Here are some pics i took from sovereign hill trip yesterday. Just let me know if you want to know how i post process them.
Should've used wider angle to capture the horse's feet too
I especially love the texture of the wood and paper
Right place at the right time at the right angle
playing with lighting, strong shadow and highlight
The pubs in 1850s, pretty classy
I love the contrast in this photo
Does anyone know what the hell is that?
The gold mine? or ore refinery?
The building was dark, had to use gorillapod to get this
Rusty rust
Love the texture
Again, texture of the wood is captivating
This was taken during a show
I reckon they use the this pole to tie the horses, maybe.
Pile of wood! ready for winter!
I have a weird fetish for paper and wood texture, haha
Hey Michael!
The gold smith demonstrate the way to melt and shape gold
A worn out road, they push gold carts along this road everyday since 1850
Was teaching my friend how to use selected focus and depth of field
Hey, rope texture!
Its the gold office! you can sell your gold here!
In front of the chinese temple! man i love my horse stance :p
I took 600-ish pictures from that day trip, only got around 98 of the ones i like. So lesson of the day, shoot as many as you can, pick out later in your computer.
Yeap, this is the continuation of the Cityscape Photography 2: Sydney. Its still the photos i took during that visit at july 2008.
Pic 1: Sydney opera house, full of people! i love the motion blurs, gave the photo a dynamic feels. 18mm 0.4s at f3.5
Pic 2: The city of Sydney, from the opera house. I took the shot from the iron fence as seen on the photo to avoid camera shake because i’m not using VR lens. It actually helps to frame the shot, which is good. The only thing prevents this pic to be awesome is the sky. If the sky could just be a little bit more dramatic… 20mm 1/2s at f.38
Pic 3: This is a group of people just warming themself up with candles during the final night vigil at Randwick Race Course. We are waiting for the final mass in the morning with Pope Benedict XVI. 32mm 1/13s at f4.5
Pic 4: Its a magnificent looking candle stand inside a cathedral. I really forgot the cathedral name, but i think its St. Mary cathedral. Lots of people are enchanted by the candlelight and trying to shoot it with their camera… with flash… I think the main attraction of the candle stand is the unique warm light provided only by candle. Flash will burn it out. So, turns out my decision to shoot up close while turning off the flash was a good idea. 18mm 1/20s f3.5
Pic 5: Oh dear God, why would you let my hand shake when i took this shot. It wouldv’e been awesome. But i’m still impressed by the result. The winter tree give a sense of mystery, like its a haunted mansion or something. I dont really know what is this building, i just walk past it during one of the pilgrimage event. 18mm 1/8s at f3.5
Well, thats it for now. I still got some shoot from Sydney, but i guess i’ll leave it for later. Next series of the Cityscape Photography will be Canberra, the capital city of Australia.
As usual, your comment and critique is encouraged. Which photo you like, which photo you dont like, disscuss.
These are the photos i took during my trip to sydney at july 2008, not so long ago. Sydney is a beautiful city and she deserves to be one of the world’s best tourist destination.
After considering how Yann Arthus Bertrand gave out most of his photographs for free as wallpaper, i’m inspired to do the same. This blog post contain images that should be able to be used at 1024×768 resolution desktop. If you have wide screen, tough luck :p
Lets start.
Pic 1: The world-famous Sydney opera house. When photographing world famous buildings, i often try to think outside the box as the object has been photographed millions of times by millions of people. I shoot this image from one of the train station (i forgot the name) just beside the port while waiting for my train. And i’m quite glad because after i google “sydney opera house” on the image section, it appears that this shoot is unique. 105mm 13s at f8 with borrowed tripod from John. Thanks alot John :p
Pic 2: This is taken during the “Station of the cross” in World Youth Day Sydney. The sunset appears right behind the cross in front of my seat. The cloud formation on the sky could be much better, but truly i can’t complain. This shot is by far, the best sunset shoot i’ve ever taken. And yes, there is someone hanging there on the cross, on cold windy winter night. He is there half naked while we are shivering in our warm jackets. Poor man, but kudos to him for playing Jesus roles. 135mm 1/800s at f7.1
Pic 3: The stairs are part of Sydney opera house with the city of Sydney as the background. People are watching Father Stan Fortuna concert on the far left stage. You can even see him there. I love the atmosphere of the photo. The contrast of the concert in the foreground and the serene city on the background. The colorful lights on the left side is just so pleasing to the eye. 18mm 1/8s at f3.5
From now on i’ll try to post high resolution image for you, but please do not exploit them, sell them and claim them as your own. You are free to use the image, but please link back to my blog. I will post some more of Sydney and Melbourne photos later on the series of “Cityscape Photography” along with the focal length, shutter speed, and aperture of the shoots.
