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Weekly Photo #26 – Lambton Reservoir

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Constructed in 1885, the reservoir has a diameter of 20m and a height of 6m with an original capacity of almost 2,000,000 litres. The reservoir was decommissioned in 1990. Source: http://www.hunterwater.com.au/1012.aspx

Photo number #26 wow, that’s halfway through the year since starting this challenge! I was told about this location from another photography enthusiast and it was well worth the effort to take a look. The HDR gives a surreal feel to the pics. Newcastle also gets some great sunsets and when I spotted a few clouds on the horizon I was certain I’d get something good. The sunset shots haven’t been altered, just cropped. Below is an old construction photo I found whilst researching the reservoir.

Construction of the water reservoir, New Lambton, NSW 1917

Weekly Photo #20 – Coloured Pencils

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To get things back on track I snapped this shot the other night as I was trying to get through a frustrating assignment. Taken using the 70-300mm using the macro feature. I had to use a small aperture with a long exposure to get a decent amount of depth of field. It’s been heavily cooked in Adobe Lightroom to give it more punch, I think my camera was over exposing a little as well with the 300mm lens.

Weekly Photo #14 – Christ Church Cathedral

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During Holy Week and Easter we enter into the drama of salvation. The shadow of death stretches over us; we know the desolation of Good Friday; we wait through Easter Saturday until the light of the Easter fire is kindled. Then the doors of death that slammed shut on Good Friday are torn open at the Easter vigil and light and noise and rejoicing lift us off the ground……more->.

I didn’t go to the church for religious purposes but it makes for a damn good photo. We had a walk around inside at like 11:30pm and were surprised to find people wandering about. The lighting was really dim so it had a creepy feel to it as we spotted some dude in a black cape walk passed. I wish I went inside the church last year when I was doing the ancient architecture course as the church featured the construction techniques that we learnt about.