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Bondi Beach reminds me of a bite taken out of a piece of toast. Over the other end, the northern end, the area is known as Ben Buckler.
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Over this end, the southern end, the area used to be known as 'the bogey hole'. Now it is just called 'Icebergs'.
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Great shots of Bondi Beach Julie.
ReplyDeleteThe skies look beautiful Julie!
ReplyDeleteI like to think my little grandkids are down there on the sand in your beautiful picture.
ReplyDeleteEveryone, everywhere, has surely heard of the great Bondi Beach, Julie, and it sure is gorgeous. I don't remember why, but somehow my brother and I didn't get there when we were in Australia.
ReplyDeleteLove your photos.
K
Seems like only yesterday when I was in Bondi. In fact it was 7 months ago, but still 21C and clear blue skies. I suddenly understood the allure of Sydney by comparison with Melbourne.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful skies, lovely sea and cityscape.
ReplyDeleteNice. What aperture did you set for the top one?
ReplyDeleteSometimes I think that Bondi is very overrated, but this top picture is magnificent and does it justice as a beautiful place to visit.
ReplyDeleteTerrific light in that first shot but they're all great shots of grey skies.
ReplyDeleteYes, remarkable light in that first shot.
ReplyDeleteThat top shot is very special - a sandwich of light and dark.
ReplyDeleteI like the first shot best and also the analogy!
ReplyDeleteJulie fess up, you were mixing it with the celebs on the Iceberg Balcony when you took these shots!
ReplyDeleteThey are all good photos Julie, but the first one is the one I
ReplyDeletelike best,can't help wondering,Who was Ben Buckler!!
There is an urban myth about a convict who hid out along the rocky cliffs, fell and died. However, I discount that. I reckon it was named in a similar fashion to Ben Loman and Ben Nevis in Scotland. It is nothing like as high, being just cliffs whereas they are mountains, but I reckon someone was missing their homeland. The Buckler bit might be after a real person, but that is lost in the mists of time.
ReplyDeleteAnn: the aperture for the top photograph was F8. This was my starting point. I know that F8 and F11 are sweet-spots for my lens, an I wanted a long depth of field. Having cut out light by using F8 rather than something more open - like F4 - and with the shadows over the beach (it was 6:56pm) - I then set the ISO to 1250, which is unusual for me! It could easily have been 1000 or even 800 when I see the resulting s/s which is 1/3200. But I did not go back and adjust the ISO which I probably should have and could have avoided some of the graininess.
ReplyDeleteI hope to visit Bondi Beach one day.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful shots of Bondi beach! Been there once and it was lovely.
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