Inspiring Photo: Destruction #10550163

Destruction

Uploaded: August 04, 2010

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Cockatoo Island, machinery of all shapes and sizes, inside buildings and out. The high rise buildings of Sydney just peeping up on the horizon

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Jeff Robinson August 04, 2010

Excellent comp and use of B&W! Jeff #1294670

Kate Jackson August 06, 2010

Great leading lines and composition Barbara. Especially with the positioning of the flying seagulls under the crane hook! #8809259

John Connolly August 06, 2010

An incredible capture of this harbour island, Barbara! B&W is the perfect medium to present this image. Well done! #8810565

Ann Coates August 07, 2010

Is it called Cockatoo Island because it is full of Cockatoos? I see there are plenty of seagulls there. Your conversion to B&W has made for a dramatic scene here Barbara. This is terrfic. #8812392

Thomas E. Hinds August 07, 2010

This is really a neat image of modern life, Barbara! Great in black and white! #8812730

Barbara Mason August 08, 2010

Thank you all for your generous comments much appreciated :-) #8812907

Renata Gusciora August 13, 2010

Fabulous image,Barbara!Super tones,lighting and composition!I like it a lot! #8827895

Carolyn J. Connolly August 27, 2010

Excellent monochromatic tones here, Barbara...and superb interest, lighting, composition and sky, too!! :o)

Your images inspired me to Google for more info. on Cockatoo Island and its past, and this is an explanation for the name of the island:

"Pre 1788: Cockatoo Island is heavily timbered with red gums and frequented by sulphur-crested cockatoos. Aboriginal people of Sydney almost certainly fished here."

Refer: http://www.cockatooisland.gov.au/about/history/timeline.html

"From at least as early as 1870 the island was referred to as ‘Biloela’, an Aboriginal word for ‘black cockatoo’."

Refer: http://www.naa.gov.au/naaresources/publications/research_guides/guides/dockyard/chapter01.htm

"Aboriginal Heritage
It was recorded by early colonists that Aboriginal people of the Sydney region called Cockatoo Island Wa-rea-mah. Aboriginal people inhabited the area for thousands of years prior to European settlement and the island may have been used as a fishing
base."

Refer: http://www.harbourtrust.gov.au/docs/management-plan-cockatoo-island-part-1.pdf

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