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One Thousand Word Challenge 195: A Passion for Boats
It was a fairly cloudless day. The wind blew westward, or at least it blew roughly westward, and the waves were, for the most part, low. The beach’s slope was gentle, though it seldom wasn’t and everything looked like it … Continue reading
Five-Hundred Word Challenge 958: Kind of Disconnected
Ow, pain, you get the idea. Gardening is a fun thing to do but instead of talking about that I am going to follow the whimsy. I don’t know where it will lead, but follow it I will, for there … Continue reading
Tiles to the Sky
This is one of the recent photos I took where I was trying to have The Sydney Opera House be decontextualised whilst still appearing recognisably as itself. I think this one has it no longer being recognisably itself. That said, … Continue reading
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Under a Sail
Here’s a part of The Sydney Opera House. I like seeing the underside of this sail as it shows the utilitarian aspect of the building. In part the the structure appears as though it was influenced by brutalism, which makes … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, design, house, monochrome, opera, sail, shape, structure, Sydney, tiles, urban
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Valley
Another shot of Sydney Opera House. What I like about this one is just how massive this part of the building feels. It seems like its dwarfing the people in the shot as it is. One of the few times … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, Australia, design, house, monochrome, opera, People, sail, steps, Sydney, urban
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Scales
Taken on the same day as the one on which I took the shot of this magpie-lark. I like how the pattern on this sail of The Sydney Opera House comes through. I think it gives a strong sense of … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, contrast, design, house, lines, monochrome, opera, pattern, sail, scales, Sydney
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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 514: Pull From the Winds
There is much to pull from the winds as the sails fill with then. There is a direction in which we shall be pushed and we must follow the path that is set out before us. Who knows where it … Continue reading
Five-Hundred Word Challenge 424: Float and Act
Pulling the sails tight and drawing them close in order to conceal the evidence of a murdered body floating down the river and by the viewers and the tourists, but that was always the plan. Only due to the fact … Continue reading
Yachts
Yesterday I walked from Spit Bridge to Manly. It was the first time I’d seen Spit Bridge raised. These yachts were passing through to the other side. I’m not sure about the light balance, but I do like the cooler … Continue reading
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