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Copyright: Erim KI (RookiE_1) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 122 W: 15 N: 80] (580)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-04-16
Categories: Daily Life
Camera: Panasonic FZ30
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/400 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-07-03 3:02
Viewed: 519
Points: 23
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Taken at Botany Bay

Botany Bay
Botany Bay is the place where Lieutenant James Cook landed in April 1770 -- there never was a Captain Cook on the Australian mainland, though he was a captain when he later visited Tasmania and New Zealand -- with his friends and crew on board the barque Endeavour. Two of his companions, Daniel Solander and Joseph Banks, were botanists, and they were entranced by the number of flowers blooming in what the calendar said was our late autumn. But while they were very good at collecting and identifying plants, the two were less effective in identifying good farming land.

The Quaternary alluvium (that means sand to ordinary folk) around Botany Bay supported nice green swamps where poverty-stricken plants struggled for an existence, but the gentlemen botanists saw none of this, not when there was so much green around them. They gathered specimens, and Banks schemed to have this demi-Eden turned into a British settlement. It mattered little to him that the plants were growing on some of the worst soils to be found on this planet -- to him, it was a paradise of plants, and Cook was prevailed upon to change the name "Stingray Harbour" to "Botany Bay".

So when Banks rose to a position of power in England, he used his influence to send a settling fleet to Botany Bay, ready to create a power base for Britain in the South Sea. From here, Britain's navy would be able to refit, and perhaps ship yards could build vessels to fight against the French who were, after all, The Enemy.

Oddly enough, a French expedition put into Botany Bay just a few days after the First Fleet arrived, and fools often say that Australia nearly became French, on account of that arrival. This is wrong, for the French knew the British were settling in Botany Bay, the English knew the French would be popping in for a chinwag and a quick bite to eat, and the meeting was all arranged, long before either group sailed from Europe. In those days, scientists were above ordinary warfare, and the British government had instructed Arthur Philip to extend all courtesies to the French visitors.

What is important is that Botany Bay, for all that it is a fine harbour, was no place for a settlement -- no water, poor soil, poor anchorages, shallow shores -- and so Arthur Philip took off for the next major gap in the shore, and so discovered Sydney Harbour. Botany Bay was left alone, low swampy wasteland, where Sydney's airport would later be built -- you can see one runway jutting out into the bay -- and settlement happened further north, at Sydney. And so Sydney was formed, although to two generations of British criminal under-class, this land was "Botany Bay".
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Beautiful shot. I like the perspective and the rocks to sea to sky... Your photo definitely pulls the viewer in. Very nice framing, and very nice colors.
Excellent photo Erim :)

Hi Erim,
An interesting symmetrical composition!
Your point of view is well chosen, to creat triangles of the sea...
Great colours and fine details, well done!
Greetings,
Pablo -

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  • tet Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 425 W: 40 N: 190] (3345)
  • [2006-07-03 4:06]

i like the perspective angle of the rocks here. esp the centered position of the pole.

good photo erim.

tet

taslar denizin sonuna kadar devam ediyor sanki. güzel bir kare olmus. eline saglık Erim. Isigin bol olsun.

HY

Selam Erim.
Buradaki bakış açın hoşuma gitti, sanki karşı kıyıya uzanıyormuş gibi görünüyor :o)
Perspektif çalışmaları her zaman hoşuma gider; ellerine, gözlerine ve yüreğine sağlık.
Güzel paylaşımın için teşekkürler, ışığın bol olsun.

Yasin.

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  • lucbus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2439 W: 92 N: 2012] (10484)
  • [2006-07-03 6:40]

Hi Erim,
Very nice photo with that perspective leading us to that pole at the back. It has been done with excellent sharpness and great colors. very well done.
Luc

nice perspective. nice sky too

Annelisa

Hi Erim,
Most of the times I wouldn't recommend making center composition, but in this case the perspective and the rocks in the foreground that's leading the eye towards the pole makes the pic interesting! :)
cheers
ToM

çok güzel bir kare olmuş
tebrikler
elinize sağlık..

Very nice perspective shot with strong colours. Try not to get your horizon bang straight in the middle of the composition. The Rule of Thirds is 1/3 sky to 2/3 land, or visa-verza. Give it try and see how you like it.

Merhaba Erim
Çok güzel çalışma. ELine sağlık. Güzel kadraj.

Kerem

although it is a centered composition, worked well here Erim.. send more..

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