Dark sunshine
The Australian state of Queensland is best known for bright colours, balmy weather, natural beauty – and the sunshine of its sub-title.
But I came home with some shots that defy this notion. We arrived in Brisbane during a relentlessly wet spell, while some of the city’s architectural features looked moody and overpowering, like the edifice of the University of Queensland’s main building in the photograph above.
The Eleanor Schonell Bridge, which provides a link to the St Lucia campus across the Brisbane River, looked imposing against a stormy sky. The Botanic Gardens’ hothouse was admittedly bathed in light, but has a space age quality in black and white.
The morning after a night in one of the city centre’s clusters of tower blocks was sodden, and the view to a neighbouring skyscraper proved bleak and daunting.
There are two sides to every story, even in the sub-tropics…
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Good to see a different take on Brisbane! Don’t you find that if things aren’t quite what you expected your creativity has a greater chance to come to the fore?
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Thank you Noeline. I quite agree, yes. This was an unexpected turn of events and I responded to them. Quite pleased with them for the least depressive city in Australia!
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Excellent set … I love the simple, yet strong lines. My favorite: Bright Wet.
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Thank you very much, I appreciate that. Simple and pretty dark, which I like to reflect from time to time. I’m quite fond of the slightly suicidal Downward Trajectory.
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But they make great graphic shots.
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Diana, thank you. Yes, the lack of sunshine and palm trees made the camera speak and altogether different language.
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Nice shots! Who needs great weather?! :)
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Well quite! It was good to get dark, dingy and dirty :)
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