Southbank Photo | TrekEarth

Photographer’s Note

A view of Southbank by the Yarra River taken from the Rialto Building. On the left you have the Eureka Tower and in the foreground the casino. In the background, near Port Phillip Bay, you can make out Albert Park Lake. It's here that the Formula One race is being held this weekend.

Hand held, outdoors. 18mm, 0.4s, f/7.1, ISO 400

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Une vue de Southbank au bord de la rivière Yarra depuis le Rialto. A droite la tour Eureka, au premier plan le Casino. Au fond près de la baie de Port Phillip, vous pouvez distinguer le lac d'Albert Park. C'est autour de ce lac que la course du Formule 1 a lieu ce weekend.

Sans trépied, dehors. 18mm, 0.4s, f/7.1, ISO 400

dumbo, linask, johannes68, coco, lilimih33, gneufeld, Tue, Matthew-Watt, ribeiroantonio, elihesamian, cobbydale, bakes888, feather, rjb874, macondo, PixelTerror, InasiaJones has marked this note useful

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dumbo (4368) 2008-03-14 11:58

Hi Nikki!
Excellent colors and lights. This POV is just amazing.
Well done.

Regards,
Eino

linask (2829) 2008-03-14 12:02

Very nice evening view. Sharpness is very good for hand-held shot.
Some barrel distortion correction would be good - I would prefer straight rather than curved horizon line.

johannes68 (2916) 2008-03-14 12:46

Hi Nikki,
Fantastic colours! This is anything but a grey city. Full of life and joy - great!
Regards, Johannes

coco (28328) 2008-03-14 13:10

Hola Nikki.

Es evidente que el skyline de Melbourne no es más que una copia del skyline de mi pueblo.
Pero no es momento de entrar en semejantes consideraciones.
Más importante es resaltar las cualidades de la foto. Tanto por lo que hace a su composición, como por lo que hace a su exposición son excelentes y ha resultado una foto mucho más que atractiva.

Un saludo para todos.

bruce_wayne (1507) 2008-03-14 14:10

Wooow Nikki
this is a great shot!!!!!!!!!!! Wonderful cleaness, colors, light , all is perfect...very very well done!

Alessandro

lilimih33 (9874) 2008-03-14 14:56

Hello Nikki!
Your picture is Fantastic! I love it!!!
Excellent quality, great work!
Nice panorama!
Best regards!!
Lili

gneufeld (15289) 2008-03-14 15:03

Hi Nikki,
Wow, what an amazing image with stunning details and excellent late day colors and awesome contrasts. Well seen and presented. TFS. Gerald

Tue (25608) 2008-03-14 15:34

Hi Nikki,
Great view over the city from a fantastic POV. I love to see the lights of the city in combination with the natural light too. Especially all the lights of the traffic are really nice to see from this high point. There is also a pleasant warm hue over the photo. Great photo work and thanks a lot for sharing!
Regards,
Lars

Matthew-Watt (4473) 2008-03-14 16:41

Hi Nikki,

Pretty damn good for handheld, ISO 400. Many of these observation decks do not allow tripod use. I bet Rialto's decks profit margin has decreased since the taller Eureka has opened, but as many say the view is better from Rialto. I like this colourful view of the Southbank precinct. I like modern style of the Crown and the greenish building to the side. I like the strong saturation in this image and the superb DOF past Albert Lake and towards Port Phillip Bay in the background.

Matt

danyy (69963) 2008-03-14 17:06

Bonjour Nikki,
beaucoup de profondeur dans cette photo et une ville qui n'en finit pas.
Le POV est ici l'élément qui t'a conduit à une aussi belle profondeur.
Les couleurs sont magnifiques.
Excellent week-end et bonjour à Toni.

