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Here's a shot of the well-known Sydney Opera House, one of the Australian icons that is easily recognised by many people around the world.
This was taken before dawn, while on a photoshoot with some local Sydney OCAU amateur photographers. It was a cold and windy morning, and the sunrise didn't provide very interesting colours, but I'm happy with some of the shots I got before the sun appeared, including the one shown below.

Sydney Opera House Before Dawn
Sydney Opera House Before Dawn
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Canon EOS 350D, 17-85mm IS @64mm, 4 sec, f/5.6, ISO100

This photo was taken from the point near Mrs Maquarie's Chair, ie, on the other side of Farm Cove from the Opera House.
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Comments:
Beau wrote at 2008-04-01 01:39

The photo looks great! The 4 second exposure worked nicely... My only critique is that you could have zoomed out a tiny bit to leave some room on the left side of the opera house. It looks like the far left sail has been slightly cropped out of frame.

Martin wrote at 2008-04-01 01:47

Thanks Beau. I have more pics from the shoot (and I'll be blogging some of them), but I think the one above provided the nicest colours, with an almost black background....despite cropping the edge of the left sail.

Photographer sydney wrote at 2009-03-27 17:25

Hi,
what a sight .
Really a beauty this opera house.

Johan Donald wrote at 2009-12-28 16:14

Excellent image of Sydney Opera house. Looking wonderful !!!

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