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Fort Denison

Jason Benz — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 12:06:43 +0000

This wood ship is approaching Fort Denison in Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. The island was originally home to a 15 metre sandstone rock. It was later quarried by prisoners to build Circular Quay. Today Fort Denison is a museum and home to more than a hundred birds.

Purple Skyline

Jason Benz — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 10:08:45 +0000

This evening skyline was taken in Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. To process this image I wanted to bring out the orange lights and purple sky. I started by using HSL in Camera RAW to boost the luminance and saturation of orange and a smaller boost to yellow and red to avoid posterization. I reduced the luminance of the blues, magentas and purples to darken the clouds. Finally some green tint was added to reduce the strength of the purple.

Purple Bridge

Jason Benz — Sat, 21 Jun 2014 09:36:35 +0000

This is the Sydney Harbour Bridge during the Vivid Sydney Festival. Every winter the city lights up when the nights are long.

We are enjoying watching the goalfest which is Brazil 2014, even though it occasionally involves getting up at 5am to watch England lose again. Australia have looked impressive and face Spain next.

This image has been accepted by Shutterstock for Stock Photography and is available for download here.

South Steyne

Jason Benz — Fri, 07 Mar 2014 10:32:42 +0000

This is the South Steyne Floating Restaurant in Darling Harbour, New South Wales. We went to the Sydney Tower today, where the view of this ship and the city are fantastic.

I used Tilt-Shift to create the miniature effect on this former ferry.

We are flying back to the UK tomorrow and will return to Australia in April

Darling Harbour

Jason Benz — Sat, 08 Feb 2014 02:21:26 +0000

This is Darling Harbour in Sydney, Australia. I have posted many animals recently so I dug through the archive and developed this night shot of the Harbour. I used a small aperture f22 to increase the star burst effect on the city lights.

Opera Evening

Jason Benz — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 14:03:05 +0000

The Sydney Opera House is a remarkably photogenic building, which is helped by its position on the water in the harbour. There is a clear view from almost every angle. If you walk over the Harbour Bridge you can even look down on it. This shot was taken from Mrs Macquarie’s Chair in the Royal Botanic Gardens

New Year

Jason Benz — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 18:56:37 +0000

For those of you still in 2013 Happy New Year 2014 from Australia. I took this shot of the New Year Sydney Fireworks from the tip of Cremorne Point. We had a clear 180 degree view of all 6 floating launch points plus the Harbour Bridge and the Opera House. The only drawback to our location was a rising tide which temporarily blocked our way out. We both had a great time and wish you the best for the New Year.

This image has been accepted by Shutterstock for Stock Photography and is available for download here.

Opera Bar

Jason Benz — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:13:17 +0000

This is the Opera Bar which has great views of the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge. I am sure it is a lovely place to spend an evening as long as you can justify spending $9(£6) on a small bottle of beer. We went there to get some more shots of the Vivid Sydney Festival which has animated projections on many of the city’s landmarks.

We are now officially in Australia’s winter although it is hard to see how anyone can call blue skies and 21C winter. Sydney has just had its warmest May on record and it definitely feels significantly warmer than this time last year when we were in Melbourne.

Vivid Sydney

Jason Benz — Thu, 30 May 2013 14:29:04 +0000

Last night we explored the Vivid Sydney Festival which runs from 6pm to midnight from 24th May to 10th June. There are dozens of different light displays and a free ferry which can take you to the various spots around the city. The Sydney Harbour Bridge was lit up with 100,000 individually programmable LED lights which were controlled by members of the public via a touch screen in Luna Park. Since returning to Australia 3 weeks ago I have been so busy with freelance photography this is the first time I have been out shooting for fun.

I have entered this image to the Adventure Tours Photography Competition.

Arrival Sydney

Jason Benz — Fri, 10 May 2013 02:58:22 +0000

We have arrived in Sydney, Australia. The flights and connections all went smoothly apart from a fairly heavy landing in Kuala Lumpur and Karen temporarily losing her bank card at Sydney train station. All is good now and we are looking forward to catching up with our down under relatives.