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IMAGE INFO
- Photographer's viewpoint is looking south-south-east.
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SOURCE INFO
- One copy of a nitrate photonegative, 9 x 15 cm real photo postcard from the "Samuel Wood - postcard photonegatives of Cronulla, ca. 1928-1932 Collection".
- The original was digitized by the State Library of New South Wales
- The digitized original was originally available from the SLNSW online collection here:
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CREDITS
- Samuel Wood (1876-1957) for the original B&W real photo postcard.
- Mitchell & State Libraries of New South Wales for their valuable work in digitizing, archiving & making available online this rare historical content.
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COPYRIGHT STATUS
- Per SLNSW advice:
Out of copyright: created before 1955
- Regarding my own work in creating this unique cropped, restored & duo-toned version from the digitized original, I have applied "Attribution-Share Alike".
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RE-PROCESS INFO
- Downloaded a copy of the scanned original from SLNSW.
- Latest version re-coloured using MyHeritage app.
- Image enhanced using Topaz Gigapixel AI, Skylum Luminar Neo AI & Adobe Photoshop CS2.
Taken in October 2015. The only pond of the four that looks like one.
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Call number: ON 588/ Box 21/ 40
Digital ID: c071860040
Format: glass photonegative
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Taken in June 2015. Just as the weather was changing with a strengthening north easterly wind and rather more cloud. The cars parked on the quay were starting to get a nice wash in salty spray and before long only the most determined remained on the beach. The very large wind farm out in the Channel can be seen on the horizon.
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Carthona, Darling Point, N.S.W., ca. 1870s, State Library of New South Wales, SPF / 351 digital.sl.nsw.gov.au/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?emb...
Flickering Jack-O-Lantern photo made to look like lightning hitting the Jack-O-Lantern using the Ribbet website
Nos 133-139 Macquarie Street, ca. 1925-1930, Hall & Co., Home and Away - 35086 ON2/386 digital.sl.nsw.gov.au/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?emb...
This little guy was whirling around like a dervish building his new home. I wondered how many times in a day it would be destroyed and rebuilt. At times she/he was literally hanging by a thread. Should really be viewed larger .
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Taken in October 2015. Properly known as Limonium, a genus of 120 flower species. Members are also known as sea lavender, statice, or marsh-rosemary. Despite their common names, species are not related to the lavenders or to rosemary. They are instead in Plumbaginaceae, the plumbago or leadwort family. A most useful feature is being able to pick and dry them without losing their colour.
These have been out of water for several days, giving me my own tame floral arrangement which can be admired or photographed as desired. Some fill in light has been provided by a cheap (5 GBP) but surprisingly powerful LED torch. Taken with the 100mm f2.0 Zeiss Makro Planar lens converted to a Sony A mount with a Leitax bayonet.
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Villawood, Liverpool, Sydney, 1967, Milton Kent, State Library of New South Wales, ON 447/Box 086, digital.sl.nsw.gov.au/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?emb...
Cremorne Point, North Sydney, 1927-1932, Milton Kent State Library of New South Wales, ON 447/Box 086, digital.sl.nsw.gov.au/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?emb...
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Call number: ON 588/ Box 06/ 28
Digital ID: c071430028
Format: glass photonegative
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Photo of a Milbert's Tortoiseshell butterfly made with an extra black and white effect added before being converted to sepia using the Ribbet website
Shot with a Beroflex 400mm f 6.3 prime on a Pentax K3 with some additional footage from a Mokomura 400mm f6.3. The Beroflex is from around 1980 has 13 blades. The chromatic aberration has been kept, which for the Beroflex equated to a tight crimson line, and for the Mokomura a softer blue green line. The lens are both Japanese. The Mokomura has 18 or so aperture blades and produced interesting bokeh at all apertures. The 'Mo' is added and it is from the Komura name which is well respected. I've a 'new' copy of the Beroflex, and when contrasted with the Mokomura or, for example a Tiar 3 or a long Takumar, it comes across more like a hoover tube than a solid lens, and has a 'give' to the structure that is as unsettling as a rusty boat before a storm. It's not as well balanced as the Tair on the tripod but is fast to focus and the results are not without charm. The Mokomura needs a heavy tripod to remain in balance with the 1,200 gram lens attached to the mid point of the lens. Manual focus lenses can be a real pain if you shoot birds, and by the time a Tair 3 or Mokomura 400mm is focused, the bird is probably dead - with the Beroflex you have a real chance of capturing a little blur. Despite all of the 'flex', the Beroflex had few flair issues and came up with some really nice bokeh with a smallest aperture of f32. The Mokomura is a time consuming lens to work with but a poetic gift for bokeh lovers. The Pentax K3 captor had problems keeping up with the light and there are issues of noise - but I did shoot with normal settings rather than easing the load by turning saturation and co' down. The music is a segment from the 1974 recording of 'Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ'. There are a number of great versions of this work, but I opted for one close to its date of origin. As always Photoshop but no rendering.
