Sailors Warning -Sydney - Moods Of A City - The HDR Experience
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Sydney is great for sunrises, it quite often receives spectacular sunrises as it greets the sunrises that appear from the east.
This shot shows the city skyline as seen from North Sydney CBD on the northern shore of Sydney Harbour, in the foreground is Lavender Bay.
Technique: HDR , 5 Bracketted images processed with Photomatix Pro with avery slight adjustment (sharpening & contrast) in Capture NX.
Equipment: Nikon D300 , Nikon 18-200mm lens
No filters or colour adjustment



1) RED SKY AT NIGHT… means that as the sun sets in the west, if it has a red hue or color to it, then the moisture was further west of their location. Thus SAILORS DELIGHT. A beautiful sunset.
2) RED SKY IN MORN…means that as the sunlight from the rising sun passes through moisture, it too will be red. This means that with the rotation of the earth, this will bring this moisture (and possible storm) right on top of them and it is only a few hours away. SO SAILORS TAKE WARN.”
I hope this bit of weather science helps.
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Wendi Donaldson
Stunning work, Philip….looks like a shot taken from a time gone by. Lovely tones….great HDR work too.
Philip Johnson replied
thanks Wendy it certainly was magic light
PERUGINA
Stunning work Philip… i know this view very well from the offices of the former Philips House!
WONDERFUL!!!!!!!
Philip Johnson replied
Thank you Patricia for yourWONDERFUL comments and yes it was taken near the old Philips building
Virginia McGowan
breathtaking Philip !!!!!just starting to breathe again after sharp intake super fabulous.
Philip Johnson replied
breath ginny breathe lol , thanks for the comments
DaveBassett
Excellent shot. I havn’t seen a better shot taken here.
Great work with the HDR.
Philip Johnson replied
thanks Dave , i love those magic mornings, it sends that adrenelin that we are addicted to when there is that hint of pink in the sky
Philip Johnson
Philip Johnson
thanks for favouriting and comment all , they are greatly appreciated
GerryMac
outstanding composition Phillip! stunning mate!
Philip Johnson replied
thanks Gerry, love those sort of mornings they are magic
John Vandeven
Fantastic shot Philip
Philip Johnson replied
Thank you John , i travel everywhere with my camera its great to be rewarded with light like this and the comments and favouriting of fellow members of RB
Heide Hoffmann
Wow Philip, this is amazing! Unbelievable that you can have all this on one picture and still it doesn’t look cluttered.
Philip Johnson replied
Thank you Heide, love mornings like that they last for such a short time, it great to be able to catch them with your lens
Rosalie Dale IPA
Ths would have to be one of my very favs of yours Philip – beautiful.
Philip Johnson replied
Thank you Rosalie , there was some magic light that morning
Rebecca Bryson
Excellent use of the HDR much much nicer than some of those building ones that looked a bit overworked and really cartoony this is fab and an instant fav!
Philip Johnson replied
Thanks Rebecca
Rebecca Bryson
REally Philip…do you see how much better the clarity is>>?? the amazing colors and the vibrancy?? this just makes your eyes pop and want to stare and see every detail, it is not noisy or overwhelming it does not look flat or like it came off a 3 color press…this is totally and completely a perfect perfect example of excellent HDR work
Philip Johnson replied
thank you Rebecca , hdr is supposed to show you what the eye does not see, there are heavy hdr examples and light touches of hdr. This one I believe is light , but theres nothing wrong with heavy work ive seen some great examples.
Sailors watch worked out very well , even seeing it was a 5 shot bracketted image hand held.
I glad you enjoyed it
Rebecca Bryson
some of the ones I have seen that have been overworked or not bracketted properly look like the paper got caught when the litho was being printed and there is bleed which just looks soooo ummm sloppy. they look like someone has bad vision and is seeing in double or triple vision this photo though does NOT it is clear sharp mesmerizing detailed accurate and very pleasing to look at..of course this is a personal preference for myself maybe some peopel like the noisier photos. With all the reading up I have done on HDR and the professional examples I have seen this comes closest to what I viewed ..so therefore to me…this is PERFECT
redrosedigital
A truly superior image. I like this point of view. It really encompasses so much of Sydney – the CBD, the Bridge, the waterfront units and the moored yachts. The subtle HDR works for me. It has brought out the beauty of the clouds.
Philip Johnson replied
Thank you Rosanne, it is a great vantage point on New Years Eve it is a bit restricted for broad harbour views but when the harbour bridge fireworks go off…. ITS A CRACKER ! ..... apologies for the pun lol
Natures Vision
Lovely HDR Philip, nicely done!!!
