiroStitch wrote:The QVB image is tops. Ditto on the lean but it looks like it's more because of the tower behind it, than the building itself.


Thanks Fellas - with the lean - it was more a function of where I was standing for the things I wanted to include and since from that angle I wasn't going to get anything straight anyway I just went with it and let everything lean rather than try and have it straight.

I tried a little PP straightening just now and quite a lot ends up being cropped plus since I was pointing quite a bit up I still get converging verticals from both sides to try and fix - after a little LR love...

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Re: Sydney Lunchtime Rush... or not...

Postby phillipb on Sat Oct 20, 2012 6:30 pm

I wouldn't bother with the straightening, I would just clone the building out altogether. I really like the B&W conversion on it though.
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Re: Sydney Lunchtime Rush... or not...

Postby Remorhaz on Sat Oct 20, 2012 8:13 pm

phillipb wrote:I wouldn't bother with the straightening, I would just clone the building out altogether. I really like the B&W conversion on it though.


Thanks Phillip - I assume you mean the modern one at the back? I purposely included it tho.
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