AJ
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Here's the wireframe template I designed whilst working on ideas for our iPhone App Momento.
Grid squares are equivalent to 10px, and tick marks indicate the heights of the Status Bar, Navigation Bar, Keyboard, Tab Bar and Toolbar, both vertically and horizontally.
Follow me on Twitter or Dribbble to stay up to date with any changes.
Hope you find this useful!
Update: 16/04/10 - Fixed a hiccup with the Navbar tickmarks.
For best results print borderless.
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Designed by Oliver Waters. Freely distributed by d3i under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial licence.
A lens test for the Mir 1 37mm prime from the early 1970s. The lens formula was inspired by the Carl Zeiss Flektogon which is a touch wider at 35mm, so it was not a machine replica. The lens is well known for its flare, which is often visible during this test without being utterly obvious - mainly at the beginning. To get the flare no lens hood was used. There are six lenses in five groups and 8 aperture blades that remain pretty circular. There is an aperture preset ring which can be left at f16 to let the second flow smoothly through the stops. This is silent and an therefore a serious advantage for filming and situations where micro adjustments between stops can help. At 37mm the lens is perhaps more about flare than bokeh, not as relaxed or light finding as a Takumar 35mm, but solid and a provider of interesting results. An M39 mount so needs a step up ring to M42.
The music is by the French artist Camille, whose spirit of experimentation of subject, song armature and ornamentation has placed her on the top-table of artists. The dynamic range of her voice has yet to be matched in the world of optics? Parts of the record were recorded at la Chapelle du Pin, which is in the same broad area as the waterfall in this test.
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A moving-bokeh lens-test for the Schneider G-Claron 210mm
The music is by The Byrds and is called 'Tribal Gathering'. It was released in 1968 on the long playing record "The Notorious Byrd Brothers" and was written by David Crosby in August of 1967 inspired by a gathering in March of the same year.
The music is copyrighted to Columbia records B00JJIDSL2
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Arches of the Sydney Harbour Bridge under construction, looking east, 1929-1932, Milton Kent, State Library of New South Wales, ON 447/Box 086, digital.sl.nsw.gov.au/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?emb...
IMAGE INFO
- Viewpoint is looking east from the promenade at Coogee Beach.
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SOURCE INFO
- 1 photographic print - 11.3 x 98 cm - panorama, 4 panels on linen
- Photographer Robert P. Moore (also listed as R.P. Moore)
- The original was digitized by the State Library of New South Wales
- The digitized original is available from the SLNSW online collection "R.P. Moore" here:
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CREDITS
- Robert P. Moore (photographer)
- State Library of New South Wales for their valuable work in digitizing, archiving & making available online this rare historical content.
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COPYRIGHT STATUS
- Per SLNSW advice:
Out of copyright: created before 1955
- Regarding my own work in creating this unique cropped, restored & duo-toned version from the digitized original, I have applied "Attribution-Share Alike".
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PROCESS INFO
- I downloaded copies of the 4 x individual panels of the digitized original (very faded).
- Using Adobe Photoshop Creative Suite 8.0 I resized the images to match scale of each, cut the images for exact fit, re-aligned & manually merged the images.
- Enlarged & cropped the resulting full panorama image for better framing, then restored contrast, sharpness & used duotone for better tonal range.
