OT- Streets of Sydney (56K warning)

[louist]

Gosh I have been away from this place for a while haven't I?!

Just sharing some shots. These were taken around Paddington and Darlinghurst, Sydney. For those who don't live in Sydney, Paddington is an up-class oasis in the middle of some pretty hasty neighbourhood! Surrounding Paddington are the junkie districts of Darlinghurst and Kings Cross (this one, you guys probably heard of, since it plays host to the annual Mardi Gra parade).

These ones were all shot with the 10D + 24-70L.

 

[louist]

These were shot on EOS 500N + 24-70 or 70-200 IS + Ilford HP5+ scanned using CanonScan FS4000US. Some of the shots are of the war memorial in Hyde Park:

 

[louist]

 

[gregr]

Very interesting work Louis. And welcome back

 

[edwing206]

I like the feel of the pictures.

 

[drummereef]

Love those shots. Gotta love the 'don't feed the junkies' pic.

 

[Xirxes23]

ive looked around and cant seem to find a straightforeward tutorial... how does one create that dropshadow type in photoshop cs2? thanks

 

[Jeff]

Great pics

 

[BlueCorn]

Outstanding stuff Louis.

 

[chica83]

very nice pics dood

 

[louist]

Thanks everyone for the compliemnts

I have no idea who sprayed painted those funky signs on the path, but somehow I don't think the council did Having worked in that suburb (gosh that sounds wrong) for a year, I have seen some pretty messed up stuff!