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11-MAY-2010 AKMC

20100511_5477 Urban II (Tue 11 May)

Tumbalong Park, Darling Harbour, Sydney, NSW

Hmmm, what to shoot today... I'm feeling in a Jeffrey Smart mood, with the minimalism cranked all the way up to Max. (Needless to say I'm not claiming this to be as good as a Smart, merely "inspired by".)

Here we're looking up at the Western Distributor flyover from Tumbalong Park in Darling Harbour. I was tossing up whether to use a shot which was completely devoid of people, or one which had a vehicle in it. However a Smart image rarely lacks at least signs of human habitation (if not an actual person), so I went with this one.

It would have been nice to have a somewhat faster lens to really freeze it though.

I was a bit lucky with the sky; later in the afternoon some hazard reduction fires (burning off material to reduce the risk of bushfires in the summer) caused a thick blanket of smoke to descend on Sydney.

Canon EOS 300D Digital Rebel ,Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
1/250s f/5.0 at 53.0mm iso100 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time11-May-2010 12:45:18
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS 300D DIGITAL
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length53 mm
Exposure Time1/250 sec
Aperturef/5
ISO Equivalent100
Exposure Bias
White Balance
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programaperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

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Mairéad11-May-2010 19:59
Well composed shot with a good contrast between the white/grey concrete and deep blue sky.
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