Friday 3 September 2010

Sydney Airport, sunset

This sunset produced some wonderful colours over some very ordinary buildings on the remote edge of Sydney Airport at Mascot, near General Holmes Drive.

58 comments:

  1. Jim, this is a great photo of contrasts with the blue/pink sky and the strict lines of the front building.

    I love to fly home on a Friday at sunset and see the sun drop beneath the clouds and sink into the Gulf of Mexico just before landing. Well, I really like coming home with or without the sunset - hah!

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  2. What an incredible way to end the day! Gorgeous skies and colors! And as always, Jim, your photo is superb!
    Have a great weekend!

    Sylvia

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  3. What a beautiful sky:)

    Greetings from Norway, Berit.

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  4. This is the best sight when you touch down at the airport......I know I'm home!

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  5. I agree about the ordinariness of the out-buildings. Although you have some interesting repeating happening with the lights etc.

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  6. The sky is certainly not ordinary. Terrific capture.

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  7. Thanks for the airport picture! I especially enjoy your shots of the control towers since I work in the tower at San Francisco airport.
    Did you happen to see a QANTAS B747 leave Sydney with an extra engine the other day? You can see it on: www.visionsofairliners.blogspot.com
    Thanks!

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  8. Keith W, the plane with exploding engine made big news over here this week. I heard about the replacement engine being sent over but hadn't seen the photos or footage of it. Thanks.

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  9. A beautiful sunset can make the most commonplace scenes extraordinary, and you caught it happening here. Lovely.
    Kay
    Alberta, Canada

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  10. the colors are beyond beautiful. were you flying out?

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  11. The colors are great in this photo! What a gorgeous sky!

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  12. The pretty sky makes even the dullest building look good! Nice series of airport pictures.

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  13. this would have been a drab view without that gorgeous sky.

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  14. Ewok, I wasn't flying out anywhere this time. I was driving past on my way home from the city and noticed the great colours in the sky, so stopped off to take a few shots around there.

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  15. Very beautiful sunset photos. Love the rich colour of the sky. Have a nice weekend.

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  16. Wonderful Sydney sunset. You really captured those colors that blend well for a great SWF photo.

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  17. Lovely pastel colours! Everything looks better in the glow of a lovely sunset.

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  18. seems like raining fire out there.. pretty...

    Hope you can drop by
    My SKYWATCH here

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  19. Hey! Great photo - sky of that colour is more usually associated with the Outback!

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  20. Thanks for your comment :-)
    It's a beutiful morning - Have a good day.

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  21. Great shots, but how did you manage to take photo in a high security place?

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  22. Well captured, the colours are fabulous, happy SWF

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  24. Although the buildings are pretty much the same, this is so different from a Scottish airport sunset!

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  25. I love those soft pastel colors.
    Enjoy your weekend!

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  26. Wow, the colors are amazing. A beautiful sunset capture!

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  27. lotusleaf, it's a high security area but it's also close to a public road so it was easy to get close to the fence.

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  28. I love it. Sometimes you can't move clear of lightpoles and ordinary buildings to get the shot you need.

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  29. What lovely, soft colors. I always like having the opportunity to see a part of your world.

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  30. Wow, thos are some impressive colors, especially with those bands of clouds!

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  31. So beautiful sunset, I wish I could see the gorgeous skies and colors. Too bad my last trip to sydney only can see the grey sky. Enjoy your weekend.
    Capture life as I see it

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  32. What a beautiful shot... I love the ski !
    Greetings from Holland, Anna

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  33. that is an unusual shape of the clouds and the colors .

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  34. Beautiful SkyWatch photo

    Happy SWF! Have a nice weekend,

    Regards, Bram

    My SkyWatch on WordPress

    Seen on Sky Watch Friday

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  35. Gorgeous warm sunset!

    Thanks for your visit and comment to my sky view post.

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  36. Gorgeous colors in the sky, I love the contrast of the very stern and functional man-made buildings against the riotous natural sky.

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  37. I feel so homesick looking at your blog and all the beautiful photos of Sydney. Love this one of the airport, so Australian. Carla

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