After work at the Customs House

Posted by Andrew Gould (Sydney, Australia) on 19 April 2008 in People & Portrait and Portfolio.

This was the scene on the 11th of April 2008 at 5:38pm outside the old Sydney Customs House down at the harbour.

There are many places round the city centre where people drink and socialise at outside bars like this after work from Monday to Friday.

Sigma 18-200mm f3.5-6.3 DC OSu

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Comments (8)

Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada

I love, love, love this Andrew, Library's always been my second home ;)

19 Apr 2008 11:29am

@Lorraine: Thank you, Lorraine. I'm presuming they have a branch of the City of Sydney (public) library in there, but I've never been inside. I must check that out next time I'm down there. I'll see if there's anything interesting to photograph inside.

mosleh from kurdestan_baneh, Iran

FANTASTIC.... beautiful shot .. (bji kurd ):)

19 Apr 2008 11:54am

@mosleh: Thank you. So nice to have your comment appear while I'm actually on my homepage!

danthro from Suburbia, United States

another great street shot. really like the composition!

19 Apr 2008 11:33pm

@danthro: Thanks for visiting.

elmenut from Salt, Spain

lo tuyo es la calle... en el buen sentido,claro

buenas imagenes,buenas sensaciones...

20 Apr 2008 7:21pm

@elmenut: Muchas gracias por el comentario.

Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom

Your very fine image has me researching that building, now! I see it was originally just two storeys and with the rest added later. Quite a history locked into those stones . .

21 Apr 2008 6:09pm

@Ronnie 2¢: Thanks for visiting. Very interesting what you've found out about this building. I must look it up, myself.

Mandy Provan from Johannesburg, South Africa

How interesting...when I first saw the words customs house I thought they were queueing to go inside! :)

21 Apr 2008 9:39pm

@Mandy Provan: Glad you like it!

Tracey from White Hall, United States

Looks like a happening place! I love seeing what other photographers decided to leave in pictures and what they choose to crop out. I like how you left the sign in giving a sense of setting to the photo. Nice work.

22 Apr 2008 5:46pm

@Tracey: Thanks, Tracey. This is pretty much as I took it, except that I've cropped a very small bit of background to the right of the sign as well as some pavement in the foreground. This gave it a move compact and focussed look.