September 2005
Read MoreCentral Station, Wednesday September 28th 2005.
In the fifteen minutes I was standing here waiting for a train, no one used these public phones, due, I assume, to most people having mobile phones. I wonder if we will see them phased out of service completely in the next few years.
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Canon 1D Mk II. EF 17-35 f/2.8L@17mm 1/60s f/7.1 ISO 640.Monday September 26th 2005. "Spider on the Window" This a piece of digital art created using this photo as a starting point. The original photo is of a Huntsman spider on the outside of a bathroom window. EXIF DATA Canon 1D Mk II. EF 100mm Macro f/2.8 1/60s f/5.6 ISO 400.
Hyde Park, Thursday September 22nd 2005. Chess matches are a popular lunchtime pursuit in this section of the park. Note the giant size playable chess set in the background which was the subject of a previous post. EXIF DATA Canon 1D Mk II. EF 17-35 f/2.8L@35mm 1/100s f/14 ISO 200.
Then & Now, Self Portrait, Monday September 19th 2005.
It's my birthday today (I'm 42) and I was going through some old archives when I found the photo on the left. It is a self portrait taken exactly 20 years ago today when I was 22. I decided to take another photo of myself today, twenty years on, to compare the difference.Colgate Palmolive Building, East Balmain, Tuesday September 13th 2005.
Colgate-Palmolive began soap production in working-class East Balmain in 1923. The company employed 144 workers by 1925, most of whom were born and bred in Balmain. They walked to work or caught the train down to 'Colgate Avenue', as it was renamed. Many people started working 'down the olive' at 15 years of age, eventually met their spouse there and stayed until they retired. Colgate-Palmolive was ingrained in Australian culture, with its soaps, toothpaste, shaving cream and brilliantine found in every household.
Closure of the plant began in 1993 after 70 years of operation. The site was redeveloped and opened as residential apartments.
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Canon 1D Mk II. EF 17-35 f/2.8L@17mm 1/80s f/11 ISO 200.Queen Victoria Building, Monday September 5th 2005.
The QVB as been described by Pierre Cardin as "the most beautiful shopping centre in the world". This outstanding example of Byzantine architecture, which occupies an entire city block, was built in 1898.
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Canon 1D Mk II. EF 17-35 f/2.8L@17mm 1/30s f/8 Shutter Priority ISO 800.