Philip Johnson replied
thank you it was great light
mrscarlotta
Awesome shot man xxxxxxx
Philip Johnson replied
thank you Carlotta, it was a great view and blessed with great light and clouds
Philip Golan
Stunning shot mate.
Philip Johnson replied
thank you Philip , i was lucky great light, view,and clouds
Samantha Goode
Beautiful capture Philip, absolutely fantastic.
Philip Johnson replied
thank you Samantha, it was a great morning with magic light and clouds
Noelene Davies
Fabulous and amazing capture Philip.
Philip Johnson replied
thank you Noelene, i was lucky great light clouds and view what more could i ask for lol
traveller
Love this one Philip, its now on my fave list.
Philip Johnson replied
thank you , its a great view , blessed withj great light
Catherine Davis
Gorgeous and spectacular!
Philip Johnson replied
thank you Catherine it was a magic moment
Philip Johnson
ps thanks for the favourites and comments people
Kelly J
Beautiful image Phillip!!!
Paul Woloschuk
A superb shot Philip. The clarity is astounding.
bamagirl38
Phillip, I will just tell you, Your work is always AMAZING !!!!!!!!! Are you not on my watchlist? What is this world coming to !!! I must go look now ! For I am always amazed when I cross your work in LLD ! This is stunning ! Have a wonderful weekend !
Bonita :)
Philip Johnson replied
i have found a RB bug that has caused people to drop off peoples watchlist. after remarks from other members i raised the issue with RB support, it seems its a known error
shaneran
Just beautiful !! with the clouds and the evening sky ’s color touching the water.
Tom Gomez
Stupendous cityscape Philip …
Gethin
simply awesome
solo75
Beautiful shot Philip….HDR sure makes a big difference….looks perfect without having that over processed look.
Veikko Suikkanen
Wow, Great!
kjgordon
picture postcard perfect
Jason Connolly
Great shot Philip, what a view..
Beve Brown-Clark
Incredible! What a view and the sunrise looks perfect!
Keith Reesor
OMG!!!! Incredible Capture Philip!! :)
Were you in a hot air balloon?
ej29
OMG!!! this is such a wonderful shot….fantastic work!!!
Jennifer Eiford
Wonderful shot!!!
blueclover
I saw this shot and my jaw dropped in amazement, its GORGEOUS!!!!
Squealia
OMG this is just fantastic, nothing else to say!
AmyRalston
Philip, this is magical. You have such amazing work and a great talent. I wish I could fly in on a hot air balloon, in this image.
reflector
A great overview and HDR work !
Shaina Lunde
WOW THIS IS AMAZING!!! Stunning composition instant fave!!!
Rosalie Scanlon
Stunning image and composition. Wonderful coloring
Angie McKenzie
wow!! wonderful!!
GloriaDK
Philip this is really beautiful. The composition is fantastic.
Joe Thill
Wow. Fantastic work Philip! Really like the composition.
Philip Johnson replied
thanks JJoe this ones taken on a life of its own , the favouriting has driven it into the most popular pages. Sometimes you are lucky and get great conditions
Travis Easton
great shot mate
Philip Johnson replied
thanks Travis this ones been popular you can be lucky to get that light
Spidermike
amazing stuff!
Philip Johnson replied
thanks Mike this ones been popular favourited 29 times in 24hours
Kymbo
Spectacular shot Philip! Really well done. Where did you take the shot from?
Philip Johnson replied
10th floor of of a office building in North Sydney
Dyle Warren
Remarkable shot of Sydney’s skyline and bridge…....superb!!
wiccanrider
Great work Philip, the scene is wondeful and the hdr gives it an edge that works so will. Congratulations :)
The InnerNorth...
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Mel Brackstone
Awesome work, Philip! Love the depth here, and the fabulous sky!
Clinton Plowman
Not seen this view of Sydney before – Awesome shot!
alexkess
How come I missed this Phillip. It’s very impressive. Stunning.
EarthGipsy
Your harbour shots just keep on getting better!
davidShandley
Hi Philip, great shot, I wish I could take it but I live in the UK
99gnome
Absolutely stunning shot! Love the very careful use of hdr as it’s not visible and only adds to the overall visual appearance. Great work Philip!
Robert Armstrong
Absolutely beautiful, magnificent shot and wonderful light!
Alessandro Pinto
Wonderful image… impressing view and terrific colours !
Sharon Mau
Beautiful work Philip, it is most excellent!!
Laurie Search
Wow!! This is just gorgeous!!