Call number: ON 388/Box 030/Item 164
Digital ID: FL9648023
Format: photonegative
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Miss Annette Kellermann, from Mina Wylie, her family, swimming colleagues and friends - travelling, holidays and swimming competitions, photographed from ca.1883-1930s, PXE 1028, digital.sl.nsw.gov.au/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?emb...
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Miss Annette Kellermann, from Mina Wylie, her family, swimming colleagues and friends - travelling, holidays and swimming competitions, photographed from ca.1883-1930s, PXE 1028, digital.sl.nsw.gov.au/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?emb...
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IMAGE INFO
- Viewpoint is looking south from Bream Street at a position just east of Arden Street towards the 800m long "Figure Eight" at Coogee (part of the entertainment facilities owned by the Palace Aquarium managers).
- I have dated the image to circa Dec 1910, since
(a) The first substantial Coogee Surf Life Saving Club house was built in 1910 & is clearly visible here &,
(b) The Figure Eight had already closed down by January 1912 & was demolished completely by Feb 1912.
- The "Figure Eight" amusement ride was widely advertised & very popular for the first few years after it first opened in October 1907. However, waning economic conditions in the lead up to WW1 resulted in it being closed & demolished by February 1912.
- An extract of an article titled "RIVAL SEASIDE RESORTS" in the Sydney Morning Herald dated 10 Oct 1907 (page 11) describes the "Figure Eight Railway" ride at Coogee thus: "Briefly described, this "spasm producer" is a varlety of the switch-back on a more complicated scale, and provides an undulating rush along cliff levels for a distance of half a mile. The management guarantees the safety of the four passengers in each of the eight motor-car-shaped trucks. At night over 1000 incandescent electric lights will Illuminate the track in such a manner that the trip will be made through an archway of light. After reaching the starting platform at an altitude of about 70ft or 80ft the cars travel In obedience to the laws of gravitation, and several times describe the figure 8." :0)
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SOURCE INFO
- One 8.8 x 14 cm colorized real photo postcard from the W.H. Broadhurst "Scenes of Coogee Beach" series.
- Photographic Studio is Broadhurst, Sydney
- The original was digitized by the State Library of New South Wales
- The digitized original is available from the SLNSW online collection here:
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CREDITS
- William Henry Broadhurst (for the real photo postcard)
- State Library of New South Wales for their valuable work in digitizing, archiving & making available online this rare historical content.
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COPYRIGHT STATUS
- Per SLNSW advice:
Out of copyright: created before 1955
- Regarding my own work in creating this unique cropped, restored & duo-toned version from the digitized original, I have applied "Attribution-Share Alike".
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PROCESS INFO
- I downloaded a copy of the digitized original (very faded with blotchy color).
- Using Adobe Photoshop Creative Suite 8.0, I removed the blotches of color that interfere with the image, enlarged by 100% , cropped for better framing, then restored contrast, sharpness & used a dark sepia duo-tone curve for better tonal range.
Taken in September 2014. Like most woodland, I struggled to find something to photograph but these patches of light came to the rescue.
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Call number: ON 588/ Box 24/ 49
Digital ID: c071840049
Format: glass photonegative
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One more Otis Redding - thanks for indulging me! Lyrics as follows. It's a great tune - Hope you enjoy.
These arms of mine, they are lonely,
Lonely and feeling blue.
These arms of mine, they are yearning,
Yearning from wanting you.
And if you would let them hold you,
Oh how grateful I will be.
These arms of mine, they are burning,
Burning from wanting you.
These arms of mine, they are wanting,
Wanting to hold you.
And if you would let them hold you,
Oh how grateful I will be.
Come on, come on please let them.
Just be my (little wo)man.
Just be my lover.
I need me somebody, somebody to treat me right.
I need your arms, loving arms to hold me tight.
I need your, I need your tender lips, to hold me,
To hold me together when I'm around you.
IMAGE INFO
- Photographer's viewpoint is looking south from an elevated position near where the main sea baths are now located.
- Note that the foreshore promenade only fronts Cronulla Park at this time. It has not yet been constructed to the north & south of the beach proper.
