A Very Early Trip into the City

Went into the city this morning with some friends to take photos.  As usual, I couldn't help taking some photos with my phone and Instagram.  Here are the results.

Before the City Wakes Up.

Manchester Unity Building

Flinders Street Station

Swanston Street

Degraves Street

Breakfast

A City Lane Way

A Bird

That's all of them, the good, the bad and the very ugly.  The city is a very different place early in the morning.

Wet Trip to the City

An Instagram trip into the city today.

The view outside the train window.  It was wet and I wasn't looking forward to walking around the city in it.

This is the view we saw after we got up the escalators at Melbourne Central, the shot tower.

These doors were so cute.  They were in Melbourne Central and opened up the store Peter Alexander, famous for Pajamas.

I couldn't resist taking a photo of the lovely baked goods in a Chinese bakery in Bourke Street, around the corner from the Chinatown.

Some of the views on the train when we were leaving the city.  These are the old Housing Commission flats, I believe they are getting rid of a lot of these.

This is the back of the Collingwood Town Hall.  You see it on the train line I have to take to get home, it is an amazing building.  Would love to go inside one day.

This is a strange photo, also taken from inside the train, as the previous two were as well.  I love this station.  I have never got off at it, but I like the way it is on a bend.  West Richmond Station, for anyone who wants to know.

There you have my instagram day in the city.  Hope you had fun on yours as well.

Revisiting the Past

Earlier this year, on my birthday actually, I went to the city for lunch and I took my camera.  I tried doing some HDR images, but at that time I only had photoshop.  Since then I have purchased Photomatix and I thought today I would try redoing some of the images I had done from that day.

I thought they were too grey before.  It was a very overcast day, and the light was very bright, as is to be expected in early January.  However, whilst I still think this is very grey, there is still lots of splashes of colour here and there.  I do think it is vibrant.

This was one of my favourite images from that day.  I compared this image with the original HDR I did with Photoshop and this is a lot better.  The colours really pop.  There isn't a lot of colour, but what there is really stands out.

Under the train lines.  I don't know if this one is better, it is certainly more realistic.

I haven't done this much.  That is turn an image into black and white during the HDR process, or rather in Photomatix.  I don't mind it and thing it works well with this image.

What is your favourite?