ThePatch :: Colour, Celebration, Street Scene

The patch themes seem to be getting harder. Finding a colourful celebration street scene in Melbourne in winter was always going to be a challenge. Melbournians are renowned for just wearing black, and particularly so in winter. Then there’s the fact that all out festivals are in the warmer months. Today was the aftermath of the world cup and sport is the true religion of Melbourne so I thought there might be a chance there. Seems all of the German fans where celebrating somewhere else and no other team colours to be seen. Then I had the brilliant thought since it is also Bastille Day,  plenty of good food on offer (another Melbourne passion), I figured there might be a little bit of France around to photograph so I headed for the current production of Les Misérables. No luck there either BUT China Town was decked out in its colourful finery, but I could not find what was being celebrated. Perhaps it is just being a long standing part of Melbourne life.

Joinery in Hosier Lane

Some simple Hockney style joiner collages of the Hosier Lane street art.

The Case of the Shinny Balls & the Headless Ghost

 

This image is yet another multi-image photomosaic, stitched together with autostitch. I like the technique as a way to get a superwide angle view in a tight space (compare it with the normal "wide" angle/zoomed out view) below. The poor man on the right has become a ghost and lost his head because he moved between frames, but it does add a little of the surreal to the center of Adelaide.

 

Night moves

 

Most cameras have a night scenes mode (usually indicated by a pictogram with a crescent moon) and it will lengthen then exposure time, however if there is something moving, like a car with its headlights on, you will just get a streak of light. Yet this in itself can be appealing.