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Sydney Harbour


Sydney Harbour
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Copyright: Richard Mayneord (richwm) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 143 W: 33 N: 281] (1189)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-10-10
Categories: Architecture
Camera: Canon EOS-30D, Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Exposure: f/6.3, 2 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-05-09 3:58
Viewed: 1247
Points: 10
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Sydney Harbour featuring the famous Opera House and Harbour Bridge photographed just before dawn from the small headland known as 'Mrs. Macquarie's Point'.

Construction started on Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1923 and it was finally open to traffic 9 years later in 1932. It is made up of 52,800 tonnes of metal girders. The 'deck' supports 8 lanes of road traffic, a pedestrian walkway and a railway line. It is estimated that 150,000 vehicles cross the bridge every day. The span in 502 metres in length and, standing at the top of the bridge (I mean the VERY top - with the flag and the seagulls) you'd be 134m off the ground. You CAN actually climb to the top of the bridge with the aptly named "BridgeClimb" company.

Sydney Opera House was built much later in 1973 and its revolutionary design was created by Danish architect John Utzon. The Opera House has 5 perfromance venues ranging from the 2,690 capacity main Concert Hall to the small Playhouse Theatre.

Don't forget you can click on the image to view a Large Version!

Regards,

Rich
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Hi Richard.
Nice composition. Good POV and apropriate pano crop. Nice light, still with enough detail in the sky. Well done.
Regards, Steve.

terrific panorama-pre-dwan-shot, richard! :-)
excellent composition with wonderful light and amazing details.
the LPversion is superb, top quality.
well done & take care, thorsten.

Hi Richard -

Excellent lighting, perfect framing. Captured two of the biggest Australian icons in a single shot. The detail in the Opera House in the large version (how do you post the large version?) and the sky adds atmosphere.

TFS. Cheers Jamie.

Hi Richard!!!
What a really nice shot!!
We love it!!!
The blue hour gives a great atmosphere!!
Good POV and beautiful composition.
We hope to be there one day...
TFS
Best regards from Catalonia
N&J

Great shot...I took almost the exact same picture but not nearly as well. The detail and point of view are great and this is one of the greatest buildings in the world in my opinion.

How do you post the larger versoin of the picture?

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