Sydney's Inner West
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View looking east across the harbour towards Barangaroo Reserve and Millers Point.
Photographed from the Balmain East Wharf, at the end of Darling Street, Balmain.
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF 16-35mm f/4 lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom and PhotoPad Pro by NCH software.
A Legacy 'Food' filter from the Flickr Photo Editor
It's the 'Victor Chang' catamaran.
One of Sydney's 'Emerald Class' ferries which started service in 2017.
Photographed at the Balmain East Wharf.
End of Darling Street, Balmain.
Sydney.
'Victor Chang' was named after Doctor Victor Chang, a renowned Australian heart surgeon, who was tragically murdered in 1991 at Mosman, in Sydney, by two young Malaysian men who sought to extort money from him. The killers each served over 18 years in prison and have now been deported to Malaysia.
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF 16-35mm f/4L IS USM lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom.
View across Darling Harbour from the Balmain East ferry wharf.
Eastern end of Darling Street, Balmain.
Looking east towards Barangaroo.
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF 16-35mm f/4L lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom and PhotoPad Pro by NCH software
The sunset over Balmain, in Sydney.
Photographed from the Barangaroo Reserve.
So I often travel into the city after work to take photographs, mostly around the harbour. The Barangaroo Reserve (near the Crown Casino Tower) provides views looking west across Darling Harbour towards Balmain. This is one of the views.
And, of-course, not too far away at Barangaroo it is cafe central with my choice being the cool 'Butchers Block' cafe. Great for flat white coffees after watching the sun set over Balmain.
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom and PhotoPad Pro by NCH software.
View looking east across Darling Harbour.
In the foreground is the Balmain East Wharf.
Located at the end of Darling Street, Balmain.
So, after photographing the harbour from Birchgrove on Tuesday evening, I had some Thai at the 'Monkey King' on Darling Street, Balmain (now this is seriously groovy Thai - I had Koo Wa Gai noodles with prawns & chicken), and a rum & raisin flavoured gelato at Gelatissimo, Balmain.
But then I thought, well I am so close to the city, I may as well stay out later and get some photos down at the end of Darling Street, near the wharf, where you can see across to the city, Barangaroo, and the bridge.
Parking was difficult though because of all the fishing dudes that were scattered about the Balmain East wharf, and along the harbour - fishing in the middle of the night!! What's going on? It should only be for photographers, lol. The wharf should be empty!!!
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom and PhotoPad Pro by NCH software.
A Legacy 'Candy' filter from the Flickr Photo Editor.
No. 20 Colgate Avenue, Balmain - in Sydney.
One of the original 'workers cottages', circa 1860.
Now utilised as a very cool 'Bed & Breakfast' venue.
The Fiat belongs to the owner of this cottage, who I just happened to meet two weekends ago when I parked in front of the Fiat and I was getting the camera out of the boot of my car. Suddenly, a voice called out from a man sitting on the cane chair (with a red velvet cushion) - "That's the wrong lens you're putting on that camera. And the light's no good now. You're too late. And why are you using a Canon? You should have a Nikon."
I was amazed and rather humbled - it was none other than legendary Sydney and world photographer, Neil Duncan. He photographed Wimbledon for the 'New York Times' back in the 1970s, amongst many other achievements in photography.
Just check out his photos:
neilduncan.com.au/travel/index.html
Anyway, we had a cup of tea on the little balcony and I thought better of taking any photos that day in the presence of this great, now quite elderly, but astute professional.
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom and PhotoPad Pro by NCH software.
A Legacy 'Candy' filter from the Flickr Photo Editor, chiefly to bring out the red in the Fiat, lol.
Darling Street Balmain East looking towards harbour - rendered version of b+w sketch posted in May 2018.
I edited out ceiling lights, wall decorations and door signs but not the man using the screen.
Balmain Library, Sydney
Orange Crush
R.E.M.
High on the roof, thin the blood
Another one came on the waves tonight
Comin' in, you're home
We would circle and we'd circle and we'd circle to stop and consider and centered on the pavement stacked up all the trucks jacked up and our wheels in slush and orange crush in pocket and all this here county, hell, any county, it's just like heaven here, and I was remembering and I was just in a different county and all then this whirlybird that I headed for I had my goggles pulled off; I knew it all, I knew every back road and every truck stop
I've got my spine, I've got my orange crush
(Collar me, don't collar me)
I've got my spine, I've got my orange crush
(We are agents of the free)
I've had my fun and now it's time to serve your conscience overseas
(Over me, not over me)
Coming in fast, over me (oh, oh)
Headed off down to Balmain this morning at 4am, to shoot the reflections of the City in the mirror like water.
Well, Twas a tad windy, so that didn’t happen.’there wasn’t a cloud in the sky when we got there at 4:40am, but by sunrise it was cloud central.
Looking over my shoulder and out under the harbour bridge, it looked rather bleak from where I was standing, but in front of me it was like Armageddon going off.
This is a 3 image blend. The water was a 5 minute image, the lights in the city was a 20 second image, and the sky was shot at 1/20 sec, -1 stop.
Hope you like “Orange Crush”
Cheers, Mike
I told them to pretend I was not there.
Aren't they sweet. I wish I have a life long friend too.
Elkington Park, Balmain, Australia (Sunday 30 Oct 2016)