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SOURCE INFO
- One copy of a nitrate photonegative, 9 x 15 cm real photo postcard from the "Samuel Wood - postcard photonegatives of Cronulla, ca. 1928-1932 Collection".
- The original was digitized by the State Library of New South Wales
- The digitized original is available from the SLNSW online collection here:
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CREDITS
- Samuel Wood (1876-1957) for the original B&W real photo postcard.
- Mitchell & State Libraries of New South Wales for their valuable work in digitizing, archiving & making available online this rare historical content.
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COPYRIGHT STATUS
- Per SLNSW advice:
Out of copyright: created before 1955
- Regarding my own work in creating this unique cropped, restored & colourized version, I have applied "All rights reserved" status.
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PROCESS INFO
- I downloaded a copy of the digitized original (very badly faded with uneven exposure).
- Using Adobe Photoshop Creative Suite (Windows), I enlarged by ~95% , adjusted areas of uneven exposure & restored contrast & sharpness.
- Colorized version created using MyHeritage online app + Adobe PS CS (Windows).
Drenthe blijft een ontdekkingsreis.
thanks Harry for the new title ;-)
Old, but charming on White canvas
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Millers Point, looking north, after demolition of houses for construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1927-1932, Milton Kent, State Library of New South Wales, ON 447/Box 086, digital.sl.nsw.gov.au/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?emb...
©JaneBrown2018 All Rights Reserved. This image is not available for use on websites, blogs or other media without explicit written permission
I have had to succumb to corel. I am now using a trial on corel paintshop 2019 - which is not so very different from corel pro 9. I have spent the latter part of the affternoon trying to organize the toolbars and palettes into something like a familiar form.
Here Elsie is adding a black pipecleaner spider to her hat (now that is scary!)
IMAGE INFO
- The original version of this photo was taken for a Mr Mulray, who commissioned Samuel Hood while Sam was on assignment shooting various scenes around the Coogee area.
- The photographer's viewpoint is looking east along Neptune St, across Beach Street South, with Coogee Bay & Wedding Cake Island in the background.
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SOURCE INFO
- 1 x 35 mm film photo-negative (copied from an original nitrate photo-negative)
- The original photo was digitized by the State Library of New South Wales from the donated original.
- The digitized original is available from the SLNSW online collection here:
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CREDITS
- Samuel Hood for the original B&W image.
- Mitchell & State Libraries of New South Wales for their valuable work in digitizing, archiving & making available online this rare historical content.
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COPYRIGHT STATUS
- Per SLNSW advice:
Out of copyright: created before 1955
- Regarding my own work in creating this unique, cropped & restored sepia version from the copy of the digitized original, I have applied a Creative Commons "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives" Copyright.
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PROCESS INFO
- I downloaded a copy of the publicly available digitized B&W original [very grainy & faded].
- Latest version colourized & enhanced using topaz Gigapixel AI, Skylum Luminar Neo AI & Adobe Photoshop CS2 softwares.
Taken in November 2015. 'Foggy days in London Town' are now quite rare following the ban on coal fires. Since the taking of this, it has just been cloud, with or without drizzle and rain. That hasn't changed. I wasn't the only one out taking pictures of this rare event.
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STILL IN THAT 'OTHER' MODE ... SO NO OBLIGATION!!! I'm building up my photostream for my website. Back to you all soon ... things still sorthing themselves out.
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Call number: Home and Away - 5394
Digital ID: FL1426001
Format: glass photonegative
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Same Jack-O-Lantern decoration as in the previous two photos, but made with a Scary Movie effect using the Ribbet website; effect needs Ribbet Premium subscription, but is free to everyone during Hallowe'en week
Taken in September 2014. A memory of a fine day spent in good company in a Vilnius garden.
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Photo of a Common Sulphur butterfly converted to sepia and with the Exposure adjusted to -40 using the Ribbet website
Cremorne Point, North Sydney,, 1927-1932, Milton Kent, State Library of New South Wales, ON 447/Box 086, digital.sl.nsw.gov.au/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?emb...
IMAGE INFO
- Viewpoint is looking north-north-east from an elevated position on the Grand Pacific Hotel (cnr Carr Street & Beach Street South) along the main Beach Street pedestrian promenade & Coogee Beach.
