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Viewed from the Captain Cook Cruise boat from Fremantle up the Swan River to Perth. With my school friend who was over from the UK visiting her son and his family in Perth. Wonderful catch up :-) photos in comments.
For nearly 40,000 years the area on which Perth now stands was occupied by groups of the Nyoongar people and their ancestors – a fact that has been verified by the discovery of ancient stone implements near the Swan River which have been carbon dated at 38,000 years old.
In December, 1696, three ships in the fleet commanded by de Vlamingh anchored off Rottnest Island and on 5th January, 1697, a well-armed party landed near the present-day Cottesloe Beach, marching eastward to the Swan River near Freshwater Bay. They tried to contact some of the Nyoongar to enquire about the fate of survivors of the Ridderschap van Hollant, lost in 1694, but were unsuccessful. Following this encounter, they sailed north, but not before de Vlamingh had bestowed the name Swan on the river because of the black swans he saw swimming there.
Just over 100 years later, in 1829, Captain James Stirling founded Perth as part of the Swan River Colony. Stirling thought the natural environment around Perth was “as beautiful as anything of this kind I had ever witnessed” and advocated that a colony be established there. The British Government agreed to found the colony as the first free settlement in Australia, and settlers began to arrive in Western Australia in June 1829.
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Stirling officially declared the foundation of Perth, capital of the colony, on 12 August 1829, the date chosen to honour the birthday of the King George IV. The name of Perth was chosen after the birthplace of Sir George Murray, the British Secretary of State for the Colonies.
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28/365 2018
52 weeks of 2018, week 5, SOOC, straight out of the camera, zero editing.
Note: camera time was 16:12, Queensland time, 2 hours ahead of actual Perth time :-)
Saturday challenge - memories
Light painting Perth's DNA Tower. When looking around for places to photograph in Perth whilst at a conference, I came across the DNA Tower in Kings Park. Deciding it needed some light painting treatment, I brought along my LED Lenser P7QC and a diffuser.
After a couple of test runs, 4 takes to get the exposure right, and a few mozzie bites, I worked out I had climbed up or down 1212 steps. Not surprisingly my legs were a bit sore the next day!
On reflection, I should have done a bit more light painting around the base of the tower, but as Perth is a 8000km round trip from Brisbane, I doubt I'll be back for another attempt for a while.
Lighting: Ledlenser P7QC with diffuser and red (up) and green (down) followed by a white wash of the structure for 30secs.
Post processed from RAW in Adobe Lightroom 6.
Iʼm tearing up, across your face
Move dust through the light
To find your name
It's something faint
Not yet awake, I'm raised of wake.
I'm halfway through this project! I haven't been on time, but I've made it.
NOTE: I am SO appreciative of everybody's absolutely lovely feedback on this, it's brought me to tears more than once seeing your beautiful comments :,)))) I seriously wasn't expecting this to be so noticed, if anything it's a bit more cliche but wow. Thank you all so so much. :)
I've had an incredible start to 2013. I rang it in with my best friends at college and it was simply magical. So I wanted to create a photo just as dreamlike as that night because I fully believe 2013 is going to be good to me. I tend to reflect, a lot, (what can I say, I used to want to be a writer....) but I did learn a lot about myself in 2012 and it's time I kick my butt into gear and take control of my life and careers. Lately, music has meant quite a bit to me in regards to this. I really love the explanation that Justin Vernon gave to his songs Perth and Beth/Rest, both of which mean a whole lot to me:
'"Perth' is this awakening or this birth. And to relate it to some of the conversation we've been having, it's sort of that moment when you have decided to wake up and take control."
I never would have thought I could tackle this sort of concept and make it realistic enough. But I like this. As much as I adore dark art, I feel like most of my photos have been rather light, airy and vibrantly colored. I guess I tend to photograph and edit brighter, lightheartedly, with a positive feel to make up for every time bad news came my way the past year. Then again that's what photography's like for me. A magical escape, where anything from dreams can become reality. A new world.
Quick editing video here! I also got really bored the night before and made a short video here documenting my workshop with Brooke Shaden over the summer.
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Perth was alive with color in Kings Park botanical garden. 16 JUNE - 30 JULY 2023.
Begin your journey beneath tree canopies illuminated in colour, walk under larger-than-life flowers and into dynamic, glowing tunnels. Enjoy breathtaking lightworks created by the best local and international artists. Winter in Perth will never be the same, Lightscape sells out across the world
Date : 21st April 2016
Time : 5:30am
Location : Gooseberry Hill : 31.9414°S 116.0479°E
Camera : Nikon D750
Lens : Sigma 150-600mm f5-6.3 C lens + Sigma TC-2001 Teleconverter
Distance from the camera to Perth city : 18km
Everything was lined up perfectly. Just the right amount of cloud cover. The moon mildly illuminating the Perth CBD... and then the wind picked up.
I was planning for a 1200mm shot of the moon behind the city but the conditions quickly became unfavourable. Zooming out the 750mm, I managed to salvage the mornings' shoot.
Although it's 6 months old, and I've taken a few more similar shots since, this remains one of my favourite photographs of Perth city.
This view of the cityscape was taken from the South Perth foreshore on Australia Day 2015, not long after the firework display had ended.
I'd only had my Fuji X-A1 for about 4 weeks, and as I recall, this was the first time I started to experiment with different shutter speeds and settings.
The night time view of the city is always striking to behold. On this particular occasion the weather was perfect and the water calm and still. I love the glassy smooth surface of the water, and the reflections of the city lights on the Swan River.
Perth and the River Tay at dawn as mist and fog rolls in.
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Perth City Colours - Sunrise
Sunrise over Perth city - Western Australia .
Had to run out to the airport early this morning , on the way home decided to take the drone out to get some morning sunrise photos of Perth city . Lucky enough I got a spectacular sunrise .
Taken with the DJI Inspire RAW click.dji.com/sqLTijZWovQZUM_0…
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Perth is the capital city of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth as of 2023. It is part of the South West Land Division of Western Australia, with most of Perth's metropolitan area on the Swan Coastal Plain between the Indian Ocean and the Darling Scarp. The city has expanded outward from the original British settlements on the Swan River, upon which its central business district and port of Fremantle are situated.
When the light’s right…
… drop everything, grab your camera, and get snapping. I spotted this scene from our kitchen window, grabbed my camera, ran upstairs… and even in that short time (less than 1 minute?), the light had changed quite a bit.
I like the contrast of the sunshine on the woods and the dark clouds in the background. The city in the foreground sets some kind of context.
P106-4061 Taken at: Murray Place, Perth, Scotland
IMAGE INFO
- Point of view is looking north east along Barrack Street.
- Zoom setting = Nil.
- Perth Town Hall Wiki link:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth_Town_Hall
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PROCESS INFO
- Enhanced sharpness, exposure, hue/sat & increased shadow dynamic range using Adobe Photoshop CS Windows.