Sunday around Sydney

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Sunday around Sydney

Postby firsty on Mon Nov 20, 2006 9:53 pm

I got up early to catch the LIGHT and then came back in the afternoon

Opera house Sunday morning
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Sydney harbour Sunday morning
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the Monorail Sunday afternoon
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I had a great time... you can't get better than Sydney at first light

C&C most welcome

see you all on Saturday at the dinner
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Postby Glen on Mon Nov 20, 2006 10:11 pm

Keith, love all 3, it was worth the effort. Look forward to seeing you saturday at the dinner :D
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Postby Mitchell on Mon Nov 20, 2006 10:17 pm

A bit of variety and all fantastic. I particularly like the colours in the third...

The first is a postcard if ever I've seen one!
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Postby Pehpsi on Mon Nov 20, 2006 10:18 pm

wow!

number one is stunning...best i've seen of the opera house...

very well done!
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Postby Yi-P on Tue Nov 21, 2006 8:17 am

They're all stunning!! :D

Where is the egg yolk over the opera?? :P
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Postby PiroStitch on Tue Nov 21, 2006 8:33 am

As stunning as the first one is I really love the second photo. I'm a sucker for mood and the composition and angle of the ship just gives the photo that much more depth.
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Postby poompy on Tue Nov 21, 2006 9:08 am

got to say that first one is stunning! love the colours in the 3rd one.
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Postby gstark on Tue Nov 21, 2006 9:18 am

Keith,

All three are excellent. Well done.
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Postby Geoff on Tue Nov 21, 2006 9:19 am

Delicious images Keith!
You've done yourself proud there matey, as already said well worth getting up that early! How do u do it?? (get up early when you don't HAVE to, that is) :)

Sat night is going to be great! See u there buddy :)
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Postby Lukaszek on Tue Nov 21, 2006 9:22 am

Keith,

I absolutely love the first two!

I was up early too shooting at North Curl Curl... The moon was excellent

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Postby stubbsy on Tue Nov 21, 2006 9:25 am

Keith

You've been producing some superb images lately and these are no exception.

#1 is wonderfully exposed and has great colours. capturing that sliver of moon makes this image even better

#2 I think this is a very creative composition and shows a good eye. Having the boat and the SOH in the shot as counterpoints to each other work well.

#3 - the weakest of the three for me, but it's in great company. I think the problem with this one is that the strong leading line of the monorail goes OUT of the frame.
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Postby Geoff on Tue Nov 21, 2006 9:27 am

Lukaszek wrote:Keith,

I absolutely love the first two!

I was up early too shooting at North Curl Curl... The moon was excellent

Lukasz


Have u posted any yet? :)
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Postby Lukaszek on Tue Nov 21, 2006 9:42 am

Geoff wrote:
Lukaszek wrote:Keith,

I absolutely love the first two!

I was up early too shooting at North Curl Curl... The moon was excellent

Lukasz


Have u posted any yet? :)


I just did :D

Here they are: http://www.dslrusers.net/viewtopic.php?p=263468#263468
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Re: Sunday around Sydney

Postby seeto.centric on Sat Nov 25, 2006 1:45 pm

firsty wrote:I got up early to catch the LIGHT and then came back in the afternoon

//some text chopped


so you mean you took two photos (one in morning and one in afternoon) and merged them to get the first one?
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Postby firsty on Sat Nov 25, 2006 4:16 pm

that comment was in relation to the thread title in that I got up early to take some photo's in the morning and went home to do all the family things one has too do then I came back in the afternoon for some more photography.
I had different photos in mind that required different light form different times of the day
all the photos are single exposures
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Postby Razor on Sat Nov 25, 2006 9:44 pm

Really like No1. Nice effort...
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Postby surenj on Sun Nov 26, 2006 1:00 am

great shots! nice moon on the first...

Love the perspective on the second...

also like the colour of the last one and the dynamic composition.. nicely polarised?
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Postby seeto.centric on Mon Nov 27, 2006 11:05 pm

ahh i get ya! thanks for clearing that up :)
the first image does seem like 2 merged shots.. (a sign i should head out to the city really early one day.... once i get my Ps and car that is!)

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Postby Poon on Tue Nov 28, 2006 5:06 am

Great shots.
Love Sydney.
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Postby shutterbug on Tue Nov 28, 2006 12:39 pm

Lovely :wink:

My fav is the 2nd one.................fantastic.

How long did you expose the first 2 images for?
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Postby Willigan on Tue Nov 28, 2006 12:57 pm

3 fantastic shots - I cant pick a favourite...
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Postby Matt. K on Tue Nov 28, 2006 6:11 pm

Keith
You get that early??? Were you a milkman in your last life? :D :D :D

Love the OH shot and that tiny crescent moon is like a diamond on ice!
The old ship is also a wonderful shot and well processed. Nice work!
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Postby radar on Tue Nov 28, 2006 9:35 pm

Keith,

great shot of the OH, amazing really.

It also got you another first place in the DPChallenge, well done and well deserved.

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Postby blacknstormy on Wed Nov 29, 2006 12:08 am

Congrats on another 1st at dpchallenge :)


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