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Flinders Street

Jason Benz — Sat, 21 Jan 2017 07:48:09 +0000

This building is Flinders Street Railway Station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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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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Glen Innes

Jason Benz — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 03:32:54 +0000

This is the town of Glen Innes in New South Wales, Australia. It is twinned with Pitlochry in Scotland, UK. I suspect there have been a number of Scottish settlers, since many of the places in the area have Celtic names.

This shot was taken in what photographers call the golden hour. This is the hour before sunset or after sunrise, when the light is warmer, and it is easier to balance the exposure between the sky and the land.

We left Sydney on Monday and spent our first night camped at Burning Mountain. It was assumed to be volcanic, although when geologists investigated it was discovered that the smoke was due to an underground coal seam, which has been burning for thousands of years.

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Melbourne Streets

Jason Benz — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 01:12:04 +0000

This night shot was taken of Melbourne in Victoria. To process this shot maximum desaturation was used on the greens, blues and purples. To help the taxis stand out the saturation of the oranges and yellows was increased.

Like many recent posts, this was taken last year. I have been developing RAW files from my archive as our UK stopover has taken longer than expected. We have booked our flights back to Australia now and will be posting new images after we land on the 10th May.

China Town

Jason Benz — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 21:34:50 +0000

This is China Town in Melbourne, Australia. We leave the city tomorrow after living here for four months. We plan to drive down to Phillip Island before going along the south coast then heading inland to cross the Great Dividing Range.

Model Melbourne

Jason Benz — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:33:11 +0000

This shows Flinders Street Station, St Pauls Cathedral and Federation Square in central Melbourne. This shot was taken from the Eureka Skydeck which is Australia‘s tallest building. I used tilt shift to create the miniature effect. We are leaving Melbourne in one week and heading towards Sydney where we are looking forward to meeting up with some friends and family.

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Edinburgh Lights

Jason Benz — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:56:08 +0000

This is my submission to VFXY’s weekly theme. This weeks theme is Lights. These are the layers I used to build up the image. The Hue/Saturation layer on top was needed to turn the traffic lights green. The auto white balance in the camera had decided they should be blue. It just shows you cannot always trust a cameras auto settings to get it right.