Rosina Lamberti
Love this!! well done!
Denis Molodkin
GREAT!!!!
sonjas
Love this Sydney harbour shot. You took it from the right position to show all beauty of it. Excellent.
jimofozz
fantastic what a shot
Megan Martin
WOW!!! Thats all I can say! WOW!! Breathtaking! =)
Melanie Roberts
Just stunning
Scott d'Almeida
awesome;
Steven de Siow
This is so beautiful.
raindancerwoman
wow! stunning cityscape..
jamayaphoto
Wow…great hdr!
Alex Marks
Amazing image!!!!
Garth Smith
Great shot Phillip, great choice of perspective. Obviously a magic spot to take the Bridge from but not one seen very often. This one provides foreground detail and a lot of the more popular perspectives dont. Excellent soft HDR work but mostly I like my HDRs like that so thats a personal thing. Brilliant sky colour, nice and soft. A lot of people here would have pushed that to look brighter thinking it would be better (but it wouldnt). Excellent clarity. Not many HDRs make it to my fave list but this one does.
Hans Goepel
Incredible! What a view and the sunrise looks perfect!
ISMAIL ALAOUI ...
so beautiful, and the HDR made it so magic
Jokus
This is super Philip, a great HDR work, the view is magnificent and love the title too!
Warm Greetings, Jokus ;-)
Béla Török
Gorgeous work, Philip!
Lois Bryan
add another fave and another comment dear Philip!!!!! This truly is a glorious work of art … and I congratulate you on its well-deserved success!!!!!!! What eye popping color and detail!!!!!!! LOVE it!!
Steve Buffington
Ok Philip. I decided to join the bad wagon. LOL. Incredible work. HDR seems just perfect to me. Just enough “painting” quality. Well done mate.
2xfocus
Stunning light and tones, wonderful work.
Leanne.
danapace
Nice point of view, and great light. Beautiful photo.
Ian Flindt
This really is superb. The light is, of course, little short of divine, but it’s the masterful composition introducing order into the city scene that is so strking. Outstanding. From my London office I regularly talk to work colleagues in Sydney – I will think of this image whenever I speak to them next!
Craig Watson
Well done… congratulations!
Alessandro Flo...
Stunning!!!!!!!!
Lukas Uskrt
Great!!!
SmilinGrnEyes
I love this! Thank you so much for sharing this! Awesome!
Dave Lloyd
Beautiful ! Superb image.
Warren Williams
It’s all been said. GR8 one mate.
MKWhite
Stunning work, Philip :)
Antanas
lovely scene, well done
Eivor Kuchta
Gorgeous sunrise! Great job with the HDR!
matthew jones
wow top shot mate….great hdr candidate too!
James Corley
Gorgeous composition! The light is superb!
Wayne King
Phillip – you never fail to knock my socks off
John44
When an Artist is a great singer.. we use to say ..A man / Lady with a golden Tongue
You dear Philip seem to have a Golden Camera!
Tara Sheffer
Such an amazing shot!!!
Tony Waite-Pullan
1000 words a instant Fave
Rees Pearse
Fabtastic shot
khadhy
This is what we call a scenery. A fave Philip.
PJS15204
Spectacular view of Sydney bathed in golden light great vantage point you nailed it :)
Shoaib .
now that is a stunner !
Tom Douce
Well done! A great picture! Really love it! Keep it up!
rjore
Very nice shot, great view, phantastic light!
Cheri Perry
WOW Phillip this is beautiful….and this is still a beautiful addition to the group. THis is stupendous!
Cheri Perry
photomatte
Wonderful image! I’ve never used Photomatix but I like the HDR images I’ve seen. I tried doing the same thing in Photoshop, using multiple exposures, a blank template and the paint brush tool. It seems to work very well. I just paint in the best exposures of the overall image, feathering my brush so the layers are un-noticeable.
Ian Berry
A great photo Phillip, well done.
Barb Leopold
Fantastic HDR, love Sydney and this image is superb!!
Pamela Inverarity
Amazing shot. The colours and composition are wonderful.
BornToRoam
Wow, awesome
Iris Greenwell
Great view and beautiful colors!
Andrew Murrell
I’m not suprised to have to move down the list this far with this image. A great take on Sydney and great processing.
natureshues
Wow that is a unique prospective on Sydney with wonderful tones and colour.
Elana Bailey
Philip, fab perspective, colours, treatment and mood. Well done. An instant fave.
DonDavisUK
HDR at it’s best Philip
noffi
Gorgeous phillip…The others have said it all. I can only add that it makes me want to have another trip to Australia. i LOVED Sydney! liz Cograts on all the accolades!
