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Sunday, 10 August 2014

Sunday slide show

Some of my favourite shots I've taken lately. Lots of cityscapes as part of my "view from the office today" series on Instagram.

Looking east up Bourke Street, Melbourne, 20 floors up.
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Looking west down Bourke Street, Melbourne, 10 floors up.
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Stormy view of the Melbourne CBD from the backseat of a cab
on the Tullamarine Freeway
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Same taxi ride a few moments later - the Melbourne wheel.
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The clouds gathering above the Melbourne city - view from Southbank
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Hope you like them! @divacultura is over on Instagram too.

What have you been photographing?

Sunday, 15 June 2014

Sunday slide show

Now that I have a new phone, I've got space on my phone to take photos again. And I've been enjoying the new tools in Instagram. Hours of creative fun!

This photo was taken on the walkway between Melbourne Central and the new Emporium. I love the word "emporium"!

Walkway, Melbourne
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The old Myer sign and clock are still attached to the new Emporium building. I enjoyed playing with contrast and shadows to create a silver gelatin look. I took this photo from the same walkway, looking west down Lonsdale Street.

Time passes.
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Perfect afternoon light to take this photo of the arts centre spire. It was just after 3:30pm in Melbourne. By playing with contrast, shadows and saturation, the sky looks like a wall of water that is about to wash over the spire!

Tidal spire
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Seconds later, a different angle and some different effects and the scene is different. I love the bright green saturation of the little patch of grass in the lower left hand corner. In the foreground is part of the scultpure by Inge King, "Forward Surge".

Surge
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Lastly, I thought I'd show you this photo.

Eyes on the tracks
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Here's the original shot that shows how the photo above started its life:

Self portrait
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It was the reflection of the train tracks in my sunglasses that originally caught my attention and I decided to take a closer look. I love the finished product. I could imagine it as a movie poster, album cover or on the cover of a novel.

Without all the digital tools available today, this probably would have taken hours in a dark room. That's a satisfying process too, but much more expensive. I love just playing with various tools knowing that I can't destroy the original - it will always be there for me to play with until I reach a result that I'm happy with.

What are you photographing at the moment? Do you use Instagram? (I'm divacultura over there too. Come and say hello!)

Sunday, 2 March 2014

Sunday Slide Show

It's been a while since I posted a Sunday Slide Show, so here you go. All taken on my iphone.

In the shadow of the windmill, there is no moisture.
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Yarnbomb in Swanston Street
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View from the 53rd floor of the Rialto Tower - looking west.
See the Westgate Bridge just in front of the horizon? And the train in the foreground?
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Looking west again, but more to the north than the last shot.
Here is the Bolte Bridge.
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I love the way the bike shadows look like tulips in pots.
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6000 mobile phones weigh 1 tonne. That's a lot of landfill.
Art meets activism.
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Lunch table yesterday in Yarraville.
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What have you been taking photos of lately?

Sunday, 30 June 2013

Sunday slideshow - Adelaide and Melbourne

I've been travelling lots lately and am looking forward to spending a couple of weeks at home. My bathroom is looking like a Chinese laundry and I still have a hole in the ceiling of my bedroom and no overhead light. It's all the little things that fall by the wayside when I'm on the road (in the air really) a lot.

At the end of a long and busy work day, I love to take the opportunity to walk around and observe the different rhythms, personalities and moods of whatever city I'm in. Yesterday Melbourne took on a different vibe as rugby union fans swarmed through the streets. It seemed there were more Lions supporters in their red jerseys - or lion costumes! - than Wallabies supporters, but the mood was more subdued today after the Wallabies' one point win.

Here are some shots from Adelaide.

View from the tenth floor from my hotel room.
That's the Adelaide Oval you can see in the distance and the Convention Centre in the centre.
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One of my favourite shots ever, I wandered down a laneway near my hotel and saw this magnificent artwork on the side of an otherwise nondescript building. The filter I've used has brought out all the vertical dirty streaks which adds to the noir mood. With the garish lights of the pizza shop, this could be a scene out of "Pulp Fiction".

Art noir - Adelaide.
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Adelaide can be quite off-beat if you know where to look. I discovered a well-organised and comprehensive second hand book store and loved the thinking behind this book category sign:

There are so many angles and opportunities for visual wonder at Federation Square. Here's what captured my eye yesterday when I wandered around the book fair. The juxtaposition of the hard edges of Federation Square's atrium and the highly decorated curves of the Forum Theatre across Flinders Street is rather marvellous.

