Friday, 29 January 2010

Opera House and Harbour Bridge

The Opera House and Harbour Bridge are the two best recognised and most photographed landmarks in Sydney. I captured them here last week as I was walking along the foreshore of Sydney Harbour beside the Royal Botanic Gardens, near Mrs Macquaries Point. It was a beautiful sunny day with only a hint of clouds in the sky.

37 comments:

  1. I like your page..you did a good job..thanks for nice photos..i like to see them always..

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  2. That's a million dollar view and a million dollar photo of it! Maybe the City of Sydney should pay you for it, non?

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  3. What clear picture!!, I can see the people on the bridge and the Luna Park on the right. Great photography!
    Have a nice weekend.

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  4. That is such an incredible building and your photo is superb! Love those blue skies!! Have a great weekend!

    Sylvia

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  5. That is a gorgeous shot! I never get tired of seeing those landmarks.

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  6. Beautiful! Thank you for sharing.
    Happy weekend.

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  7. Great shot. Believe it or not, I've never seen them both like that.

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  8. Ah! The beautiful city. Bill's nickname for the opera house is "Sonya's workshop", as that is where our daughter, Sonya, works as a production manager. (kidding we're not proud)

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  9. Wow! Both Sydney icons in one shot, that's great!

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  10. One of the best of these iconic shots I've seen!

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  11. Snap indeed. What a difference a few days make. Mine was just after the change hit last Saturday afternoon.

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  12. Beautiful pictures. I love the choppy water and the beautiful sky.

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  13. Beautiful composition!
    I love how those few clouds mimic the opera house.

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  14. very beautiful! you captured both landmarks very well:) have a good weekend!

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  15. aaaah, the postcard shot. thanks.

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  16. What a coincidence. I was going to post almost the same picture but in black and white, taken in the seventies during our farewell trip around town. It is such a great shot to capture these two Sydney landmarks like this.

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  17. Beautiful picture! You have captured the feeling of Summer. I love the blue sky and blue water separated by the white roof of the opera house!
    Keith

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  18. What a geometrical challenge for the sky, curves, lines, edges... beautiful set in scene.
    A wonderful Friday for you.

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  19. Beautiful -- and the only picture I could have identified from your lovely city before I started reading your blog! Lovely summery day there!

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  20. I love that view and have been lucky enough to see it in person a couple of times. Brings back happy memories.

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  21. What a fine composition of these two world-famous Sydney landmarks!

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  22. Wonderful iconic image--would that we all had "infrastructure" like these.

    Dallas is supposed to get a couple of Calatrava bridges one of these years, and just got a new opera house, but I doubt if they'll ever symbolize this area the way yours do Sydney.

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  23. Looks like quite a beautiful day... I agree with Leif, what a million dollar view you have there! :)

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  24. Beautiful shot of the Sydney Opera House.

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  25. Perfect shot this one, the harbour bridge and the opera house... I had my wedding pics taken there but shame it was night time.... you should try take some shots from Kirribilli in one of the waterfront there, great spot

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  26. This shot makes me smile :) It captures the single view that says "Australia" on a global level. Too cool! All of your shots make me feel like I can take a trip to sydney without even having to get on a plane. Oh, and thanks for checking out my blog btw!

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  27. Your blog is full of beautiful places... Have to visit Australia some day

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