Sydney Harbour Landscape

[Bennymiata]

Took this the other night.
Very low res, I'm afraid, but some interesting light through the clouds IMHO.

5 shots. Canon 60D with 24-105L.
Hope you like it.

[mike_s_one]

Nice capture, very well done! I love Sydney!

[scrappydog]

Nice shot!

[Bennymiata]

Thanks guys.

[wickidwombat]

these are some of mine
showing the range of the 28-300 vs the 16-35 wide

[pj1974]

Bennymiata

Great shot! I particularly like the colours of the 1st photo -those shades of blue - and with the lighter sky / dark clouds and lights (on bridge and in the city)  make a beautiful balance.

As an Aussie... it's an emotive and iconic image of our largest city - though I'm also glad to say I don't live in Sydney - as at this stage in my life I prefer the quieter pace & more community orientation of Adelaide... 

Also, thanks wickidwombat for your images... a nice different perspective.

Cheers. 

Paul

[awinphoto]

Awesome shots guys. It's been almost 15 years since I last been to Sydney/Australia but hope to come back soon. That was back in the days of film before I knew what the heck I was really doing. Can't wait to go back with my 5d 3 and lenses and really go to town with them.

[Scott]

Such a photogenic harbour.


Long Exposure by Scott_Henry, on Flickr


Sydney by Scott_Henry, on Flickr

[Bennymiata]

A couple more for you that I took in January.

The shot of the bridge was done using a star filter.
I think it makes the lights on the bridge look nice.

[AUGS]

Heres another I took last summer - you can tell because the sun was shining...

[awinphoto]

wickid, just curious what you did to get such a warm shot... was that light pollution, some special event such as firework smoke/fog, special on camera/post processing filters?  Just curious. 

[mike_s_one]

My take of the impressive skyline at night:

[agierke]

wickid, just curious what you did to get such a warm shot... was that light pollution, some special event such as firework smoke/fog, special on camera/post processing filters?  Just curious.

my guess is that it is simply the white balance that has been exaggerated via the HDR processing. i have had similar results at night with HDR with the colors shifting to the warmer side.

[AnselA]

Those are some great shots of the Sidney skyline. I hope to get there next year and experiment a little with night shots. The bar has been set very high.

[wickidwombat]

wickid, just curious what you did to get such a warm shot... was that light pollution, some special event such as firework smoke/fog, special on camera/post processing filters?  Just curious.

no it was raining all day and the cloud was super low thats why the sky isn't black it was a break in the rain and those shots are 5 exposures 1 stop increments run through photomatix all the colours on the opera house were because there was some event where they were projecting images onto the sails viewed from circular quay
I didnt adjust any colours or saturation (other than what photomatix does itself) I really should re-proccess these using luminosity masks.