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More from our visit to Cockatoo Island in Sydney Harbour where we spent a late afternoon, early evening wandering around.

I packed lots of Camera gear and took some portraits of the kids whilst there…

Note: These images (especially the wider shots) look much better when larger – so click any of the images below to see larger versions in an inline overlay slideshow gallery viewer.

A self portrait with the UWA on a tripod in a room full of graffiti art with some added processing in Lightroom

NIKON D7000 + 12.0-24.0 mm f/4.0 @ 12 mm, 1/15 sec at f/4, ISO 100

My girls inside one of the art installations – it was very dark inside except for the pool of light lighting my girls in the doorway so I shot this as an HDR and blended my girls back in from the correctly exposed image

NIKON D7000 + @ 12 mm, 1/100 sec at f/5, ISO 100

Some industrial portraits in the light of the setting sun

NIKON D7000 + 70.0-200.0 mm f/2.8 @ 80 mm, 1/500 sec at f/4, ISO 200

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NIKON D7000 + 70.0-200.0 mm f/2.8 @ 98 mm, 1/800 sec at f/4, ISO 200

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NIKON D7000 + 70.0-200.0 mm f/2.8 @ 200 mm, 1/1000 sec at f/2.8, ISO 200

My eldest has been slowly perfecting hand stands and it was ideal for a sunset silhouette

NIKON D7000 + 70.0-200.0 mm f/2.8 @ 125 mm, 1/1250 sec at f/4, ISO 200

Over the weekend on the spur of the moment we decided to head over to Cockatoo Island in Sydney Harbour where we spent a late afternoon, early evening wandering around until sunset.

Cockatoo Island is a very interesting location with lots of photographic potential. Unlike last time we stayed on the island this time the large industrial buildings were open to the public and I could go in at take the opportunity to shoot some images of the gritty buildings, decaying machinery and rusty beams with the intent to later post precess using HDR (High Dynamic Range) techniques.

Also on show on the island were many of the artworks and exhibits from Outpost (a street art festival held on the island in November).

Note: These images (especially the wider shots) look much better when larger – so click any of the images below to see larger versions in an inline overlay slideshow gallery viewer.

First up a monochrome conversion of an HDR of some heavy machinery in a room full of graffiti art

NIKON D7000 + @ 14 mm, 1/2 sec at f/6.3, ISO 100

Outside the Boring shop – I didn’t think it was uninteresting 🙂

NIKON D7000 + @ 12 mm, 1/40 sec at f/13, ISO 100

and last up a more detailed view of the outside of one of the buildings up on the top of the island

NIKON D7000 + 70.0-200.0 mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm, 1/250 sec at f/8, ISO 100

On Christmas evening my girls and I went for a picnic down on Sydney Harbour.

We first parked under the bridge and went for a walk in Bradfield park under the bridge itself and along the boardwalks next to Luna Park. It was a little windy here for a picnic so we drove a little further around to Lavender Bay for our picnic dinner. It was a very quiet evening with very few people around so it was just a relaxing time with the kids.

Never one to miss an opportunity I’d also packed photographic essentials 🙂

Note: These images (especially the wider shots) look much better when larger – so click any of the images below to see larger versions in an inline overlay slideshow gallery viewer.

NIKON D7000 + 70.0-200.0 mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm, 1/1250 sec at f/2.8, ISO 100

A picnic at Lavender Bay

NIKON D7000 + 12.0-24.0 mm f/4.0 @ 12 mm, 1/200 sec at f/6.3, ISO 100

This last was taken with my ten stop ND filter for some nice cloud movement and then processed to monochrome for some really moody skies

Monochromatic Lavender

NIKON D7000 + 12.0-24.0 mm f/4.0 @ 12 mm, 42 sec at f/9, ISO 100

A recent shot of two of Sydney’s icons – the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge enveloped in the early evening twilight

Note: These images (especially the wider shots) look much better when larger – so click any of the images below to see larger versions in an inline overlay slideshow gallery viewer.

Twilight Opera

NIKON D7000 + 70.0-300.0 mm f/4.5-5.6 @ 70 mm, 30 sec at f/11, ISO 100

I braved the crowds and headed down to Blues Point for the New Years festivities on Sydney Harbour. The masses were heavily entrenched by the time I got down there at around 7PM but I lucked out and managed to find myself a great spot with uninterrupted views of the Harbour Bridge and as it was on a terraced area on the end of Blues Point I wouldn’t have an issue with people standing in front of me blocking my view when the action started – or rather blocking the view of my camera on the tripod 🙂

Note: These images (especially the wider shots) look much better when larger – so click any of the images below to see larger versions in an inline overlay slideshow gallery viewer.

NIKON D7000 + 17.0-50.0 mm f/2.8 @ 22 mm, 2.6 sec at f/5.6, ISO 200

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NIKON D7000 + 17.0-50.0 mm f/2.8 @ 32 mm, 1.7 sec at f/8, ISO 200

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NIKON D7000 + 17.0-50.0 mm f/2.8 @ 17 mm, 2.6 sec at f/11, ISO 200

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NIKON D7000 + 70.0-300.0 mm f/4.5-5.6 @ 85 mm, 30 sec at f/11, ISO 100