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Sydney Sculptures by the Sea.

Postby norbs on Sat Nov 11, 2006 11:17 am

Wandered down to Bondi at dawn and grabbed a few happy snaps.

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The complete set can be seen here.
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Postby NJ on Sat Nov 11, 2006 11:57 am

love the last 2!
i really like the DOF in the 3rd shot, and that sunset is spectacular, and framed very well!
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Postby Willy wombat on Sat Nov 11, 2006 12:28 pm

I like them all. Some very good compositions there.
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Postby norbs on Sat Nov 11, 2006 1:04 pm

NJ wrote:love the last 2!
i really like the DOF in the 3rd shot, and that sunset is spectacular, and framed very well!


Sunrise actually :)
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Postby gstark on Sat Nov 11, 2006 1:37 pm

NJ wrote:and that sunset is spectacular, and framed very well!


Bondi is on the east coast. Anyone who can get a sunset shot, looking over the water at the sun, from landfall at Bondi Beach, is cheating. :)
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Postby Nnnnsic on Sat Nov 11, 2006 3:46 pm

I love the first one. :up:
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Postby norbs on Sun Nov 12, 2006 2:12 pm

Thanks for the comments. I would recommend it to any Sydney sider.
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Postby Yi-P on Sun Nov 12, 2006 2:42 pm

#3 is pretty cool with the DOF :)
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Postby JordanP on Mon Nov 13, 2006 2:40 pm

I'm with Leigh. The first one is a standout (they are all good). I like the way you have selectively focused on the background with just the right DOF for the sculpture to look clear but almost like it was drawn onto the image in PP.

Nice shots.
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Postby NJ on Mon Nov 13, 2006 6:13 pm

haha didnt stop to think whether it was rise or set... my Sony!
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Postby greencardigan on Tue Nov 14, 2006 8:58 am

Great stuff norbs.

You've done exceptionally well with the compositions.
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Postby norbs on Tue Nov 14, 2006 7:18 pm

thanks greencardigan. I don't really understand the whole composition business, so it is great when someones says I have fluked it. :)
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Postby seeto.centric on Sun Nov 26, 2006 1:07 am

pity i couldnt find the time to go this year :(

those sunset shots in the album- around what time were they taken? you must live near the area i assume?

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