ElRobbo
What a spectacular cityscape!
The HDR works so very well here!
Well composed, Philip!
Laurette Ruys
AMAZING – FEATURED AT SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE & HARBOUR BRIDGE GROUP!!
Alan McMorris
Mary Ann Reilly
What a beautiful image. Fabulous!
kevinmawson
Cool image ,like the processing.
km.
Linda Bianic
Wow, |Philip… this is a stunning image,, beautiful light caught on the the buildings on the right side, too… congrats on your feature!!
Anthony Crosbie
Very impressive work Phillip. Sydney is my second home. I’ve seldom seen it portrayed so well.
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kentuckyblueman
Wow,what a beautiful view and super colors!
Phineous Cas...
gee would love to shoot panoramic images from that point nice
Andrea Searle
Well done Philip! And congrats on winning the challenge!
fauselr
great shot
Cheri Perry
Congratulations on ALLLL your wins and features with this image. It is so well deserving.
tonymm6491
Amazing panorama! Congratulations on your win and feature!
Mary Campbell
Well deserved challenge win, great work.
Andrew Murrell
Congradulations on the Challenge win definatly well deserved
Rosalie Dale IPA
Congrats on winnning City/Town Skyline challenge in the Sunrise, Sunset Group Philip – certainly my choice and a worthy winner.
GlennB
Great work! Congrats on the win – much deserved Philip!
Heather Hartkamp
OMG!!!! Just breath-taking!!!! Superb image and HDR processing Philip!
peter
Brilliant image and congratulations on wining the sunset/sunrise challenge challenge!
Philip Johnson replied
thanks peter a honour as always
Philip Johnson replied
thanks peter a honour as always
John Conway
a fantastic perspective of Sydney and its harbour, well done Phillip
Lisa Skala
gorgeous
Julia Wang
absolutely stunning.
Dayonda
This is wonderful, Philip. I can’t think of any of your HDR Series works that I like better.
And now I see the Ferris Wheel that’s in all those pictures I see! It’s a beautiful harbor, and you’ve gotten a wonderful sunrise to work on.
sundawg7
Superb image Phil…in every respect. Regards, Ron.
Fiona MacNab
Stunning.
Fiona MacNab
Stunning.
LeighN
Very inspirational image, makes me even keener to get out there and have a go myself. Top stuff.
jesika
A superb shot of this harbour. I’ve never seen it from this perspective before. Your HDR treatment is just enough.
j
chriso
Just stunning, really well composed and not over done in HDR. Congrats on the win!
Richard VanWart
Spectacularly beautiful! Kudos on the well-deserved Challenge WIN! I heartily agree with R. Bryson’s comments above—this is just so well-rendered in HDR: perfecto! Cheers!
StarKatz
Breathtaking beauty.. we are so lucky to live here in this beautiful city, such a shame that there are people who trash our streets.. this is exquisite work Phillip :0)
Shane Viper
Love the clouds in this shot, very cool.
Andrea Rapisarda
so beautiful !!! Just breathtaking!!!
LumenLux
THIS is a photograph that cannot be denied! It shouts class and greatness at the same time. Congratulations.
Kris Faul
love this, awesome work!
CathyJones
Philip this is so extraordinarily FANTASTIC! Congratulations on your recognition- your work is amazing. This scene looks so surreal I LOVE IT! Cathy :)
Francesco Carucci
Breathless!
Barbara Brown
Beautiful tones and light!! I love reflecting off the buildings!!
micklyn
Simply gorgeous!
julayneluu
Love this, awesome work Philip!
Gina Cormier
This image is outstanding!! Color, comp, clarity, POV and overall presentation!!
paolo1955
Hats off to a stunning photo !
Beve Brown-Clark
Incredible work…rich in texture, light and shadows….stellar!
richman
JESUS! SPECATACULAR!
Julie-Ann Vellios
Thanks Philip – this is unforgettable.
Sue Kane
Amazing view Phillip…superb photo!
Rob van Hooff
Beautiful there is so much to see !
Rob
ChristineBetts
pogs79
Fabulous shot of my favourite city
van049
Magical, beautiful, fabulous!!!xx
Hans Goepel
Congratulations ! Philip
alicede
That is spectacular..
Monte Morton 21 days ago
You don’t need me to tell you how good this is Phillip…Awesome!!!
Manfred Belau 19 days ago
We do live in a wonderful city, don’t we Philip! Great shot mate.
Rosej 19 days ago
this is probably the best shot I have seen of Sydney – wonderful work