Speakers' Corner

I didn't realise that Speakers' Corner still existed in Sydney's Domain. It has moved from where I last saw it (under the trees near the road to the Art Gallery) to beside the main pathway across the Domain from the  Gallery to Sydney Hospital. The haze is from the lens fogging up due to me getting the camera wet earlier in the day.

Theme Day - Fences

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Exercises in Composition (2)

Composition - The aim of this exercise is to explore the way the frame of the camera isolates your subject in the viewfinder and to increase your awareness of the frame and the choices you make that affect composition. Use only outdoor natural light. Choose one medium sized inanimate object with an interesting shape and make use of the following compositional elements: rule of thirds, angle/point of view, dynamic diagonal/diminishing perspective, graphic shapes/elements, balance/counterpoint, curves/rhythm, edge of frame, contrast of tones or subjects, selective focus/depth of field, pattern/texture, size and scale. This one is probably dynamic diagonal, size and scale, texture and hopefully rule of thirds.

Half a Marathon

Why anyone would do this to themselves on a sunny, autumn Sunday morning is beyond me. These people seem to be holding up okay as they near the end of the Sydney Half Marathon. Quite a few others needed the assistance of the St John's Ambulance.

Sydney Festival - First Night - The Domain

Concert goers in the Domain listen to the Black Arm Band, a marvellous collective of indigenous and nonindigenous musicians including Ruby Hunter, Archie Roach, Stephen Pigram, Dan Sultan amongst others and, at this concert, special guest Jimmy Little. To the left are the fires of the Welcome to Country smoking ceremony. In the shot below left you can see the bats flying from the Botanical Gardens.

Steps 1

Art Gallery of NSW

Still keeping fit

Keeping Fit

Lunchtime at the Domain.

Coffee on the Move

These coffee vans are very popular at music festivals and other events. This one was catering to people having a look at the Queen Mary.

Explore Sydney

Really big boat

Sky Watch Friday

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Off to Adelaide for a few days then the Blue Mountains so won't be around for a week or so unless I get to a net cafe. Am preposting so you'll have something to look at but won't be able to respond.

Henry and Mary

Henry Moore's Reclining Figure with the Queen Mary 2.

Sky Watch/Sydney Festival First Night (5)

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Expressway

Another view of the expressway.

Pay Up

Toll booths on an expressway.

Sky Watch Friday

Almost Once, Brett Whiteley, black butt, timber and fibreglass.

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In Memoriam

Reflections in the Police Wall of Remembrance.

A Different View

St Mary's Cathedral and Centrepoint Tower from a different perspective.