I'm on a weeks holiday over in Sydney staying with my brother. Unfortunately I've acquired a raging cold the day before I flew over! Anyhow, did the mandatory trip to Blue Mountains. Some really stunning scenery, unfortunately we were pressed for time (sunset photos would be great I should think!)

Hope you enjoy, I'll be off to Taronga Zoo etc later in the week i'll put any updates in here.

Panoramic with Mt Solitary and Narrowneck Plateu


The Three Sisters


Katoomba Falls from Cablecar


Central Sydney with Opera House


Manly Beach



Cheers

[Ash]

Thanks for sharing these fine scenes through your lenses mate.
The Manly beach pano looks great! Is it a stitch job?
Beautiful colours in the first two.

[FruitLooPs]

Thanks Ash,

Yeah they are stitched, with a nice bit of freeware. As for the colour, the Blue Mountains are known for having that strong tinted haze apparently from a vapor produced by numerous Eucalypt trees in the valley. It does make a nice balance with the green vegetation I agree

Few more from yesterday, Powerhouse Museum & National Australian Maritime Museum in Darling Harbor:

Powerhouse Museum


Danger, Will Robinson! Along with my father & his ancient Fuji digicam


NSW Locomotive No. 1 Est 1855 Owned by the museum for over 120years!


Destroyer HMAS Vampire & Oberon class submarine HMAS Onslow


Unity


Cheers

[Lurch]

Blue Mountains. Gods country.
Nicely done man.

But yes, the biggest problem with shooting vast, panoramic views of the Blue Mountains is that they are blue (yes, because of the the mammoth amount of Eucalyptus oil in the air) and so everyone thing the colours are wrong. Which theyre not

[FruitLooPs]

Checked out Taronga Zoo today as one of the must-see's. Really enjoyed it, they sure do fit a lot of animals in though (bit more room for them would be nice). I used the K20D with Sigma 135-400mm primarily but a few wider photos and night shot are the Tamron SP 35-80mm

Mother and Daughter



Cosy Koala


The Kingpin


Parenthood


Open For Business


Slither



And an urban cityscape from the roof of my brothers apartment building

[Frogfish]

Really cool panos - let's see more of them !

[FruitLooPs]

Okay Frogfish here is another.

I don't have $200 AUD to spend on a bridgeclimb unfortunately, imagine my surprise when I found you can climb to the top of the support pylons for a measly $9.50! I think having the metal span visible in the panoramic from my vantage point was an advantage anyway

[Frogfish]

Great ! Love the panos. Wonder what the view is like from the centre of the bridge