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The Saltwater Drain

I took this down behind the saltwater swimming pools at The Entrance Beach, NSW, Australia. The overflow of these pools drains straight back into the ocean. 
It took me a while to find the right angle, I was trying to be quick so the sun wouldn’t come up too much. I ended up climbing over the rails and walking up this drain, it had hundreds of oysters in it so it was a bit sketchy as had no shoes on.
When I eventually set up the sun had a nice glow coming in from the side. Im pretty happy with the result.

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3 Exp HDR
-2, 2, +2
f/16
1/4, 1/15, 1/60 
ISO 100
17mm Focal
Canon EOS 500D
17-85 EFS IS
Photomatix Pro, Lightroom 2, Photoshop CS4

The morning sun shining though the pine needle trees at Artarmon Train Station, NSW, Australia.

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Canon EOS 350D
18-55mm
ISO 100

A 13 HDR image panorama of Bondi Beach, NSW, Australia.
To take this shot I mounted the camera on my tripod, tilted it to portrait orientation, took 3 shots of each scene to make into HDRs, and continued until I had captured as mush as needed.
I combined the 3 exposures of each scene with Photomatix, and merged the finished HDRs with Photoshop CS4.

An old boat docked at Woolongong Harbor, NSW, Australia.
Canon 350D

Sydney Tower and others as seen from Hyde Park.
6, 3 exposure images stitched in PS CS4, and finished in Lightroom 2.
Canon 350D

The rockshelf at Terrigal, NSW, Australia early one morning.
I got up before sunrise this particular morning, turned out it was a false alarm. But instead of going back to bed I decided to go down to the beach and take some shots.

3 exposure HDR
Canon EOS 350D

Letting some fireworks off at our friends farm at Pearces Creek, NSW, Australia.
The old car in the foreground was an old school Toyota Corona, we thrashed it around all week and couldn’t kill it.
15 sec shutter
ISO 100
F/8
Canon EOS 350D
18-55mm Lens

Sydneys Darling Harbor.
This is a 9 image panorama. I set my camera up on my tripod, tilted the camera to portrait orientation, and took 9 photos spaced about 1/3 of the image size apart.
I stitched the photos with Photoshop CS3 and adjusted the colors with Lightroom 2.
Taken early 2009

A shop owner stays warm inside his little hut of usefulness whilst another man stands in the rain. This was an freezing cold day in Sydney, and the constant shower made it so much more miserable.
I was walking around looking for something to photograph when I saw this man in the hut, he looked very cosy so I tried to get the shot to show the contrast between the outside and in.
Sydney, NSW, Australia.

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3 Exp HDR (+2, 2 -2)
Canon 350D
18-55mm EF-S
ISO 100
Tripod Mounted
Photomatix Pro, Photoshop CS4, Lightroom 2

Flight Paths Shifted

I took this shot at an unnamed park at Sydenham. The planes fly straight overhead to land at Sydney Airport. In the middle to the park was this pavilion type thing that had these newspaper prints about the trouble the planes were causing to the locals.
I thought it would be interesting, to capture a plane coming in to land with the newspapers in the foreground. Pretty ironic.

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3 exp HDR
4 image Vertorama
ISO 100
Focal 18mm
Camera - Canon 350D
Lens - Canon EFS 18-55mm
Tripod Mounted
Photomatix Pro, PS CS4, Lightroom 2, Nik Software

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I saw the Google Street View car driving around on my way home from work today.
The camera was folded away so unfortunatly I won’t get in any of the photos :)
iPhone 3GS

The Cheap & Quick truck at a random industrial area I was driving through one day for work.
Blacktown, NSW, Australia.

Walking around inside Bunnings looking for some tools.
Camera - iPhone 3GS