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of course I took a picture of the opera house...but not really the one I wanted...I had my heart set on a blue hour shot from across the water on the other side. Three problems -
1. the park to get to the other side of the bay closed at 8pm
2. I don't have a lens with that much zoom
3. I usually dont carry a tri-pod with me on vacation.
So, this is the best I could do...boo.
The hallway inside the Royal Opera House in Stockholm. Like the interior? I love the shadows being cast by the cealing lamps.
The sun goes down on the city
It's like an explosion of light
Reflecting on the pavement and the walls.
Le ciel descend sur la ville
C'est comme une explosion de lumière
Se réflétant sur les murs et le sol...
Liege, Belgium
The Vienna Opera. (It was sooo windy on top of Albertina last night that my camera was almost blown away!)
Looks really better in bigger size because of details.
Death Valley Junction California would be a ghost town if it wasn’t for the sparkling white Spanish Colonial style hotel and adjoining opera house at its center. The stats for the town are stark: gas stations-0, auto repair shops-0, bars-0, convenience stores-0, hotel-1, opera house-1, Cafes (associated with Hotel and open on weekends only)-1. These are unusual commercial stats for any town. Originally named Amargosa, the town started as a result of borax mining in the area. Located at the terminus of the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad, it soon had a population of 350 people, which was a good size for a remote desert town. Pacific Coast Borax Company constructed a U-shaped complex of Spanish Colonial style adobe buildings to house the company offices, store, dormitory, a twenty-three room hotel, dining room, lobby, and employees' headquarters. The buildings designed by architect Alexander Hamilton McCulloch became the center of town. A recreation hall, called Corkhill Hall, was built at the northeast end of the complex. A multipurpose facility, the building served as a community center and was used for dances, town meetings, as well as, church services, movies, and even funerals. Other structures and business were added to town. A large gas station across from the hotel provided gas for haul trucks and motorists adventurous enough to come out this far into the desert. Repair shops not only for haul trucks and cars but for railroad cars too opened for business. Soon stores, bar and other businesses opened and the town thrived. In the late1920s, the hotel served as a very nice place to stay for company executives and visiting investors. After what was a long hot train ride they were often met at the train by white-gloved valets who took them to the hotel.
Then the Great Depression, changes in mining locations and activity and World War II took its toll on the town. In 1942, the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad ceased to be economical. The tracks were torn up completely and sent to build a railroad to aid the Allies military effort in Egypt. Once the railroad stopped, the town slowly fell into disrepair. The town was renamed to Death Valley Junction with the hope of attracting tourists on the way to then Death Valley National Monument, but the decay of the town continued. Then in the spring of 1967, Marta Becket and her husband found themselves stuck with a flat tire near the town of Amargosa. While her husband attended to the tire, Marta wandered through the town. She soon found the old recreation hall. Drawn to it, she moved to town, and settled down. Marta, a dancer and performer her whole life, began performing shows in the Corkhill Hall which she renamed the Amagorsa Opera House. She painted murals on the walls and, after a 1970 National Geographic article, her performances became quite famous. Her last performance was in 2012 and she passed away in 2017.
Before her death, Ms. Becket established the nonprofit Amargosa Opera House, Inc. to continue preservation of the property. The nonprofit owns the town of Death Valley Junction, which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Though Marta is gone who legacy is carried by others who continue to perform in the Opera House..
Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge from Mrs Macquaries Chair. This is one of my favourite Sydney shots I have taken, what do you think?
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On a sunny day in Paris, I thought it best to spend some of my time indoors so I could get away from the heat and harsh light, and hopefully take a few photos.
I therefore headed over to the Palais Garnier to check out their beautiful interior. It was a little crowded, so getting a shot of their grand staircase without people was never going to happen. I sat on the steps to the balcony you see in this image, waiting for that moment when the stairs may suddenly become free from all of the couples posing and tour groups learning. As this woman stood to admire the view I realised that I didn’t really have to focus on the stairs at all, and could instead block the majority of people out by using the balcony, and that this woman standing there was probably the ideal focal point for the image. So I grabbed a quick shot before she moved.
Voila, a location I felt had no real promise due to the masses of people was suddenly presenting an image to me. I’m very pleased with the results.
I did have to get rid of 5 people from the shots on the stairs and other balconies, but luckily the place is pretty symmetrical so I was able to cut elements of the architecture, about an inch at a time, from one side of the building and flip it over to the other side to cover the people, and then mask it in to the original architecture. Turned out okay.
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I took about 6 photos panning across the inside of the opera house and stitched them together in Photoshop.
I really, really want to do the same shot on the night of a show.
Sydney Opera House (1957 - 1973) is a masterpiece of late modern architecture. It is admired internationally and proudly treasured by the people of Australia.
It was created by a young architect who understood and recognised the potential provided by the site against the stunning backdrop of Sydney Harbour.
Denmark’s Jørn Utzon gave Australia a challenging, graceful piece of urban sculpture in patterned tiles, glistening in the sunlight and invitingly aglow at night.
Jorn Utzon died in Copenhagen in November 2008 aged 90.