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Do you reside in or near Sydney, Australia (by near we mean kind of in the vicinity of)? Then this is the group for you.

Featured Work

Tortured Soul by Tim Souter

As I was taking candids in Chatswood I noticed this elderly gentleman scrounging for change off the local populace. I felt great pity for him, Even more so when I realised he lived just near the stairs of the newly built Chatswood Train station atop a pile of scattered cardboard boxes and newspaper. His face, while aged still showed many signs of character and interest. Personally, deciding whether or not to take this photo was extremely hard. Even now as I gaze upon his visage I can feel the raw emotion of a life frequented by struggles. I hope you enjoy this image and that it stirs feelings inside you as it did with me. Model: Canon EOS 50D / Lens: Canon 50mm 1.8 / ISO: 800 / Aperture: f5.6 / Shutter Speed: 1/250th sec / WB: Auto / Focus Type: AF / Focal Length: 200mm / Style: Portrait / (This photo has not been edited)
Paddington Town Hall by desong

Great colonial architecture now used as arthouse cinema and local library. Nikon D80, DX Nikkor lens 18-135mm
Fractured (Monochrome) - Gladesville Asylum - The HDR Experience by Philip Johnson

BEST VIEWED LARGER RED BUBBLE FEATURE 21st October 2009 / Gladesville Mental Hospital was a psychiatric hospital established in 1838 in the suburb of Gladesville, Sydney, Australia. Description and history / Prior to 1838, people with mental or emotional problems in the Sydney area were housed in a “lunatic asylum” in Liverpool, a suburb on the south-east fringes of Sydney, or at the Female Factory in Parramatta, twenty-four kilometres west of Sydney. In the 1830s, construction of a purpose-built asylum began on the banks of the Parramatta River, in the area now known as Gladesville. The original sandstone complex was designed by the Colonial Architect, Mortimer Lewis, between 1836 and 1838.[1] Patients were then transferred from Liverpool and the Female Factory.[2] The first supervisor was John Thomas Digby, who sought to improve the treatment of the mentally ill, as did his successor, Frederick Norton Manning. On a visit to Sydney in 1867, Manning was invited by Henry Parkes to become medical superintendent of the Tarban Creek Lunatic Asylum. Before accepting, Manning went overseas and studied methods of patient care and administration of asylums; on his return to Sydney he submitted a notable report. He was appointed to Tarban Creek on 15 October 1868 and immediately reported on the isolation of patients from their relations in accommodation best described as ‘prison-like and gloomy’, the inadequate facilities for their gainful employment and recreation and the monotonous diets deficient in both quantity and quality. In January 1869 the asylum’s name was changed to the Hospital for the Insane, Gladesville, wherein patients were to receive treatment rather than be confined in a ‘cemetery for diseased intellects’. By 1879 radical changes in patient care and accommodation had been made. Gladesville was extended and modernized and an asylum for imbeciles set up in Newcastle and a temporary asylum at Cooma. Manning minimized the use of restraint and provided for patient activities Equipment: Nikon D300, Sigma 10-20mm, Handheld Technique: HDR 5 Bracketted Images, Photomatix 3.2, Capture NX See Also Fractured:
Star City Casino - HDR by Michael Patsalou

Star City Casino in Sydney, Australia. Canon PowerShot A430 Tripod HDR 5 exposures
The Grace Hotel - Sydney by Peter Hill

The Grace Hotel is in York Street, Sydney. It was built in 1930 in the Neo Gothic style, was renovated to be a landmark hotel, and is Heritage Listed. I shot it on Sunday, 18 January 2009, at around 7.30am, from across the street. The rising sun was directly in front. The sky was shot from my front balcony on Friday, 16 January 2009, at around 6.30am. The 2 images were then merged in Photoshop CS2. On both occasions I used my Canon EOS 5D Mark II, handheld, and Canon EF 24-70mm f2.8L zoom lens. The building, which I have been wanting to shoot for a long time, was shot at 51mm, ISO 50 (for the detail), 1/100 sec at f4, in Monochrome, on the way home from another shoot. The conditions were perfect and the sky was clear. The sky was shot at 24mm, ISO 160, 1/4000 sec at f3.2, also in Monochrome. Featured by the Sydney Group 21 October 2009 Best viewed large
Surreal Sunset- Sydney Harbour by richardj

Featured in Sydney group.
You Don't Know My Name by Lee Wilde

ORIGINAL AVAILABLE / view my current eBay listings Round and round and round we go…. Will you ever know? currently listening to: Alicia Keys – You Don’t Know My Name medium: acrylic paint on 185gsm Arches paper size: 42cm x 59.4cm (A2)
Work by grahampattison

Oxford Street
Deja Vu #3 by Midori Furze

My “Deja Vu” series / Acrylic on canvas / Original was sold. I wrote one part of an old Japanese Poem by Ietaka Fujiwara. / - The Tachibana (Citrus) has the same fragrance as my old memory. Even though the tree has blossomed for the first time, the smell is the same as my old tree. I hope you like it….
untitled by Varry

Acylic on canvas
Swan Lake Series - 2 by Andrew Patsalou

This is just one of the paintings from my “Swan Lake Series”. Oil paint on stretched canvas. 40cm x 100cm

Recent Work

Close Up by juellie

A seagull looking at me. Shot at the Botanical Gardens, Sydney.
Pitt Street by grahampattison

Pitt Street, Sydney
Coke sign by PhotosByG

A Coke sign at Kings Cross, Sydney. The neon sign is about 4 stories high.
Bridge by PhotosByG

Taken from Circular Quay.
Sydney Harbour Bridge by Erik Schlogl

The Harbour Bridge in Sydney, the capital of New South Wales, Australia. Equipment : Nikon D300, tripod, Nikon 18-200mm lens / Technique: 5 bracketed images (2EV steps from -4EV to +4EV), processed in Photomatix and tidied up slightly in Lightroom.
Justify My Love by Lee Wilde

ORIGINAL AVAILABLE / view my current eBay listings currently listening to: Justify My Love – Madonna medium: graphite and acrylic paint on 185gsm Arches paper size: 21cm x 29.7cm (A4)
Marsha Brady gets a gun close up by Juilee Pryor

well just like it says in the title this is a closer view of this old and forgotten mural on Erskinville Road Newtown…from the vaults of time and annals of history comes this image…. it now longer exists having be redecorated out of existence by the new owners of the building. Still it was up for a few years which is pretty good for street art. / . / That’s my Dad my sister and my three lads checking it out… back in the day hey…..:) / . /
Dark & Alone - What Is It? by Bryan Freeman

It was dark and this was all alone. So I fired off a few shots to see what I could capture. The colour is correct, the contrast has been enhanced a bit. It’s also been cropped to remove some of the black border as there was far too much inky blackness. Can you tell me what it is? (See the Bubble Jeopardy forum – it’s great fun) Canon EOS 400D / Canon Lens 18-55mm
Graffitti Hall of Fame by Juilee Pryor

an unknown graffitti artist greets me as I arrive at the Graffitti Hall of Fame in the inner city industrial area of Alexandria. This is the place were I shot ‘Spirit of Sydney’! allthough I used a different model for that particular shot. ...:) / . /
Looking For... by Daniel Angeles

The beautiful model . Nikon D90 18-200
Shower Block by Ian English

Shower block in derelict machinery shed. Nikon D700 24-70 2.8 tripod / 5 shot HDR Photomatix 1.0