Manly Cove Photo | TrekEarth

Photographer’s Note

We have a friend visiting from Seattle. One of the more interesting things to do with overseas guests visiting Sydney is the Sydney Harbour foreshore walk, an easy and well sign posted 10 kilometre track that starts at the Spit and winds its way through untouched bushland, and ending up in Manly. The track offers fantastic views of Middle Harbour, Sydney Heads and of course Manly. I took this shot yesterday afternoon. The angle is looking north east into Manly Cove with the Pacific Ocean in the background. The ferry just leaving Manly Wharf is one of the larger ferries operating on the harbour and is on its way across the harbour to the city, ending up at Circular Quay. Arguably, for the traveller this is one of the cheapest and most beautiful boat trips to be had anywhere in the world. If any of you ever get to Sydney, I can’t recommend this walk highly enough. The views are spectacular, and there is any number of Hotels in Manly serving frothing cold beer to quench the thirst of the weary traveller.

bema, ktanska, ls7902, mortijo, cherryripe, vmf-214, Kielia, Gerrit, ribeiroantonio, westozman, nels, alftrek, pierrefonds, gunbud, npecanhuk has marked this note useful

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bema (9062) 2008-09-03 5:20

Hello Peter,

very fine posting of this lovely harbour-scenery.. like the sharpness and the depth of your shot as most.. beautiful outlook.

kind regards Bernd

ktanska (16695) 2008-09-03 5:41

Hi Peter,
Great viewpoint to open sea. Good that you included that leaving ferry. It really is great walk. I took it on my visit in 2004. But memory card of the camera broke down leaving no pictures from that place. The isthmus looks quite narrow from this angle.
Kari

dta (6059) 2008-09-03 5:50

Hello peter ,
A very beautifull view . All the grounds are nice and interesting : the trees , the harbour , the town , the dark blue ocean , the superb sky . The ferry and the sailing ship add something good to the composition .
Bravo
Denis

ls7902 (6362) 2008-09-03 6:53

Hello Peter,
This is a must do walk if I ever visited Sydney. Thanks for the notes. Great framing with the foreground trees. Good view alternating with land sea, holiday resorts, and sea again. I like that big boat leaving the terminal. Wonderful colors & lighting. Best Regards. Latiff.

cherryripe (19187) 2008-09-03 7:14

Hi Peter
Lovely view of Manly and good timing to have the ferry and yacht to animate the middle-ground. I like how you have the trees in the foreground and Manly sandwiched inbetween 2 bands of water although I would have preferred that part sharper.
Regards
Nikki

mortijo (12406) 2008-09-03 7:14

A very nice postcard and an interesting note. The inclusion of the ferry is great. And the clouds on the horizon are very pleasant to look at.
Regards
John

amaryllis (17800) 2008-09-03 7:41

Bonjour,
un tres beau cadrage de ce paysage avec cette ville ,le petit port, la végetation au premier plan, une belle réalisation
juliette

vmf-214 (1624) 2008-09-03 8:23

Hi Peter,

Beautiful shot you did here, Wonderful POV and so crisp and clear. Catching the ferry in shot is great, really like the open view of the ocean. Well done.

Regards
Jason.

Kielia (8729) 2008-09-03 10:07

Hi Peter,
a very pleasant harbour scene. The colours and the light are amazing! Looks really very mediterranian! TfS!
Warm regards
Harriet

Gerrit (36259) 2008-09-03 12:31

Hi Peter,
good view in beautiful colors and in a perfect layering.
Regards, gerrit

Clementi (45179) 2008-09-03 17:15

Ciao Peter,
very nice shot, lovely harbour scenery, i like the tree that framing the fantastic view of sea and the beautiful sky.
nice colors and light.
good job
Giorgio

westozman (2887) 2008-09-03 22:38

G'day Pete!

The 'Rule of Thirds' is spot on here! When I next visit Sydney, we'll do the walk AND the pubs together! Love those clouds in the distance, too!

Best wishes,
Jeff

nels (2455) 2008-09-04 7:36

hello peter, lovely shot of a part of sydney harbour we do not usually see, nice crisp clear shot.
tfs
adrian
did you take your friends on the H.M.Bark Endeavour, she is well worth a visit. Whitby has a population of around 13,000 people, when the endeavour first visited whitby in 1977 there was a reported 250,000 people in the town to see her arrive

ribeiroantonio (21967) 2008-09-04 14:48

It is the perfect view of the famous Sydney suburb. You should publish it as a post card. I am sure it would be rewarding. Congratulations, it is very well done.
Antonio

alftrek (2913) 2008-09-04 18:35

Hello Peter,

The more I look at your Sydney photos, the more I get inclined to move back to Sydney. At least the winter weather shown here is far better than that of gloomy and cloudy Melbourne...hahaha, perhaps just for that 1 lucky day!

I like the saturated blue, green and white colour scheme presented in this shot from Manly, beautifully composed. Would love to see another large post some day, to show us more on the right and left. But for the moment I am extremely happy to see this delightful shot.

Cheers
Alfred

PixelTerror (86837) 2008-09-09 3:41

Hi Peter,
This brings back nice memories, I had good time there when I came to Oz in 94, you have found a good pov to offer us this luminous comprehensive view, the big ferry is also very eye catching.
Have a nice day JY

chirasak (575) 2008-09-09 4:18

Hi Peter
it is amazing shot, i like the idea of you have front and back ground is ocean and at the end is wonderful cloud sky, very nice picture TFS

Regards
Chirasak

ahmetgedikli (22094) 2008-09-18 15:22

Hi Peter,
I like the scenery. The colors, light and POV are very good. Well done!
All the best.

Ahmet

pierrefonds (26625) 2008-09-22 12:55

Hi Peter,

The point of view leads our eyes toward the buildings then to the horizon which is giving depth to the picture. The presence of the small boats has an effect of scale. The quality of the light brings out the beauty of the colors. The scenery is giving a sensation of tranquillity. Have a nice day.

Pierre

gunbud (28153) 2008-10-04 21:13

Hi Peter,
Wonderful POV looking down on the the placid deep blue harbor that contrast beautifully with the green foreground trees.
The city skyline makes a lovely break between the harbor, distant sea and beautiful clouds and sky.
I for one could go for one of this frothing cold beers.
Regards, Tom

npecanhuk (14652) 2008-10-06 3:02

Hello Peter!
Pretty well composed photograph with the five layers: sky, open sea, cityscape, harbor and forest! Beautiful colors, excellent light management, sharpness and pov!
I really like it! TFS - Congrats!
Have a great sunday!
Neyvan