~ Sail Away ~ Photo

Photographer’s Note

Watsons Bay is located on the southern head of the entrance to Sydney Harbour. To the east is the Tasman Sea (Pacific Ocean) and to the west is the Harbour with a glorious view of the city of Sydney in the distance.

Watsons Bay is where Governor Phillip first landed in Australia. It's also recognised as Australia's oldest fishing village, having been established in 1788.

The Bay is famous for being the home of the first Doyles Restaurant. The site on which the restaurant now stands is where Doyle originally sold his daily fish catch in 1845. It's well worth the trip to Watsons Bay to eat at the restaurant or, alternatively, for a more informal meal, buy a take-away lunch from Doyles' fish and chip outlet, located on the wharf, and eat it in the park and feed the seagulls.

There are two walking paths from the wharf, both require around one hour for the round trip. From the wharf you can walk north past Lady Bay (see their nude beach) and on to South Head and see the Hornsby Lighthouse. Alternatively, you can walk south past The Gap and take in Signal Station and Macquarie Lighthouse. See the site of the wreck of the Dunbar.

You get to Watsons Bay by car along Oxford Street (it changes to Enfield Drive) out of the City. Follow the road left into Old South Head Road and continue along this road to Watsons Bay. If you're going by bus then catch the 324 from Circular Quay. Alternatively, you can catch a ferry from the Quay.

CRATEOS, georgemoeciu, nels, rafelito, MLINES, plimrn, Tezic, kittyhawk, yas_ank, Aliza, zeca, blakitan, thebig_d81, izler, HaBeMa, Xalkida has marked this note useful

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hello_ishan (1571) 2006-06-07 9:41

Hi Alaettin,
Magnificent shot. Well done.

Srinivasan

georgemoeciu (1148) 2006-06-07 9:45

very beautyful acvatic picture
like thecolors and compozition
regards
george

nels (2455) 2006-06-07 10:32

hi alaettin lovley colours and well composed shot good notes

adrian

rafelito (3645) 2006-06-07 19:46

Alaettin, Nice colors in the sea, excelent composition and contrast in edition.Many regards, Rafael

MLINES (10948) 2006-06-08 1:39

Hi Aaettin, Good composition here of the sailing vessel. A timeless, well coloured capture. Your photos of Sydney are very good to see and learn from. Murray.

plimrn (19694) 2006-06-08 12:31

Hi Alaettin,
Excellent light and color in your well framed photo of a North Sea trawler with the sails drawing strongly through the whitr=capped water. I think the ferry is the best way to go to Doyles, and I loved the food. Pat

sufi (9568) 2006-06-09 1:23

Merhaba Alaettin...
Bir tek korsan bayragi eksik... Tarihin icinden cikip gelmis gibi... Harika bir görüntü... Mavi tonlarin beyaz yelkenlerle kontrasti da cok güzel...
Ellerine saglik...
Saglicakla kal..
Salim.

Tezic (16927) 2006-06-09 4:55

Merhaba,
Denizdeki beyaz köpükler ve büyük yelkenli dışında kompozisyonu tamamlayan diğer yelkenlilerin konumu harika olmuş... Büyük yelkenli ise çok değişik ve güzel... Tebrikler..
Sevgiler-Coşkun

izmirli (3277) 2006-06-09 15:05

sevgili alaettin merhaba
usta bir ressamın elinden çıkan tablo gibi olmuş.insan gözlerini kapasa,o günler film karesi gibi,önünden geçecek gibi.çok iyi bir komposizyon ve düşünce.tebrik ederim.
sevgi ve saygılarımla.
gürkan akçakır.

capthaddock (28640) 2006-06-10 15:12

Hello Alaettin - aman rüya gibi valla, sanki uçsuz bucaksiz okyanusun ortasinda çekilmis, dalgalar muthis.

berek (29005) 2006-06-11 15:02

Merhaba Alaettin,
gerçeten dalgalarla uyumlu çok güzel bir kompozisyon. ellerine sağlık. selam
B.Erek
Meaning Sense :-))Framing :-))Idea :-))

kittyhawk (1687) 2006-06-14 1:03

Hi Alaettin,

Very nice photo, I like the composition and light. Very nice how you captured the mainsail on the forward mast. It really makes the photo look that much better. Nice work. TFS.

- Halgeir

yas_ank (6) 2006-06-16 18:22

Merhaba Alaettin abi.
TrekEarth'e uzun zamandır uğramıyordum abi zaten içindekileri tümüyle boşaltmıştım.
Dostların ve abilerin fotoğraflarına bir göz atayım dedim ve asıl mücevherlerinizin burada olduğu kanaatine vardım, buradaki porfolyonuz tek kelime ile muhteşem.
Bu fotoğrafında da çok iyi bir kompozisyon yakalamışsın, küçük yelkenliler renk katmış fotoğrafına.
Ellerine, gözlerine ve yüreğine sağlık.
Güzel paylaşımın için teşekkürler, ışığın bol olsun.

Yasin.

Aliza (592) 2006-07-04 16:39

Merhaba,
Rüya gibi bir fotograf bu! Cok güzel!
Tebrikler, ellerinize saglik!
Aliza.

zeca (20026) 2006-07-17 1:15

Hello Alaettin! Wonderful composition! The boats are great with all that full sails! The sea is impressive, with beautiful colours and motion. We call that little white waves "sheeps". Nice framing.
Regards,
Zeca

hay_kes (28562) 2006-07-18 6:19

Merhaba Alaetin Bey,
Bütün resimleriniz birbirinden harika,Paylaşımlarınız biz yenilerin ufkunu açacaktır.

hAyAti

blakitan (1311) 2006-07-18 20:58

Hi Alaettin,
Very nicely capturing the sailing ship. Superb shot. Great works on PP, very nicely composed. Great picture.

Ben Lakitan

thebig_d81 (777) 2006-08-04 15:39

Great photo Alaaettin. Good to be back on TE. It has been a while. I like how how you have added the two smaller boats to make the main subject stand out a lot more. Would be great to be out there on a hot summers day just Siling Away.
Well done
Darren

izler (6) 2006-08-07 15:42

selam Alaettin
cok guzel bir tenkeye, ruzgarli deniz ve diger tekneleri de ekleyerek guzel bir kompozisyon ile kadrajlama yapmissin. bakis noktan, renkler, netlik basarili olmus
eline saglik
selamlar
izler

CRATEOS (7274) 2006-08-19 11:57

a PERFECT PRESENTATION ....the handling of the light is superb... moving to the limits..and the POV going to haven...GNGRs !!!!my frend....many RGRDs Nikiforos

HaBeMa (1326) 2006-10-09 13:52

Selam Alaettin,nefis bir gemi bu,denizle gokyuzunun ufukda ahenkle birlesmesi de ayri bir lezzet katmis,aciklama notunuzda 10 puan.
Habema.
:-]

Xalkida (11740) 2007-02-07 1:55

Hi Alaettin

Marvelous shot. So many details. The open sea view is fantastic. Very fine framing and colors. Well done.

char_mifsud (540) 2007-10-12 9:32

Hello Alaettin!
Nice colors in the sea, Magnificent shot.
Good composition here of the sailing vessel.
Reguards
Charles
Malta