Daniel.

ribeiroantonio (22060) 2008-03-14 19:55

I really like the tennis courts on the right bottom corner! The photo is superb with all those saturated colours and the POV from the Rialto Tower is simply the best in Melbourne. Well done.
Antonio

carper (66148) 2008-03-14 23:27

very nice view here Nikki,
not an easy one when I liik to the horizon lines, the pov is good and the details are nice what a depth in it, good photojob, have a nice weekend.
gr. jaap

elihesamian (26091) 2008-03-15 0:17

Hi Nikki,
a great result you reached handheld,What a details,nicely done !
great sharpness,colors combination and contrast you managed.a nice view with a fine POV,well captured and composed,like it,
Best Wishes
M

MiguelP (14338) 2008-03-15 2:36

Mis ganas de ir a Australia son tan grandes como la distancia que hay desde Madrid, sin embargo iré, y el ver fotos como está estimula aun más a coger el avión y volar allá. Saludos a todos.

Miguel

cobbydale (1928) 2008-03-15 3:53

Amazing shot Nikki, you have packed in such a lot of interesting details and yet the shot is balanced and does not seem crowded. I like the way the road comes in from bottom left and continues up the middle to provide lead-in lines. Also like the way the shot is framed by the river at the bottom and the coast on top right. Nice one.
cheers
Leon

jonathan_hart (22767) 2008-03-15 5:50

belle vue dis donc !
bonne profondeur, l'usage fait du contraste me plait beaucoup
amicalement
jo

gilou530 (35992) 2008-03-15 15:02

salut nikki
une vue en plongée magnifique qui donne une belle vision de cette ville assez impressionnante, belle netteté sans trépied
amitiés
gilbert

MarianneS (14706) 2008-03-16 0:38

Impressionnante cette vue!
A la fois pleine de couleurs et de graphisme.
Beau coup d'oeil!
Cordialement,
Marianne

marietom (32294) 2008-03-16 1:24

Hello Nikki,

Cette vue est impressionnante, et pleine de couleurs, j'adore ton image !
Marie

vjmite (1575) 2008-03-16 3:26

Hi Nikki,

A very striking photo, taken at just the right time to get the lights of the buildings and traffic, but also to see the horizon and the bay. The Rialto might be only the second highest building in Melbourne, but it is a great place to get a view of number one, the Eureka tower.

Cheers, Vince

bakes888 (18353) 2008-03-17 1:03

Hi Nikki. Hand held at .4 seconds! Well done. Perfect timing to catch the sky and city lights. All the lights of the traffic bring the city to life. Well captured and thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Paul.

feather (50588) 2008-03-17 5:21

What a fantastic POV you had. You also chose a good time of day, as the lights are coming on yet there is still plenty of natural light to show up the details. Excellent sharpness. Good work
Kath

Signal-Womb (11757) 2008-03-17 9:06

Fantastic cityscape Nikki, so much colour and details for the eye to explore. Just looking at your intro page I can see you are well traveled. Very good contribution to TE, well done.

macondo (13361) 2008-03-20 4:31

Hi Nikki.
Wonderful colour in this panoramic view of the south side of the Yarra, in the early evening. The lights are so well captured, and one can even see the reflections of trees in the lake. The colour tones and the saturation are excellent; you did a very good job without a tripod at that shutter speed with your VR lens. I must go up there one day and see it for myself. It's the sort of thing I never get around to until a friend comes from overseas.
Regards,
Andrew

PixelTerror (87215) 2008-03-23 9:31

G'Day Nikki,
Occupe a partir en vacances je n'avais pas vu celle ci, c'est plutot impressionant comme vue, je ne me rappelais pas Melbourne comme cela. La tour de gauche a l'air bien haute, pour le reste c'est un beau festival de lumieres et a la taille TE le bras d'acier de notre Iron Maiden n'a pas tremble ;-)
Bizzz JY

InasiaJones (20729) 2008-03-24 22:25

Salut Nikki,

Plus je vois des images de Melbourne, plus je suis tenté de visiter cette ville qui me semble tellement moderne et dynamique. J'adore cette vue en plongée qui met en scène les tours de verre et les réseaux de circulation. Toutes ces lumières qui

Comme c'était le cas à Hong Kong, tu as eu la chance d'avoir un ciel dégagé. Le résultat est une clarté d'image du début à la fin, avec un niveau de détails élevé.

Bonne journée!

André