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Capture: Going Walkabout in Sydney

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  • JacksonP, in reply to Geoff Lealand,

    Cheers Geoff.

    Hope you don't mind, but have moved my reply to the Howling at the Moon Thread for continuity.

    Auckland • Since Mar 2011 • 2450 posts Report Reply

  • Lilith __, in reply to JacksonP,

    Howling at the Moon Thread.

    I woke up in the tower

    And there the moon, molten silver in a great cauldron,
    Was being poured
    Through the eye of a needle
    Spun onto bobbins and sold to poets
    For sewing their eyelids together
    So they can sing better.

    Ted Hughes, from Visiting the Moon

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • Nora Leggs, in reply to Lilith __,

    Visiting the Moon

    These words are worth a thousand pictures : )

    Auckland • Since Dec 2011 • 2700 posts Report Reply

  • JacksonP,

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    Ok, so maybe I got carried away. I blame the moon. ;-)

    These words are worth a thousand pictures : )

    Otherwise, I totally agree. Awesome.

    Auckland • Since Mar 2011 • 2450 posts Report Reply

  • Lilith __, in reply to JacksonP,

    I blame the moon. ;-)

    :-D

    BTW Ted Hughes' collection from which this comes, Moon Whales, is IMO one of his very best. It's supposedly for children, which I think is just an excuse to be whimsical and hilarious. It's out of print but can be obtained from libraries or secondhand.

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • Jos,

    I love where these threads go, leave one alone for a couple of days and then next peek there are 5 pages!
    All fluff, but Wonderful none the less.
    :)

    Whakatane • Since Jan 2012 • 877 posts Report Reply

  • Islander,

    The Moon is the cauldron
    and poets’ brains the fuel- eyes
    are not needed when
    words are the tool-
    sing and shriek and sigh and whimper
    groan and howl and whisper
    -know, someone, somewhere, listens
    -to you-

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report Reply

  • Alex Efimoff,

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    Thanks Jackson, great series of shots!
    My bit of Sydney… (the most obvious - The Sydney Opera House) :D

    Wellington • Since Dec 2011 • 56 posts Report Reply

  • Lilith __, in reply to Islander,

    eyes
    are not needed when
    words are the tool-

    Oh Islander, thank you for that!

    Capture - where it's all happening!!

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • Lilith __,

    Here's one for the nature-stalkers - what happens when the wildlife does not want its photo taken!

    A bear-raising story. :-)

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • Ian Dalziel, in reply to Lilith __,

    A bear-raising story.

    definitely a Kodiak Moment!

    yrs Acme Pun Recyclers

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report Reply

  • JacksonP,

    Orpheus - by David Sylvian. Seemed apposite.

    ...Sleepers sleep as we row the boat
    Just you, the weather, and I gave up hope
    But all of the hurdles that fell in our laps
    Were fuel for the fire and straw for our backs
    Still the voices have stories to tell
    Of the power struggles in heaven and hell
    But we feel secure against such mighty dreams
    As Orpheus sings of the promise tomorrow may bring
    Tell me, I've still a lot to learn
    Understand, these fires never stop
    Please believe, when this joke is tired of laughing
    I will hear the promise of my Orpheus sing

    Auckland • Since Mar 2011 • 2450 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha, in reply to Alex Efimoff,

    the most obvious

    yet I've never seen it like that. bravo

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

  • JacksonP, in reply to Sacha,

    yet I've never seen it like that. bravo

    Yes, it is a great angle on it. Cheers Alex.

    Auckland • Since Mar 2011 • 2450 posts Report Reply

  • Lilith __, in reply to Ian Dalziel,

    a Kodiak Moment!

    Nikonic images, definitely!

    yrs, scraping the bottom of the bear-all...

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • JacksonP,

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    Anyway, back to the photos.

    The Opera House's in a ear?

    Auckland • Since Mar 2011 • 2450 posts Report Reply

  • JacksonP,

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    Found this somewhat interesting. Clearly these buildings have been undermined and the foundation appear to be under water, and yet the one on the right seems to be fully restored.

    Paddington Sydney aspiring to be Venice?

    Auckland • Since Mar 2011 • 2450 posts Report Reply

  • Paul Williams, in reply to Sacha,

    yet I've never seen it like that. bravo

    Me neither, and my wife works there so I visit often. What a wonderful shot.

    Sydney • Since Nov 2006 • 2273 posts Report Reply

  • Ian Dalziel, in reply to JacksonP,

    Sound shell?

    The Opera House's in a ear?

    Cockle ear implant?

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report Reply

  • Alex Efimoff,

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    Another strange angle, the same place.

    Wellington • Since Dec 2011 • 56 posts Report Reply

  • Paul Williams, in reply to Alex Efimoff,

    This is another really beautiful shot Alex. Cheers.

    Sydney • Since Nov 2006 • 2273 posts Report Reply

  • Nora Leggs, in reply to Alex Efimoff,

    same place

    Mesmerising photos Alex, have you used a filter on the camera to keep the sky from blowing out?

    Auckland • Since Dec 2011 • 2700 posts Report Reply

  • Alex Efimoff, in reply to Nora Leggs,

    I use exposure fusion technique, no filters in that particular case.

    Wellington • Since Dec 2011 • 56 posts Report Reply

  • Alex Efimoff,

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    Just a bit more of Sydney architecture which I quite like :)

    Wellington • Since Dec 2011 • 56 posts Report Reply

  • JacksonP, in reply to Alex Efimoff,

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    Nice Alex. I was going for the same sort of variable plains, but didn't take the time to get the right angle.

    Still, liked the patterned wall.

    Auckland • Since Mar 2011 • 2450 posts Report Reply

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