Opera House, Blue Hour, Sunrise

Sunset

I was taking sunset shots at the northern end of Barangaroo. It was an ordinary sunset and no clouds. As I was packing up, I turned around 180 degrees and saw this looking at Lavender Bay and North Sydney.

Luna Park

Strand Arcade

Strand Arcade is a small (by today’s standard) shopping mall, if you can call it that.  It was built in the 1890’s and was refurbished in the 1980’s or 1990’s.  It has 3 floors with a simple  corridor and 1 row of shops on either side.  You can walk through it in about 3 minutes.  The shops are small.  The ones on the upper levels are about 5m x 5m each.  The ones on the ground floor are even smaller.  It still retains its orignal features of sorts – brightly lacquered dark wood panels and an old tight iron lift that takes forever to go up 3 flights.  Its tenants are mostly boutique fashion and some cafes.  The roof is made of glass so natural light falls right through.  I choose to go through this arcade whenever I can because of these features, even though I am not the sort of clientele for the shops (except for JB Hi Fi which sells cds, dvds and other electronics).  Because of the glass roof, you cannot never be sure of the what sort of lighting it will be.  You just have to leave it to the natural environments – so different to your enclosed modern malls.

I seriously hope it doesn’t get sold.  If it does, the developer will simply keep the outside fascade and build some concrete offices on top of it.

CSL Pacific, Barangaroo

This is the Barangaroo site on Western Sydney. It is currently empty and going through constructions. Lots of it. During the weekdays, you may hear the occasional controlled explosions. It is also used as a temporary second cruiser terminal. On this weekend, some mining transportation ship came along.

Observatory Hill, Sunset HDR

When I was at Observatory Hill, I also took bracketed shots of the sunset.  This is how one of them turned out.

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HDR Test