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SOURCE INFO
- Photographer is Arthur Ernest Foster.
- The original was digitized by the State Library of New South Wales from .
- The digitized original is available from the SLNSW online collection "Box 55 - Sydney Suburbs" here:
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CREDITS
- Arthur Ernest Foster (photographer)
- State Library of New South Wales for their valuable work in digitizing, archiving & making available online this rare historical content.
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COPYRIGHT STATUS
- Per SLNSW advice:
Out of copyright: created before 1955
- Regarding my own work in creating this unique cropped, restored & sepia duo-tone version from a downloaded copy of the digitized original, I have applied a Creative Commons "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivative" Copyright.
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PROCESS INFO
- I downloaded a copy of the digitized original (small file size & very faded, with areas of uneven exposure).
- Using Adobe Photoshop CS Windows, I cropped out the badly faded edges, enlarged the cropped image ~50%, then restored contrast, sharpness, adjusted uneven exposure areas & applied a sepia duo-tone curve for significantly better overall dynamic range.
I was rather disappointed in the lights; they seemed to lack impact and were quite difficult to see let alone photograph although the design was very elegant. With a 6 second exposure and a lot of traffic, results were a bit haphazard but this one seemed to have come out quite well.
My first use in anger of the Super Takumar 150mm f4.0, a really nice all metal but light lens.
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Call number: ON 588/ Box 18/ 15
Digital ID: c071780015
Format: glass photonegative
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Taken in June 2008. The walk up the valley was very pleasant with the light and backdrop of cloud, a rare event this summer. The buildings have been brightened up a bit following a comment - it does help the picture so thank you, Nellie, for pointing it out.
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Taken in September 2015. Glass fibre has been around long enough for some of the abandoned boats on Dungeness beach to be constructed from it. It doesn't weather with quite the elegance of wood but it has its moments. There has been some work done on what was visible through the hole (possibly there to allow through a mooring rope or to drain the scuppers) but otherwise very much as seen.
Taken with the 100mm f2.0 Zeiss Makro Planar lens converted to a Sony A mount with a Leitax bayonet.
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IMAGE INFO
- The photographer's viewpoint is centred looking north-east from the slopes of the hill west of Como Station (near where the end of Como Parade in Como West is today).
- By this time, Christmas holiday outings by rail from Sydney to Como by day trippers & picnickers was proving very popular, with fishing, boating & other leisure activities becoming well-catered for.
- By the time this photo was taken (c.1900), the "old" Como Station with single short platform on the eastern side of a single track (which opened 26 Dec 1885) had been completely demolished & re-built during 1889-90, with an additional track dedicated to southbound train movements being added on the eastern side of the existing single track, south from the rail bridge abutment & a larger station building constructed on the new extended western platform. The original single track became a northbound line only. A second "Gauntlet" track was laid next to the existing track across the single width bridge so as to alleviate the need to use levered points at either end.
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SOURCE INFO
- This version is a copy of an original Albumen photo print c.1900 (commonly used for commercial sale as real photo cards or post cards) which has been digitized & is held in the New South Wales State Library online image collection digital.sl.nsw.gov.au/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps...
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ATTRIBUTION INFO
- Star Photo Co. (1894-1928), the creator of the original image,
- Mitchell & State Libraries of New South Wales for their valuable work of scanning & digitizing these rare historic images.
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COPYRIGHT INFO
- The original image is no longer restricted by any form of Copyright, per State Library of New South Wales copyright advice -
"Out of Copyright
Reason for copyright status: Created/Published Date is Before 1955
Material type: Photograph
COPYRIGHT & PERMISSIONS:
This image may be used freely for research and study purposes. Further use may require permission. Please acknowledge that the image is from the collections of the State Library of New South Wales".
- As for my own work in creating this restored duo-tone version, I have applied a Creative Commons "Attribution-Non-Commercial-ShareAlike" copyright .
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PROCESS INFO
- A copy of the archived digital image was downloaded from NSWSL.
- Latest version re-coloured using MyHeritage app.
- Image enhanced using Topaz Gigapixel AI, Skylum Luminar Neo AI & Adobe Photoshop CS2.
