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Festival Centre

Jason Benz — Mon, 12 Sep 2016 08:30:27 +0000

This is the Adelaide Festival Centre in South Australia reflected in the waters of the River Torrens at night.

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Burleigh Heads

Jason Benz — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 13:08:00 +0000

This is the view of the Gold Coast from Burleigh Heads in Queensland, Australia. Today was the first time I have seen the skyscrapers from this side at night so I decided to get a shot of the lights. I was here to have dinner with some friends from Sydney. Great tapas was enjoyed by all.

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Coast Lights

Jason Benz — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 09:06:31 +0000

This night shot was taken from Q1 in Surfers Paradise. It is the tallest building on the Gold Coast and has a 360 degree viewing platform. This angle is towards Southport and The Spit.

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Gold Coast

Jason Benz — Sat, 16 May 2015 23:02:35 +0000

This is the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. It is one of a set of Australian Skylines which I have used long exposures to photograph cities at night over water.

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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.

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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.

Brisbane Skyline

Jason Benz — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 16:07:56 +0000

We arrived in Brisbane yesterday. The stage on the left of the picture was for the Brisbane Festival City of Lights. We also saw a great band called Cheap Fakes at one of the festival stages on the South Bank.

This picture means I now have night shots over water of Australia‘s five biggest cities. In order of population they are: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide. As far as regional capitals go I am still short Darwin and Hobart but I have no plans to photograph these currently.

Luna Park

Jason Benz — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 02:32:34 +0000

This is Luna Park in Sydney, Australia. The park was constructed at the base of the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1935. The park closed in 1979 after a ghost train fire. After public pressure the park re-opened and was listed in the NSW State Heritage Register. Today it is still open and shimmers with much of its original 1930′s charm.

We have decided to leave Sydney on Thursday and begin the drive north towards Queensland. We have been made very welcome while we have been here and are looking forward to a meal out with our gracious hosts at The Oaks on Wednesday.

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.