Sydney August 2013
This is the pedestrian’s view of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, heading north. The barbed wire is there to deter people from potential harm and makes this footpath on this famous structure look rather bleak. I was influenced by this and I processed this image accordingly, so that it is not the typical representation you would find in a tourist’s brochure. Ahead is the South Pylon and if you look carefully you will see people up the top. One of my next posts will be from up there; and in case you’re wondering, no elevator! The things I do for this blog. 🙂
I’d walked this footpath before, but without a camera. When the topic for The Digital Lightroom’s 5th competition about Lead In Lines came up I knew I wanted to photograph this. I just needed the right weather conditions and a decent cloud pattern. I was very pleased to have been chosen for the top 10 shortlist of the competition, even though I didn’t win. My thanks to the judges and Topaz for this competition and my selection. Congratulations to the other finalists and the winner. And thanks to all who took the time to vote. It’s much appreciated.
As it so happens, there is currently a WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge on the topic of From Lines to Patterns to which this photo fits in nicely, so I thought I’d join into that one this week as well with this image.
By the way, for the photographers, until October 31 2013, Sony and DXO are giving away free licences to DXO FilmPack 3 which is software to give your digital images a film grain look. Not the latest version but it’s free. Worth a look if you want this kind of effect.
For a more picturesque view of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, click here to a previous post .
Great shot! I admired it last week on the Digital Lightroom’s competition, but didn’t realize it was yours!
Thanks. As I shot it specifically for the competition, I thought it best not to post it on my blog until the competition was over. I really liked your photo too.
Thanks – I am getting ready to enter that same shot in a couple of juried competitions.
That’s great and Good luck. Keep us posted.
Oh!!!! I just saw the other pic…Nothing to do, really..It is incredible to see how you are able to show so differents views of the same bridge…Each one tells a different story! I love the other but I think I prefer this one!
Thank you for saying so. The other is more postcard-like whilst this one has a bit of raw emotion (If I may say so). The lighting is so important.
Have a great day.
Ah! Thanks a lot for the link about the DXO!
You’re welcome. 🙂
I like the balance of the two men walking in opposite directions in the foreground. Thanks for the DXO tip, I’ll check it out.
Yes, a bit of ying and yang there, with the contrasting backgrounds for each.
It’s been said before, that if you want the look of film, use film. But I think these programs are useful to try out.
I agree – just another tool to put in to use when necessary and film is not an option.
Exactly. Recently I picked up a nice reconditioned Olympus trip 35 as a take anywhere film camera. In the middle of shooting a roll now. It’s a nice feeling.
Stunning monochrome that invites on so many levels.
Thank you very much.
Do you have any bad photos? I like everything you are posting:) And thank you for sharing details. Have a great day! Geda
Thank you for your very kind words.
I have many many bad photos but I’d be too embarrassed to ever show them. So you’ll just have to be content to see the ones I like. 🙂
Have a great day too!
The black,the white and the grey made me feel cold
thought it was an ‘obliged ‘ way to somewhere with no hopes
could writre a poem on it
grey as iron
cold as winter
white as snow
sky for freedom
escape your reality
just fly away from here
your heart beats faster than wind on the bridge
xxx
miky
Very apt and beautifully written.
Many thanks Miky. 🙂
Thank you! It came straight from My heart☺️☺️
Thank you again. 🙂
Have a great day.
City toward Kirribilli, right? I could’ve been captured here as I across the bridge every other days when I was living there. : )
Correct. Watch out for oncoming pedestrians with cameras then. 🙂
Actually the footpath shakes/rattles a bit which I find a little unnerving.
Stunning black and white shot!!!
Thank you very much. I appreciate it.
Absolutely love your work!
Thank you.
Love the lines and depth in this one 🙂
Thank you very much.
Fantastic perspective and so perfect for the prompt!
Thank you Lisa.
Stunning shot!
Thank you.
Black and white definitely makes this, and I love the composition – the lines draw you into the photo.
