chimping

Canon EOS 50D, 10-22mm @10mm, 1/15 sec, f/5.6, ISO1000

While road-tripping around Victoria in January, we came across an abandoned church and accomodation buildings in Newhaven, Phillip Island. There were multiple open doors, and no signs warning us to keep out, so we spent an hour or two exploring the buildings with our cameras.

Grill'd

Fremantle, Western Australia
Canon EOS 50D, Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art @35mm, 1/160 sec, f/1.6, ISO800

A burger restaurant in Fremantle, photographed while on a photowalk with some friends earlier this year. The Silver Efex Pro 2 plugin for Adobe Photoshop from Google's Nik Collection was used for the black and white conversion.
I wasn't too keen on the colour version of this photo, and this black and white version reproduces the moody scene better than the colour version.
This was shot hand-held with my favourite lens, the Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art series lens.

scaffolding

Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Canon EOS 50D, 24-105mm f/4L IS @24mm, 1/400 sec, f/5, ISO320

Construction techniques in India involve a lot more manual labour - one of the effects of being in a less-developed country where labour is cheap. Scaffolding on building sites typically consists of bamboo or wooden poles tied together, as shown in this photo, where wooden scaffolding adorns a multi-storey construction site.

fruit markets

Canon EOS 50D, 24-105mm f/4L IS @24mm, 1/1250 sec, f/6.3, ISO400

Here is a set of street scenes from Bangalore, photographed a few weeks ago. I found black and white post-processing worked quite well on these photos.

The streets of Bangalore are so different from what I'm used to in Western Australia - with the lack of regard for road rules, constant honking of horns, auto-rickshaws, and many more motorbikes than what I'm used to. Crossing the road was always a bit tricky, but there was always plenty to see on the roads and on the sides of the roads.

This collection of photos was taken on a weekend, near some markets in the Jayanagar area, just south of the Bangalore city centre, in Karnataka, India.

As a result of business trips to Sydney every year or two, I have been able to photograph the Sydney Harbour Bridge a number of times, and have posted several photos of it on my blog in recent years.
As I mentioned in a recent post, I try to look for unusual angles and views of the Harbour Bridge.

The photo below was taken from the south end of the Harbour Bridge, looking up towards the main structure of the bridge. It is affectionately called the "coathanger", due to its arched design. This bridge is also the world's widest long-span bridge, and is the world's tallest steel arch bridge. It is also the fifth longest spanning-arch bridge in the world - quite amazing when you consider that it was built many years ago, with construction starting in 1923, and the bridge officially opened in 1932.

the coathanger

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Canon EOS 50D, 10-22mm @10mm, 1/250 sec, f/5.6, ISO200

On the Saturday when I took these photos, I observed several wedding parties in the vicinity, underneath the bridge, around the Opera House, and in the Botanical Gardens nearby. A bride can be seen near the railing on the other side of the road, underneath the bridge, in the photo above.

The photo below shows the massive hinges against the southern abutment, supporting the load from the arch. Interestingly, the bridge pylons, built on top of the abutments, are not structural at all.

huge hinges under the bridge

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Canon EOS 50D, 10-22mm @22mm, 1/500 sec, f/5.6, ISO200

The Sydney Harbour Bridge is a very recognisable and iconic structure that many visitors to Sydney will photograph. When I was in Sydney a few months ago, I tried to look for some more unusual angles and views of the iconic "coathanger" bridge.

This photo of the southern end of the Harbour Bridge, with the Sydney Harbour Bridge in the foreground, shows several groups of people doing the Bridge Climb.

bridge walkers

Sydney Harbour Bridge

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Canon EOS 50D, 70-200mm f/4L @200mm, 1/2500 sec, f/4, ISO100

While in the Netherlands in June/July, I noticed the variety of cobblestones that many villages and cities had, with different types and shaped cobblestones being used in different locations. The cobblestones ranged from rectangular, square, round, random-shaped, and more.

While bending down to take a photo of these cobblestones, just outside the Dom tower in Utrecht, I noticed a love-heart-shaped indentation in one of the stones.

cobblestone love heart

Utrecht, The Netherlands

Incidentally, the photo above is the one I was about to take when I damaged the CPL filter on my Canon EF-S 10-22mm lens, but the filter protected the lens itself from any damage.

I love the juxtaposition of the bobcat parked outside a solicitor's office on an Adelaide street, and couldn't resist taking a few shots while walking past.

visiting the solicitor

Adelaide, South Australia
Canon EOS 50D, 10-22mm @22mm, 1/50 sec, f/7.1, ISO200

Another photo from a recent trip to Adelaide, a panning shot of a bus early one morning.

This was taken with the only lens I took to Adelaide (and Sydney) a Canon EF 35mm f/2 prime lens that I recently won on eBay. So far, I've been happy with the results from this lens, and am intending to write a review of it in the near future.

bus blur

Adelaide, South Australia
Canon EOS 50D, 35mm f/2 @35mm, 1/15 sec, f/8, ISO100