Dec
14
2011
Every year in around November the outdoor Sculpture by the Sea festival takes over the Bondi to Tamarama Coastal Walk with amazing, quirky, abstract and beautiful sculptures. I’ve missed it for the last couple of years but this time made the effort to get up at 5am and head down for a dawn shoot. Despite the early start there was already plenty of visitors and many photographers, probably because it was the last weekend.
I was hoping for a gorgeous sunrise as a backdrop but unfortunately some offshore fog prevented the sun from appearing. However the conditions did provide a moodier feel and as the sun rose higher in the sky, shades of pink and orange started to appear in the clouds. One of the most popular sculptures was a giant tap (faucet for my American readers) facing the ocean, it required much patience to try and get images without anyone creeping into them.
I also took the opportunity to dabble with some handheld HDR. The image below was created using 5 handheld exposures and HDR Efex Pro.
All of the images can be found in the set on Flickr, you can also buy selected prints, posters, greeting cards and more from my RedBubble portfolio. If there’s an image you love but it isn’t on RedBubble then just contact me and I’ll sort it out for you.
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May
20
2010
Running a bit late as usual but here are what I think are the highlights of the 365:2010 project posted in April. Remember if you want to see more of 365:2010 you can visit the set on Flickr, if you have a Facebook account you can become a fan and get the latest photo posted daily to your news feed.
STEEL & HEELS
Quite cool what you can capture if you look down, given a nice effect using the Helga filter in Camera Bag.
UNDERGROUND
Funky light display on the walls of the Underground club in the basement of the Oxford Hotel, Oxford St.
100
I celebrated the one hundreth image this year by taking these 9 shots in the one day and creating the 100 montage.
FOGGY MORN
Fog descended on Sydney one morning, causing this overpass to disappear into the mist.
UP OR DOWN
Shoppers at the newly opened Mid City Centre in Sydney walk up and down the steps and escalators.
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