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ADDITIONAL HISTORIC INFO
- STAR PHOTO CO. was operated by the proprietor William Livermore (chief photographer). I found an early notice in the Daily Commercial News & Shipping List (Sydney) which shows the Star Photo Co. had imported 1 case of "pictures" (probably photographic glass plates) from Victoria, passing Customs on 3 Apr 1894.
- I would suggest most entries found on other websites that claim Star Photo Co. was only operational from as late as 1898 would appear to be incorrect, since the newspaper evidence shows that Star Photo Co. was already actively engaged in the commercial photographic business, from at least as early as April of 1894!
Sydney looking west, during construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1929-1932, Milton Kent, State Library of New South Wales, ON 447/Box 086, digital.sl.nsw.gov.au/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?emb...
IMAGE INFO
- This rare, historic image was taken after a day of extreme heat in Sydney, when officials opened the entrances at the Coogee Beach shark-proof enclosure south of the Coogee Ocean Pier for night bathing under floodlights (the night lighting had been in operation since 16th November, when the shark-proof enclosure was first officially opened).
- The cost of entry was only 1d per person (whereas the Pier cost 3d per Adult + 3d per Child)
- The photographer's viewpoint is looking south-east from an elevated position atop the roof of one of the Coogee Pier's structures.
- Q: "What happens if you need to leave your friend(s) in the middle of the crowd to go to the loos"? Good luck on finding your way back safely! :o0 (see following news reports).
- The Labor Daily newspaper dated Tuesday 10 December 1929 (page 1) reports luridly that "NIGHT BATHING - Thousands of people stormed the entrance to Coogee shark-net enclosure last night. Approximately 20,000 people were on the beach, while something like 50,000 were in and about the sands, promenades, pier & so forth. As early as 9 o'clock carloads of people, their costumes still dry, left the place" and "Such a crowd was not anticipated, and trouble was not long in coming. Eastern Suburbs Ambulance had three waggons working all night ... there were collapses due to people being overcome in the crush; collisions in the congested waters, and people hit by cars in the jumbled traffic". Officially, it seems the number of actual entrants to the enclosed area of Coogee Beach was "11,225" (a record figure), or "nearly 12,000" - those figures being reported in numerous other newspapers of 10th December. The Evening News went so far as to report "...the crowd in the vicinity [of Coogee Beach] was estimated at 100,000. About 3,000 cars were parked near the beach"....Yikes, that's insane!! :oO Similar numbers became a regular occurrence on hot nights, so it is no wonder petitions started to flood in to Council from many angry local residents concerned at the mayhem all these "blow-ins" from other suburbs were causing!
- Note the "shark-proof" net supporting cables in the foreground, with all the night paddlers/bathers splashing around in the shore break. Unfotunately, it was discovered over time that the so-called "shark-proof" net was not that "shark-proof" at all, with undetected big deep holes in the shore sand banks caused by rips & storms, often leaving gaps in the defenses big enough for any hungry predator to pass through with ease!
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SOURCE INFO
- 1 x glass photo-negative from the Hood Collection.
- Photographer Sam Hood (1872-1953)
- The original was digitized by the State Library of New South Wales
- The digitized original is available from the SLNSW online collection "Hood Collection" here:
digital.sl.nsw.gov.au/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps...
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CREDITS
- Sam Hood (photographer)
- State Library of New South Wales for their valuable work in digitizing, archiving & making available online this rare historical content.
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COPYRIGHT STATUS
- Per SLNSW advice:
Out of copyright: created before 1955
- Regarding my own work in creating this unique cropped, restored & duo-toned version from the digitized original, I have applied "Attribution-Share Alike".
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PROCESS INFO
- I downloaded a copy of the digitized original (very faded & overexposed).
- Latest version re-processed using AI enlargement & enhancement software.
Taken in September 2015. Offered in two versions with different crops. I suppose version 1 may be felt to have too much sky but it seemed too good to waste and I quite like the effect of a landscape dwarfed by the sky. Version 2 reverses the ratio of sky to land and gave me the chance to bump up the contrast as the brightest part of version 1 had been cropped.
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