A moment in time - Cockatoo Island

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A moment in time - Cockatoo Island

Postby Chica on Thu Oct 06, 2011 10:25 pm

Had the pleasure of being allowed into the powerhouse on Cockatoo Island a few weeks ago during a quick visit to Sydney. Any thoughts on this image?

A moment in time.....


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Re: A moment in time - Cockatoo Island

Postby tommyg on Sun Oct 09, 2011 12:29 pm

I like it :)
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Re: A moment in time - Cockatoo Island

Postby stubbsy on Sun Oct 09, 2011 6:27 pm

I also find this image strangely compelling despite the HDR-ish look it has. I think it's the softness of the tone - regardless this is an image to be happy with ;-)
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Re: A moment in time - Cockatoo Island

Postby surenj on Wed Oct 12, 2011 12:44 am

Nicely composed!

I would like to see those lightbeams :wink: coming through the window. Also suggest to tone down your tonemapping :P slightly to reduce haloing...
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Re: A moment in time - Cockatoo Island

Postby Steffen on Wed Oct 12, 2011 1:51 am

The halo effect seems quite similar to that obtained by romantic softener filters favoured by many photographers in the film days.

Now, while the sujet isn't exactly my cup of tea I'm curious about this location, the powerhouse. Where on Cockatoo Island did you find this?

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Re: A moment in time - Cockatoo Island

Postby Geoff M on Wed Oct 12, 2011 9:00 pm

stubbsy wrote:I also find this image strangely compelling despite the HDR-ish look it has. I think it's the softness of the tone - regardless this is an image to be happy with ;-)


I agree with Stubbsy....the image holds my attention but I am not sure why. The tones acheived with the post processing work well. Well done.
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Re: A moment in time - Cockatoo Island

Postby Matt. K on Wed Oct 12, 2011 9:09 pm

So that's where I left them!







The muted colours suit the image and the composition is just about perfect.
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Re: A moment in time - Cockatoo Island

Postby zafra52 on Wed Oct 12, 2011 9:56 pm

It is certaily unusual, but likeable.
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Re: A moment in time - Cockatoo Island

Postby tommyg on Thu Oct 13, 2011 1:44 am

Steffen wrote:The halo effect seems quite similar to that obtained by romantic softener filters favoured by many photographers in the film days.

Now, while the sujet isn't exactly my cup of tea I'm curious about this location, the powerhouse. Where on Cockatoo Island did you find this?

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Steffen, at the western end of the island is the old power station, or powerhouse .. we asked one of the people working on th island from parks and wildlife if we could look inside - they let us in and waited around happily whilst we spent nearly half an hour taking some photos.
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