The Archibald Fountain In Hyde Park Sydney

Thursday, May 14th, 2009 at 3:00 am

I found that the best time for finding subjects to photo was while the family was asleep, as this let me roam around Sydney a bit without any complaints from the wife and kids. I found that Hyde Parke offered a few opportunities and the centerpiece had to be the Archibald Fountain, of which you will find several photos below. It was designed by François Sicard and donated by J.F. Archibald in 1932 to honor Australia’s contribution to World War I in France. When you consider the size and beauty of the fountain you would agree this was quite a sizable donation.

The fountain featured many mythical subjects. This one is of a Theseus slaying a minotaur.

A naked bloke with a couple of goats. Not sure who he is, but probably, to keep with the theme, he is some Greek god or other.

Next is Dianna the goddess of purity who appears topless revealing that a woman’s bare chest was quite acceptable in the 30’s as long as it was art related.

Apollo, the centerpiece of the fountain.

A shot of the fountain with St. Mary’s Cathedral in the background. More photos of this stunning cathedral will be posted soon.

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Reflections Of Sydney

Monday, May 4th, 2009 at 10:03 pm

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When framing or composing your photo it is sometimes a good idea to look deeper into your subject. One of the things that you notice a lot of in Sydney is it’s tall buildings and a lot of people try to take a photo with some sort of skyline in the background. With this shot I zoomed in and focused on a portion of the windows of the building as I thought this would make a good photo.

I’m pretty pleased with the result as it gives it a look of a painting that some modern artist painted.

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Sailboats In Sydney Harbor With Opera House Backdrop

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 at 11:34 pm

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While in Sydney we took a ferry over to Watsons Bay, which considering my proneness to sea sickness wasn’t the best of trips. We stopped over for a bit to have a meal at Doyles Restaurant. The food was pretty good but as far as I was concerned not worth the nauseous trip. Perhaps if I was feeling better I would have appreciated the food more.

I was sort of dreading the trip back, but fortunately we boarded a catamaran on the return journey which was shorter time wise and a hell of a lot better in the nausea department. I was even able to take a couple of shots, this one of the colorful sailboats being one of my favorite, especially because I as also able to capture the Sydney Opera House in the background.

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The Sydney Harbor Bridge New And Old

Saturday, January 10th, 2009 at 5:15 am

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OK, let’s give the Sydney Opera House a bit of a break shall we. What say we show you just a couple of photos I took of the Sydney Harbor Bridge, the very bridge that Paul Hogan of Crocodile Dundee used to paint before he got famous. If I remember correctly, by the time they finished painting the structure, it was time to start all over again.