Beautiful Sydney Harbour in Black and White
by Kaye Menner
Title
Beautiful Sydney Harbour in Black and White
Artist
Kaye Menner
Medium
Photograph - Photography, Black & White
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A long exposure black and white photograph of the beautiful Sydney Harbour and the Sydney Harbour Bridge with illuminated surrounding buildings and hotels. There are some lovely starbursts with nice light reflections on the water. One could sit and view this scene for hours.
[From Wikipedia]
The Sydney Harbour Bridge is a steel through arch bridge across Sydney Harbour that carries rail, vehicular, bicycle and pedestrian traffic between the Sydney central business district (CBD) and the North Shore. The dramatic view of the bridge, the harbour, and the nearby Sydney Opera House is an iconic image of Sydney, New South Wales, and Australia. The bridge is nicknamed "The Coathanger" because of its arch-based design.
Under the directions of Dr J.J.C. Bradfield of the NSW Department of Public Works, the bridge was designed and built by British firm Dorman Long and Co Ltd of Middlesbrough and opened in 1932. The bridge's design was influenced by the Hell Gate Bridge in New York. It was the world's widest long-span bridge, at 48.8 meters (160 feet) wide, until construction of the new Port Mann Bridge in Vancouver. It is also the fifth longest spanning-arch bridge in the world, and it is the tallest steel arch bridge, measuring 134 metres (440 ft) from top to water level.
The southern (CBD) bridge end is located at Millers Point in The Rocks area, and the northern end at Milsons Point in the lower North Shore area. It carries six lanes of road traffic on its main roadway, while on its eastern side are two lanes of road traffic (formerly two tram tracks) and a footpath, and on its western side are two railway tracks and a bicycle path, making the western side 30.5 cm (12 in) broader than the eastern side.
The main roadway across the bridge is known as the Bradfield Highway and is about 2.4 kilometres (1.5 miles) long, making it one of the shortest highways in Australia.
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May 23rd, 2013
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Comments (63)
Gary F Richards
Magnificent capture, lighting, shading and artwork! F/L voted for this piece in the contest HIGH CONTRAST BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY
Gary F Richards
Outstanding composition, lighting, shading, and artwork! F/L voted for this piece in the contest YOUR BEST BLACK AND WHITE 2
Kaye Menner
Thanks very much Leanne for your kind comment :) It has been a popular image. I loved checking out more of your work and left a few more L/F's as a big thank you.
Sandra Sengstock-Miller
Beautiful night capture of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. I will sit and view this with you. Beautiful capture.