Forgotten Songs
This is an installation of 110 empty birdcages in 2009 by artist Michael Thomas Hill.
Watch for Cyclists
I found this brightly painted car parking entrance with lots of warnings about cyclists. I wonder if this is a response to a prior incident.
Centrepoint
Black and white photo of Sydney Tower (formerly called Centrepoint Tower) flanked between the Myer and Gowings buildings, taken from the Queen Victoria Building.
Tree of Life
Woman about to walk past chalk drawing of tree with Climate Jobs Guarantee supporters in the background.
Flower Boxes
This set of flower boxes are located in front of the Sydney Town Hall and faces into the light rail at George St, Sydney.
Emden Gun
Located in the south-east corner of Hyde Park facing Whitlam Square, this mounted, four-inch gun was recovered from the German ship SMS Emden.
Lemur against the light
I visited the zoo at lunchtime, and caught this lemur sitting in the shadow, avoiding the harsh sunlight that we can see in the background. I like how much detail I captured in the shadow, and the separation of the lemur’s muzzle. The A1 managed to focus on the lemur’s eyes, despite the significant difference in brightness between the lemur and the background.
This image was shot with the Sony 200-600mm G lens at 312mm on a Sony A1, at f/6.3 1/2000 ISO 1250 (on auto ISO). The image is uncropped – thought you’d like to see the whole frame, including the lemur’s fingers.
Patterned shadows
The sun passes through the awnings of the Surry Hills hotel and creates an interesting set of shadows on the footpath.
Royal Exhibition Hotel
This is the Light Rail track running past the historic Royal Exhibition Hotel in Sydney, located next to Prince Alfred Park and Central Station.
Rainbow walk
This is the 90m rainbow path in Prince Alfred Park located next to Equality Green. The path commemorates the November 2017 decision to legalise same-sex marriage in Australia.
Masonic temple
What rituals have been held here? Who were the members? This building is located on Regent St next to the Mortuary Station.
Memories of a fishing pole
I have no doubt that one day the fisherman will return and wonder what has been caught.
Interleaved
The branches of these pine trees at Yengo intersect and interleave to form a lattice that reaches up to the sky.
Wild black kite – got any spare?
The wild dogs get fed, and the local black kites are ready to souvenir anything that gets missed. Yes, kites are predatory, but they are perfectly willing to scavenge.
This image was shot with the Sony 135mm GM lens on a Sony A1, at f/1.8 1/10000 ISO 100. What you are looking at is a 2500×1667 crop from the frame. Arguably, this wasn’t the best choice of lens for this subject, but Sony has yet to make the 200mm f/2 GM or 300mm f/2.8 GM that I’d dearly love to be using here. That said, the 135 GM is so sharp, I can get away with such a savage crop. I really like having the extra headroom on the shutter speed, being able to go above 1/8000 all the way to 1/32000 – it effectively gives me two more stops before I need to think about stopping the lens down.
Waterfall Reflection
If you look at the picture, you can see the blue sky reflected in the water amongst the leaves which are behind the waterfall.