Thank you my friend. I gave this a harsher and more contrasty treatment than I usually do. It really brought out the dust spots on my sensor and I’ve had to send my camera in for service/cleaning as a result.
The new competition on the digital lightroom is about the colours of autumn. That rules me out, but given your location, you would have a great chance.
Sorry to hear about your camera – and one of the few things that disappoints me about the M line – dust magnets. First camera I’ve owned (know I’m a relative newbie, but still), where a rocket blower doesn’t get most or all of the dust off the sensor. 😦
You’re much better suited to, and more likely to do well in a competition than I am. 🙂
Took a huge leap of faith in myself and bought a Monochrom last week, so I won’t be shooting color much. Except of course at 28mm with the GR. Sold off the NEX6, and am in the process of selling the M-E and couple lenses to cover the entire cost of the camera.
Apparently the sensor needs to be replaced. So waiting on parts from Germany. Should get it back in Oct/Nov. 😦 Might run out out of photos before then. 😉
Congratulations and fantastic news about the MM. I can’t make that leap of faith yet although I’ve thought about it. I’ll be interested to see your photos.
Wow, that’s too bad, especially having to wait for parts from Germany. ;( Did they say what happened to the sensor? Is it going to be covered by warranty? You still have your OM-D E-M5, right?
Got the MM last week, so my posts from the 19th mostly with the camera. So far it looks like output at low ISO (don’t pixel peep) isn’t much different from the M9, but high ISO is noticeably better – to me anyway. It’s starting to get dark much earlier now, so I guess by the middle of next month will be shooting a lot at ISO 1600 and up.
Thanks. I know what happened but I’m not going to admit to it. 🙂 Leica have indicated the repair/replacement will be performed on “goodwill”.
Well, that’s good to hear! 🙂 I’ve heard their CLA/rangefinder adjustment charges are quite high, so can’t imagine how much they charge for a sensor replacement…
Locally, approximately one-third of the price of a new M-E for the job/parts.
I really like all the detail in this shot.
Thank you very much.
That is excellent
Thank you.
Great shot! and good luck with the next one, but be careful! it looks very high.. 😉 Thanks for the tip about the software!!
Thanks, but I’ll sit out the next one because it’s Spring down under. But you should be able to give the competition a good go. 🙂
Glad to be of help about the software.
Hi Draco, congrats for being shortlisted in the top 10 last competition and good luck on the next one 🙂 I like that you contrasted this deeper as it really brought out the feel. I enjoy looking at every one of your photos and the story behind it. Thank you 😀
Unfortunately the next is about Autumn, so I have nothing to shoot, unless I catch a plane and head north well above the equator.
Many thanks for the kind words Sam. Have a great day. 🙂
Wow, you’ve turned a tourist attraction into a concentration camp! This is grim indeed. And may I add my voice to the chorus of congratulations? Bravo, and well deserved.
Thanks, but it does feel like that walking along it (at least to me). And there’s the occasional security guard too! 🙂
Through me you pass into the city of woe:
Through me you pass into eternal pain:
Through me among the people lost for aye.
Dante – Divine Comedy
Very appropriate to the mood of the photo. Thank you my friend.
I am glad to hear that you were chosen for the top 10 shortlist of the competition. That means a lot, congratulations. The barbed wire at the top caught my attention. It made me feel, trapped…Thanks for sharing! Best of weekend!
Thank you kindly. Cheers.
I downloaded this software and included a mention of you in the post I wrote about it. The post is here:http://wp.me/p2owKx-tU I have enjoyed working with the software, and I just wanted to thank you for including a link to it. Also, I do really enjoy looking at your blog. Cheers!
Thank you very much. Glad to be of help. It does give you extra options as to how you want your image to turn out. And thanks again for the mention. 🙂
🙂
Wow, I recognised the bridge immediately but then thought again – I wasn’t convinced. It has a certain gulag look here which I never associate with Sydney Harbour. What an amazing photographer you are!
Hi. That’s exactly what I was trying to evoke in this image: A well known landmark in a different and very harsh treatment. Many thanks for your visit and comments. Cheers.
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