Thursday, February 4, 2010 Posted in Sydney
The Anzac Bridge is the longest span cable-stayed bridge in Australia and it’s spanning Johnstons Bay between Pyrmont and Glebe Island in proximity to the central business district (downtown) of Sydney, Australia. The bridge was completed in 1995 to replace the former Glebe Island Bridge, an electrically operated swing bridge in operation since 1901. It...
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010 Posted in Sydney
The Queen Victoria Building, also known as the QVB, has been described by fashion designer, Pierre Cardin as “the most beautiful shopping centre in the world”. It is both a magnificent historical landmark and a shopping paradise.
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I’m often asked by people who are travelling to Sydney what to photograph there. So I’ve decided to write down some notes about shooting Sydney. Sydney skyline to be precisely. It’s not a comprehensive Sydney city photography guide but it will give you a good idea of shooting locations around Sydney CBD (i.e. downtown), when...
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009 Posted in Sydney
Spent all three days of the long weekend shooting in Sydney. Yesterday, 5 minutes to sunrise from Mrs Macquarie’s Point.
17mm, ISO 100, f16, 20sec, ND0.9(ND8) and Grad ND0.9(ND8) Soft Edge filters.
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Turimetta Beach is one of my favourite photography spots - nice, small and isolated North Shore beach, located just North of Narrabeen Head. It was really boring dull and overcast day and I went there just to practice long exposure at night. But at the sunset everything changed dramatically. Light was changed from “average cloudy”...
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One of the classical views of the Sydney Opera House and Harbor Bridge. Wanted to make this shot for a long time but always had some other business or shot from other spots. Finally last Sunday I was able to do that. While I was shooting I was bitten by mosquitoes - my hands were...
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Saturday, March 7, 2009 Posted in Sydney
The J.F. Archibald Memorial Fountain, widely regarded as the finest public fountain in Australia, is located in Hyde Park, in central Sydney, New South Wales. It is named after J.F. Archibald, owner and editor of The Bulletin magazine, who bequeathed funds to have it built. Archibald specified that it must be designed by a French...
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Sunday, March 1, 2009 Posted in Sydney
Last Thursday the largest (by size) cruise ocean liner RMS Queen Mary 2 arrived in Sydney. As usually a lot of photographers went to the Sydney harbour and Mrs. Macquarie’s Point to take pictures of her. The Queen Mary 2 is so huge that she can’t sail under the harbour bridge and also two long...
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009 Posted in Sydney
Shot about 150 photos in between 30 mins before sunrise and 30 mins after sunrise with Pclix (intervelometer device) from Mrs Macquarie’s Point.
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Mahon Tidal Pool is a nice and popular rocky swimming pool located north of the Maroubra beach, near Mistral Point. Maroubra beach is a very popular beach in south-eastern Sydney, NSW, Australia. More information about Maroubra can be found on Wikipedia.
The best time of the day for photographing the pool and the beach is morning....
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