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The view from Milson's Point, Sydney

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The view from Milson's Point, Sydney

Postby gooseberry on Mon Nov 07, 2005 8:04 pm

Did a whirlwind business trip to Sydney, so only had time to shoot at night.

Used to stay near here, so thought I'd pop in to see the view again.

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Postby Wocka on Mon Nov 07, 2005 8:13 pm

Wow,

What an amazing shot. Well done.
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Postby oli on Mon Nov 07, 2005 8:17 pm

Great shot.

Would I be crazy to think that the lighting in the sky is actually a reflection from the bridge? The dark strip in the clouds seems to line up with the bridge. Looks strange.
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Postby Glen on Mon Nov 07, 2005 8:18 pm

Nice Gooseberry :D
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Postby Alpha_7 on Mon Nov 07, 2005 8:49 pm

Hehehe, nice one.
Looks like its taken from the same spot as Glen's avatar.
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Postby LostDingo on Mon Nov 07, 2005 8:54 pm

Interesting lighting, gives good effect between the sky and bridge detail
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Postby glass eye on Mon Nov 07, 2005 8:59 pm

Nice Shot;

What setting did you take this and how long was the exposure?
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Postby Potatis on Mon Nov 07, 2005 9:20 pm

Lovely colours! Nice shot. The bridge seems to tilt away (towards the opera house) a little bit, it can be corrected in Photoshop if you wanted to, but you may not bother. :)
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Postby huynhie on Mon Nov 07, 2005 9:23 pm

Nice pic Gooseberry!

At approximately what time was this taken?
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Postby gooseberry on Mon Nov 07, 2005 11:05 pm

Thanks all for the comments.

This shot was taken using f/18 for 25s. Using f/18 to get that starry effect to the lights on the bridge, although I think I overexposed them. This was taken just before 8pm I think. Waited for about 20 mins after sunset to try and get the nice colours - during the so called "blue hour", just after sunset.

Yeah, noticed that weird darker area in the clouds as well, seemed to be in all my shots - thing is, the clouds were moving and so after 25s they would have moved quite a bit, so strange to get that effect.
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Postby thaddeus on Tue Nov 08, 2005 6:35 am

Nice shot!

The darker area of the sky is a shadow. There are lights on the side of the bridge which point up, thus casting a shadow in any low cloud or moisture. On some nights the lights attract insects which in turn attract birds, which is quite an amazing sight!
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Postby gstark on Tue Nov 08, 2005 8:47 am

thaddeus wrote:On some nights the lights attract insects which in turn attract birds, which is quite an amazing sight!


Especially when approaching the bridge proper in a convertible, with the top down. A quick glance up reveals some amazing views.
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Postby stubbsy on Tue Nov 08, 2005 8:51 am

Gooseberry. An excellent shot of a frequently done subject is rare, but you've managed that here. I love the different light you've achieved in this because of the cloud cover.
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Postby PALL on Tue Nov 08, 2005 8:54 am

wat a great shot and perfect focus,sharpness.wow.profesional.
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Postby gooseberry on Tue Nov 08, 2005 12:21 pm

Thanks thaddeus for the insight and stubbsy and PALL for the kind comments. Glad you guys like the pic.
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Postby tarotastic on Tue Nov 08, 2005 1:10 pm

Just awesome. What great colours and mad clouds!
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Postby gooseberry on Tue Nov 08, 2005 5:33 pm

Thanks tarotastic. Glad you like it.
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Postby thaddeus on Tue Nov 08, 2005 8:51 pm

tarotastic,

If you like clouds, there are sometimes some spectacular effects from the bridge. I took this and similar ones in Jan 2004. I can't remember if I already posted it, so apologies if I've done so before.

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Postby Glen on Tue Nov 08, 2005 8:55 pm

I have always loved that shot of yours Thaddeus. For those that don't live close by, it is Tuesday night which is blue night at the bridge isn't it?
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Postby gooseberry on Tue Nov 08, 2005 11:51 pm

Great catch there thaddeus. Hmm... never seen light shows on the bridge before - is it a regular occurrence or was it some special occasion ?

Glen, blue night ? heheh
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Postby ozczecho on Wed Nov 09, 2005 12:11 am

gooseberry wrote:Great catch there thaddeus. Hmm... never seen light shows on the bridge before - is it a regular occurrence or was it some special occasion ?

Glen, blue night ? heheh


In 2004 for the Sydney Festival (which runs during January) we had a light spectacular laser show on the bridge everynight during the festival.
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Postby gooseberry on Wed Nov 09, 2005 10:15 am

ozczecho wrote:In 2004 for the Sydney Festival (which runs during January) we had a light spectacular laser show on the bridge everynight during the festival.


ic, thanks ozczecho for the info. Would have been interesting to see that.
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