Inner city Sydney (1)

Posted by Andrew Gould (Sydney, Australia) on 13 May 2009 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.

This is South Dowling Street in Darlinghurst, which is a suburb directly adjoining the Sydney Central Business District. I pass through this area quite often by car, and had resolved to return some time to walk round the area to photograph.

Here's the first one from this morning's shooting then. These tree lined
streets are really fascinating for me as photographic subjects. The bright light was a bit of a challenge, but it does bring out the contrasts well.

See it much larger HERE

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Comments (15)

dj.tigersprout from New York City, United States

hmm -- beautiful Andrew, brings back wonderful memories of my time living in Paddington and Surry Hills!!! those were magical days!!! what beautiful neighborhoods!!

13 May 2009 3:03pm

@dj.tigersprout: Thanks. I also lived in Paddington, and that was in my twenties. I think that's where my love of this type of environment comes from.

Mirko Herzner from Mühlheim am Main, Germany

This seems to be a beautiful neighborhood, Andrew. I actually like the light here a lot. Well done!

13 May 2009 3:37pm

observing from North West, United Kingdom

What an idyllic setting, it looks a lovely street Andrew, and the shadows on the road look great.

13 May 2009 9:14pm

Sarah from Sydney, Australia

Fabulous shot! I love the sun shining through the trees. Like the first comment above, it reminds me of my childhood in Paddington.

13 May 2009 11:34pm

@Sarah: Thanks, Sarah.... and my twenties there, as I've replied to DJ, above.

Ivar from Indianapolis, United States

Great light and shadows... as said, looks to be a nice and realxing neighbourhood.

14 May 2009 5:12am

sherri from Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

It's lovely. I like charming towns like this.

14 May 2009 5:29am

Anthony Morgan Lambert from Bielefeld (Old Pembroke Dock boy,Wales), Germany

I´vemissed some good shots over thelast few days sorry Andrew(Lotsto do I´m afraid).This is another great street scene from yourself and I see a sign for my favourite coffee brand MMHH !! Lavazza !!

14 May 2009 9:44am

@Anthony Morgan Lambert: I've been behind too, Anthony. Lavazza is very popular over here, and I've often bought it over the years.

Esther K ~ from Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

I love this, Andrew. The balcony above is something we don't see here. The light and shadow give it that overall x factor!

15 May 2009 1:19am

ManuelaR from Hainburg (Frankfurt/Main), Germany

Hope to get to Sydney one day and it is lovely to gain more insight thru your takes. The light on the branches and trees throwing strange shadows on the ground really make the strength of this shot.

15 May 2009 10:16am

@ManuelaR: I'm glad to be able to show you a bit of my world over here through my shots, Manuela. Let me know if you ever do get round to visiting.

Laurie from New Jersey, United States

This is a lovely tree lined street. It looks very inviting.

15 May 2009 12:32pm

Tracey from Maryland, United States

I love shots like these...it gives me an idea of what it looks like if I were to be strolling along chatting with you!

15 May 2009 8:11pm

@Tracey: Thanks, Tracey. From what you write here, it seems I've achieved my real aim!

Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom

I have a feeling we notice the play of light and shadow far more in the image than in reality. Whatever, this makes for a great street shot because of that.

15 May 2009 9:10pm

@Ronnie 2¢: Thanks for the approval and the comments. An interesting observation. There may be some exageration of the contrast due to the difficulty of taking in the full brightness range here and then having to deal with it in the RAW processing, although I've tried to be as faithful to the original scene as possible in my presentation of it here.

roentarre from Melbourne, Australia

Good street facade image and I like the atmosphere the image renders

16 May 2009 11:14am

Fliss from Melbourne Beach, United States

I remember this area well... when I was there, they were just starting to redo the area up... I always liked it here esp the history of the area - the characters when the slums were there back in the day...

17 May 2009 2:30am

@Fliss: There's certainly been a lot of changes in areas such as this over the decades. They've become more "up market", as they say.