Sydney Opera House

[Grumpy John]

So many lines and curves, a wonderful piece of architecture to photograph if you're not scared to push the boundaries.

[Isac]

You're not wrong John. Boundaries well pushed with some great angles, curves and patterns (like the missus perhaps?)

[Toddyh]

Nicely done John. Way to break out from the opera house with harbour in the background standard.

[Grumpy John]

Thanks guys, my photography has come a long way since I bought my 7D. It's not just the camera, but I have started reading a lot of articles on the web about composition, lighting and POV. Learning to get the best out of photoshop helps too, as someone once said "you take a picture, but you make an image", or something like that.

[Isac]

Learning is most of the fun John. I couldn't agree more about the quote, it's very relevant for today's digital world. I have the 7D as well. I have set mine up to use back button focus and it's really cool, and I love that I can set up the C1, C2 and C3 functions to quickly switch to different settings. I think it's a great camera.

[Grumpy John]

Ansel Adams:

“You don’t take a photograph, you make it.”

We’re so used to saying “take” a picture, which implies that the photo is waiting there for us, and we just need to grab it.

What this quote from Ansel Adams says to me is that we need to think about having a much more active role in creating our photographs, by paying attention to things like composition and lighting.

[Isac]

I reckon Ansel would have loved one of these!
FIRST DIGITAL CAMERA

[eaglem]

Interesting renderings

[HansE]

Some pictures make you think. In this case with me it was the architect gets all the cudos for the building building but the engineers would have had a hell of a job to turn it into reality. Good job Grumpy!

[Grumpy John]

Thanks for the kind words Hans. Yes, it's one thing to put something on paper, but turning it into reality is another thing altogether. These days designers have access to CAD programs that allow modelling, stress factors and all sorts of other features.

An interesting read. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Opera_House

[Alan]

Interesting and varied treatments GJ. Still catching up on missed posts