the view that I like
The new Barangaroo green space has been on my list of things to check out, even moreso with it being made famous by Ken Duncan 😉
Sunrise for me can be pretty hit and miss, quite often the alarm goes off and I just roll over and go back to sleep, especially when you know you got a full day with Chaos and Mayhem (also apparently known as my children), anyway, I had tee'd up to do a sunrise with +Rodney Campbell and in his usual disturbingly organised fashion he wanted to know where and when ages in advance, geez i usually work that out at 11pm 😉 So, Barangaroo it was.
After waking up at stupid oclock, doing my ninja sleath moves down the hallway to avoid waking chaos, note; who seems to be able to hear the click of the front door whilst fast asleep but struggles to hear me at any other point of the day 😉 to finally hauling my ass out the front door when I thought… I shoulda just stayed in bed!
Anyway, long story kinda short, its a great spot down there at Barangaroo, with lots of sandstone blocks around, more rock than green methinks, but still cool. I could not find myself a good composition or spot with the Sydney Harbour Bridge (an original one that I was happy with anyways), so went with something different and tried to capitalise on the nice pastel colours (in the other direction to the bridge) that were present for a few minutes.
I processed this with a quote in my head from Adam Williams (http://www.australianphotographer.com/) (stuffed if I can find it now) but it went something along the lines of… don't be restrained by what others think the boundaries of photography are, but set your own boundaries if any. Btw check out his stuff, its pretty cool 🙂
I have a BW version of this, but I feel it just loses something in the conversion.
note, we did not get hassled by security either, even after standing in front of the security camera with our tripods 😉
+Gerard Blacklock I haven't seen the black and white version Gerard, but these pastels are cool.
Thanks +Chris Sutton
maybe I will post the BW version later – it needs to rest for a few days 😉
WOW !!! Love this :)) +Gerard Blacklock
Thanks +Loretta Jayne I am very interested to know what people think of it.
+Gerard Blacklock It can mature over the Christmas weekend 🙂
+Chris Sutton
hopefully I will too… oh wait.. i been waiting for that for years now 😉
+Gerard Blacklock No need to go to extremes, just let the photos mature 🙂
So delicate and almost ethereal!
Your posts are always entertaining and informative, thanks!
so beautiful
The colour transition is absolutely luscious.
+Gerard Blacklock LOVE this Sensitive New Age Gerard take Big G 😉 and one of these days I wanna see some footage of a bleary eyed Blacklock and a Chipper +Rodney Campbell​ arriving at a shoot…I can just imagine it :p
+Chris Sutton
sound advice 🙂
Thankyou +Al Chris
Thanks +Anna Rimovska
Thankyou for having a look and commenting +Carolyn Fahm
+Kitten KaboodleInc
nothing like a good snag 😉
Rod is always much more Chipper than me at this hour – i struggle to string a sentence together at that hour 😉 that marginally improves through the day 😉
Footage, I am sure the lovely security chaps in the barangaroo security monitoring office (or whatever) have some quality imagery 🙂
+Gerard Blacklock hehe yep 🙂 c'mon though..add that to your list for 2016.. a selfie of the two of you behind-the-scenes or something 😀
Sweet one +Gerard Blacklock !
+Ed Cobb
Cheers Ed – have a great christmas mate.
+Kitten KaboodleInc
that gives me an idea :).. it involves seascapes, sticks and +Rodney Campbell 😉
+Gerard Blacklock right! Good to see you're on the case Big G 😉
+Gerard Blacklock Found a donor of a Phase One yet? No, neither have I! 😀
+Tom Testone
Hahah, i would also need a donor for a new computer as well.. plus new tripod, plus airfares to travel to epic locations 😉
+Gerard Blacklock​ 😄 Touche!
+Gerard Blacklock ditto!
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Have a merry Christmas everyone John Hunt