The river city, a photo from Queensland, East

Photographer's Note

Brisbane is a moderate sized city of 2 million people on the eastern coastline of Australia, and it the largest city in the state of Queensland. A subtropical climate blesses the city with plenty of sunshine for most of the year which means you will see plenty of people out and about exercising or relaxing by the river. The Brisbane River, which looks particularly brown in this photo due to torrential rain during the previous week, cuts the city in half to ‘north’ and ‘south’ Brisbane. As a result many grand river crossings link the two sides, now including a long road tunnel running under a section of the river seen in my previous post. The river floods periodically, the last time being in 1974 which inundated large portions of the city. At present, with full water storage and an above average rain season ahead, some people are predicting this may occur again soon.
The main reason for taking this photo was to test out the new camera and also see how the Hoya polarizing lens handled the mid-day sun. This arrangement was about ½ the deepest saturation effect the polarizer was capable of it seems, and I am quite happy with the result.

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m (0) 2010-10-18 6:10

Hi Matthew,
You've got some exceptional sharpness on the buildings there, it makes them look so graphic. A great view of a beautiful city on a perfect sunny day. The only nuisance is that tree in the foreground hiding the cavalcade of boats. I would step aside to get a clearer view of it or saw it down:))

Best regards,
Marina

npecanhuk (79329) 2010-10-18 7:48

Hi Matthew!
Very attractive modern skyline!
Beautiful architecture and urban picture!
Sharpness, exposure, pov, dof, colors, pp, contrasts, horizontal format and composition are all very good!
TFS - congratulations,
My sincere warmest regards,
Neyvan

AKITA (15125) 2010-10-18 17:53

dear Matthew,
a beautiful view picture of wonderful panorama,
the light and colors are amazingly clear,
and diagonal composition makes nice perspective,
especially back buildings look so detailed, it is like surrealistic,
thank you for your excellent shot,
Akihisa

bobocortis (16090) 2010-10-19 1:38

Hello Matthew.
I like it a lot. Well wnlighten shot, with the skyscrapers skyline contrasting with the flowing river.
Best regards.
Bobo.

jhm (211734) 2010-10-19 5:09

Hello Matthew,

Nice combination between the a lot skyscraper in background and river in foreground.
Absolutely a nice and soft contrast picture.
The brightness and colors suit perfectly in this frame
Nice pleasant color image, nice depth and perspective.
Very well composition, good presentation. TFS.

Best regards,
John.

ciakgiak (30) 2010-10-19 14:52

Hello Matthew,
really magnificent the view of the brown river with the skyline of Brisbane in FG.
The quality of the image is absolutely perfect, the colors are really gorgeous.
Congratulations, TFS.
Best regards
Giorgio

MLINES (12516) 2010-10-19 22:31

Hi Matt, Congratulations on your new Canon, you will enjoy the learning curves attached to all the settings. I like the effect of blue glass standing out on the paler skies. Good strong diagonal river adds a lot of power to this scene. Agree your city is a terrific place. TFS. Murray.

mvdisco (17798) 2010-10-20 20:28

Hi Mattthew,
Beautiful Post card from Brisbane with great architecture and perpective of the Brisbane river with a new look of colors.
Excellent composition and presentation..
Beautiful color sky too.
Very well done.
greating..
Michel bonne journée

batalay (41261) 2010-10-25 21:35

Hello Matthew,

The brownish colors of the river give away the massive rainfall you've received. Together with the informative note, you've given us a very good TE package. Theat is quite a skyline the city displays.

Warm regards,

Bulent

Urs (14082) 2010-10-28 3:30

Hi Matthew

This river is as muddy as it could be in Malaysia or elsewhere in South East Asia, what is a bit a surprise to me. Thanks to the brownish river you have a perfect contrast to the blue sky. The other bold contrast is nature vs skyscrapers, who will win the battle? Very vibrant color hues and sharpness too. Good photo job. Thanks for your critique of my crowded market shot.

Warm regards
Urs

Atousa (7131) 2010-11-05 3:48

Salam Matthew,

Very nice pov n a well composed shot.. beautiful colors n good perspective.. nicely captured.. tfs
All the best, Atousa

Photo Information

Copyright: Matthew Watt (Matthew-Watt) (5934)
Genre: Lugares
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2010-10-16
Categories: Arquitectura
Camera: CANON EOS 550D, Canon EF-S 18-55 f/3.5-5.6 IS, Hoya 58mm Circular Polarizer
Exposición: f/7.1, 1/50 segundos
More Photo Info: view
Versión de la foto: Versión original
Date Submitted: 2010-10-18 5:33