Architectural juxtaposition
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Sunday, 16 June 2013

Sunday slideshow

I haven't shared my photographs for a while. It's interesting to observe the change in seasons - the different light, colours and mood of the city.

Inside the foyer of the National Gallery of Victory is an extraordinary object - a taxidermied deer covered in glass bubbles.
It's quite compelling to look at. Everything looks different from different angles; some of the bubbles magnify what's beneath.
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Late afternoon at the pool outside the NGV, looking towards the Melbourne Theatre Company theatres.
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That's the Eureka Tower peering over the smaller buildings.
Taken from the corner of Sturt Street and Southbank Boulevard through the tram wires.
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While listening to a speech at BMW Edge in Federation Square, I noticed the Arts Centre spire.
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Inside the old GPO Building. There's a clothes shop where my old post office box used to be.
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Here's the entrance to the Regal Theatre's ballroom. I love the tiles and the gates together.
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One of my favourite corners in Melbourne - Collins and Swanston Streets.
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The new NAB buliding at Docklands, just near Southern Cross Station.
I like the reflections of the building opposite on Spencer Street.
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The Helix Tree is a piece of voice activated sculpture which is currently in Federation Square.
At 5:30pm, every night in June, an a capella choir sings "up the tree" to bring it to light.
It's part of the Light in Winter Festival. This choir is Soulsong.
I'll be there with my group, Tongue and Groove, soon.
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Singing up the Helix Tree.
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The upper branches of the Helix Tree.
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Walking across the bridge to Flinders Street Station in the gloom.
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The Yarra River from the Princess Bridge at about 5:30pm last week.
The warm colours from lights at Flinders Street Station look so inviting.
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How has the changing season affected what you see? How does your home look in the different light?

All photos taken on my iphone 4s and finished using instragram.

Sunday, 24 March 2013

Sunday Slideshow

Working in different places gives me the opportunity to notice different parts of my city. And waiting fro public transport provides lots of moments to stop and really have a look.

The Eureka Tower at Southgate is currently Melbourne's tallest building. I've been noticing it in all different lights and different angles.

I like the perspective of this second shot. The tower almost looks smaller than the telephone pole. I also like all the straight lines going in various directions.

I walk past the Malthouse Theatre precinct often these days. There is a lot to look at. Orange is a colour that dominates the urban landscape around the area. Here it's on the exhaust chimney from the Domain Tunnel (I think that's the right one).

I've been enjoying playing with light and shadows. Interesting to see the different moods. The first shot was taken one afternoon at Southgate looking over to the CBD at about 5:30pm.

The next two were taken on the same morning from the tram stop, looking over to Federation Square and Transport Bar.

Have you stopped to notice your surroundings lately? What have you noticed?

Sunday, 17 March 2013

Sunday Slideshow

I'd almost forgotten that I was in Perth earlier this week. So much has happened in the days since then. Arriving at my hotel at about 4:30 in the afternoon gave me the opportunity to go for a walk and recover from the flight. I could also take advantage of the afternoon light.

I noticed that Perth city has some lovely old buildings and also facades that have been well-preserved. Here is the St George's portico. It's the original entry to a theatre which was on the site. Of the original building, only the portico remains - now attached to a shiny, modern building. At first I didn't notice the building behind; I thought there was just a portico sitting on the Hay Street footpath.

Shiny modern buildings, when bathed in the right light, often are spectacular with their taking of light and reflections. I just loved this building which looks quite blue and reflects both nature and the old architecture on the opposite side of the street.

Perth has a lot of public art. It's a great place to just wander around and soak up the atmosphere. I found this sculpture outside the courthouse to be very striking, especially in black and white.

Back in Melbourne, I saw the Melbourne Theatre Company Production of "Constellations" on Saturday afternoon. With the Grand Prix also on, St Kilda Road was very busy despite the weather. (Our heatwave is over.) I had half an hour to spare before the show, so I wandered around the shop in the National Gallery of Victoria. I quite like this shot of the pool out the front - love how the water looks.

The water wall at the front of the gallery is always wondrous to look at. On the other side of the wall, inside the gallery, a comic lounge has been set up. It's a designated space with black and white mats and cushions and pens and paper to draw a page for a comic book. I took the next two photos of it through the water wall. They remind me of Impressionist paintings.

What do you like to take photos of?

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