Ohh my Darling.....Harbour

Poompy got him self a Canon 350d *cough* crap *cough* :) and of course he wanted to get some use out of it so it was off to Darling Harbour for the both of us.

EXIF data-31mm, F/29, 30 sec, ISO200, sharpened.

EXIF data-18mm, F/18, 20 sec, ISO200, sharpened.

EXIF data-30mm, F/18, 20 sec, ISO200, sharpened.

EXIF data-28mm, F/10, 10 sec, ISO200, sharpened.

Chow time

I went for another wonder today during my lunch break. This time I went to fairlight where the water meets the park. Most of my shots were pretty boring, I may had got some alright ones but I only had my 70-300mm lens with me. I walked around the bay for a bit then decided to come back. One the way back I noticed a pelican really close to shore so I quickly got some shots of him.

Searching....

Gotcha!!

BURP!

The stupid looking dog that scared the pelican away :(

Death is a part of life

The lunch bell rang and I just had to get outside. I decided to do some exploring, the idea was to take some close up pictures of flowers. Unfortunately I never found any worth displaying, but I did find a little birdy who was happy to pose for me.

After taking those photos I kept walking up the road until I came to the Cemetery in Balgowlah. The 4 pictures below were on top of some graves.

Looking for a bone maybe?

The Botanical Gardens

Saturday marked my return to the Botanical Gardens. This time I was going to get in, thankfully it was before 4pm. It was a perfect winters day, not many clouds in the sky and not to cold. The trip started out with a 30 minute ferry ride from Manly to Circular Quay. On the way I grabbed a shot of the Harbour Bridge, the Opera House and a sick ass boat.

The crazy busker below was standing on a bike which was welded to a huge pole. He was trying to get the crowd interested but his attempt was lame.

Eventually he started to juggle an apple, a machete and a stick with one end on fire. When he caught the apple he would take a bite. Interesting for about 5 seconds.

After moving on another shot of the Opera House was acquired.

After entering the botanical gardens I was less than impressed. I was thinking there would be lots of flowers and general good stuff to take photos of, but there wasn't really.

Walking along one of the many paths, I liked the look of the skyscrapers in the background.

On the way back the sun was setting so I had to grab this shot, even though its been done to death.

So....the botanical gardens wasn't what I imagined it to be but I didn't venture all the way through it. Im hoping there is more that was missed which can be for next time.

Gardens 24-06-06

Poompy and I went to surf Gardens at 8am this morning. It was small but pumping. Some awesome waves were had by all.

Freshy 20-06-06

Last Saturday I ventured into the city to check out some lenes for my D50. Really I was just after the 70-300mm kit lens because I cant afford anything better at the moment. Having looked on the net for pricing the days before I found the lowest price to be in the low $300's. So I started to walk up George St and stopping in at the camera shops, until I got to George's which was only my second stop.

Conversation goes like this.
Me-"How much for the 70-300 kit lens?"
Assistant-"$299"
Me-"Ok thanks" and I started to walk out"
Assistant-" What prices have you been quoted?"
Me-"Well that's the best price so far but im still looking"
Assistant-"What price would you want to pay?"
Me-"Hmm, $250?"
Assistant-"Done"

Well its not much of a saving but its something, and I certainly wasn't expecting him to say yes to $250.

Anyway it wasn't till Thursday till I got to take some proper pictures of people surfing, the main reason for my camera purchase. I went to freshwater beach during my lunch break, from about 12.15pm till 1pm. I am quite happy with the way they turned out. Pictures below.

Looking the goods!

1 second later :(

Token gut slider

Empty rides

Bit of spray

The other side

A new night, different location, similar shots. That's what's up next for your viewing pleasure, more pictures of Sydney in all her glory.

Once again Poompy and I went for a little drive to get some night time shots. This time we actually went into the city. The plan was to go to the Botanical Gardens and see if we could get some nice pictures.

Things didn't quite go as planned. For one thing Poompy couldn't drive through the city to save his life, we ended up going the wrong way even after good instruction by me. :) After getting to the general area that we wanted to be at we had to find a park...sounds easy but it wasn't, took us about 10-15min. Poompys mood was getting bad and real quick. Finally we manage to find a spot, so the fun was about to begin.

With about a 5min walk to the Botanical Gardens we came across some Aussie landmark, the name alludes, :) anyway the picture below.

EXIF data-35mm, F/18, 30 sec, ISO200, sharpened.

After a few pictures of this thing we found out that the Botanical Gardens were only open till 4pm, Bummer. Poompys mood changed for the worse once again, threatening to break the gates down with his bare hands. Thankfully my smooth talking worked wonders and he calmed down. So with the Gardens idea out the window we were left with getting more shots of the city.

EXIF data-18mm, F/16, 20 sec, ISO200, sharpened, minor blemish removed.

EXIF data-19mm, F/9, 15 sec, ISO200, sharpened.

EXIF data-18mm, F/9, 15 sec, ISO200, sharpened.

After this shot Poompy was done and wanted to go home. Some more smooth talking and we were on our way to Hyde park.

EXIF data- 18mm, F/10, 10 sec, ISO200, sharpened.

Just cruzin!

So it was Thursday night and I was bored....what better to do than go take some pics? :) I got the bike preped, loaded up the camera and away we went.

The idea was to take some photos of St Patrick's College in Manly. I rode around for a while but couldn't find a good enough place to shoot so I moved on not knowing where to go next. I ended up riding along the beach front pondering.....eventually coming to Queenscliff. I locked up the bike and went on over to the pool to try and take some shots of water running over rocks with slow shutter speeds.

They didn't turn out all that good but I have posted one anyway because its a bit different.

EXIF data-18mm, F/3.5, 2 sec, ISO200, straightened, sharpened.

EXIF data-32mm, F/4.5, 0.50 sec, ISO200, straightened, sharpened.

As I was riding home, pondering about some of the bigger things in life, I happened to see St Patrick's College with the moon just above it in the sky. Unfortunately the moon is over exposed in this shot but I still think it looks nice.

EXIF data-55mm, F/9, 30 sec, ISO200, straightened, sharpened, cropped.