Our neighbour has a great deciduous tree that attracts loads of birds in summer. Some birds seem not to mind when all the leaves disappear (into our yard)

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Taken with Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL and EF24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 USM on 2010:07:25 15:28:15

• Exposure: 1/160
• Aperture: f22.0
• ISO speed: 100
• Exposure program: Aperture-priority AE
• Exposure compensation: -2
• Flash: Off, Did not fire
• File: _MG_3822.jpg

We haven't had too much sun this winter in Sydney, so it's always a welcome friend

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Taken with Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL and EF24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 USM on 2010:07:25 15:25:50

• Exposure: 1/125
• Aperture: f22.0
• ISO speed: 100
• Exposure program: Aperture-priority AE
• Exposure compensation: 0
• Flash: Off, Did not fire
• File: _MG_3811.jpg

There was an unusual afternoon fog in Sydney today

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Taken with Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL and Sigma HSM 30mm f1.4 on 2010:05:25 16:27:40

• Exposure: 1/160
• Aperture: f2.5
• ISO speed: 200
• Exposure program: Aperture-priority AE
• Exposure compensation: +1
• Flash: Off, Did not fire
• File: IMG_3716.jpg

The new Sydney University Law Faculty building offers many interesting views. This one has a slight Jeffrey Smartt aspect (I like to think!)

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Taken with Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL and Sigma HSM 30mm f1.4 on 2010:05:24 17:23:15

• Exposure: 1/20
• Aperture: f1.4
• ISO speed: 400
• Exposure program: Aperture-priority AE
• Exposure compensation: -1
• Flash: Off, Did not fire
• File: IMG_3706.jpg

Can't be too many members - look how small the club house is!

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Taken with Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL and Sigma HSM 30mm f1.4 on 2010:05:19 16:14:33

• Exposure: 1/250
• Aperture: f5.6
• ISO speed: 100
• Exposure program: Aperture-priority AE
• Exposure compensation: 0
• Flash: Off, Did not fire
• File: IMG_3689.jpg

I was sad when they closed down my childhood roller skating rink. I'm not sure this is the same.

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Taken with Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL and Sigma HSM 30mm f1.4 on 2010:05:19 16:07:29

• Exposure: 1/15
• Aperture: f5.6
• ISO speed: 100
• Exposure program: Aperture-priority AE
• Exposure compensation: 0
• Flash: Off, Did not fire
• File: IMG_3688.jpg

I was at St James station early enough to find it nearly empty. St James is one of the (very few) genuinely attractive stations in Sydney. Another day I'll take some shots of the cavernous interior of the cut-and-cover underground station.

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Taken with Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL and EF24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 USM on 2010:05:18 07:14:36

• Exposure: 1/100
• Aperture: f3.5
• ISO speed: 400
• Exposure program: Aperture-priority AE
• Exposure compensation: -1
• Flash: Off, Did not fire
• File: IMG_3656.jpg

I've been sick for a few days, hence the pause in photographs. This is another one from the archives, taken at Dee Why beach in Sydney's North. It's a mounted transparency so I can't see what type of film it is.

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Taken with Canon EOS 30 Film and EF24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 USM

• Transparency scanned with: Nikon SUPER COOLSCAN 5000 ED
• File: rusted poles.jpg

I found this vine covered facade in one of the anonymous lanes of The Rocks--the oldest part of Sydney

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Taken with Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL and EF24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 USM on 2010:05:07 14:17:01

• Exposure: 1/50
• Aperture: f3.5
• ISO speed: 100
• Exposure program: Aperture-priority AE
• Exposure compensation: -1
• Flash: Off, Did not fire
• File: IMG_3540.jpg

Today I had no time for photographing so this is one from the archives. To be honest I can't remember when it was taken, but I do know it was taken with my EOS 30 with EF24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 USM lens using a 400 ISO Kodak C-31 process black and white film.

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The weather was pretty changeable today, but even so the Sydney Harbour manages to look beautiful.

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Taken with Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL and EF24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 USM on 2010:05:05 10:49:53

• Exposure: 1/250
• Aperture: f5.6
• ISO speed: 100
• Exposure program: Aperture-priority AE
• Exposure compensation: -1/3
• Flash: Off, Did not fire
• File: IMG_3503.jpg

Rayner Hoff's amazing sculpture in the Sydney ANZAC War Memorial

The central motif of the design is ‘The Sacrifice’. It comprises a bronze group of sculptures depicting the recumbent figure of a young warrior who has made the supreme sacrifice; his naked body lies upon a shield which is supported by three womenfolk - his best loved Mother, Wife and Sister and in the arms of one is a child, the future generations for whom the sacrifice has been made.
http://www.anzacday.org.au/education/tff/memorials/nsw.html

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Taken with Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL and Sigma HSM 30mm f1.4 on 2010:05:04 16:42:02

• Exposure: 1/25
• Aperture: f1.4
• ISO speed: 200
• Exposure program: Aperture-priority AE
• Exposure compensation: 0
• Flash: Off, Did not fire
• File: IMG_3490.jpg

A lone student at night, walking down Eastern Avenue of Sydney University, with the beautiful Anderson Stuart building as the backdrop

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Taken with Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL and Sigma HSM 30mm f1.4 on 2010:05:03 17:47:55

• Exposure: 1/13
• Aperture: f2.2
• ISO speed: 400
• Exposure program: Aperture-priority AE
• Exposure compensation: 0
• Flash: Off, Did not fire
• File: IMG_3466.jpg

The Queen Victoria Building (QVB) has some shiny new escalators

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Taken with Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL and Sigma HSM 30mm f1.4 on 2010:04:30 16:31:07

• Exposure: 1/8
• Aperture: f3.2
• ISO speed: 100
• Exposure program: Aperture-priority AE
• Exposure compensation: 0
• Flash: Off, Did not fire
• File: IMG_3454.jpg

There are seemingly infinite number of angles to admire Jorn Utzon's Sydney Opera House from

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Taken with Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL and Sigma HSM 30mm f1.4 on 2010:04:28 11:26:07

• Exposure: 1/1250
• Aperture: f5.6
• ISO speed: 100
• Exposure program: Aperture-priority AE
• Exposure compensation: 0
• Flash: Off, Did not fire
• File: IMG_3400.jpg

There was some sort of film shoot outside the old customs house today. Oddly, they were all holding Donut King drinks - seemed a bit classy for Donut King!

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Taken with Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL and Sigma HSM 30mm f1.4 on 2010:04:28 11:58:32

• Exposure: 1/400
• Aperture: f5.6
• ISO speed: 100
• Exposure program: Aperture-priority AE
• Exposure compensation: 0
• Flash: Off, Did not fire
• File: IMG_3435.jpg

The oversized chrome revolving doors of Grosvenor Place make for some nice reflections. Taken under a gloomy Sydney autumn sky.

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Taken with Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL and Sigma HSM 30mm f1.4 on 2010:04:27 17:18:57

• Exposure: 1/30
• Aperture: f5.6
• ISO speed: 100
• Exposure program: Aperture-priority AE
• Exposure compensation: -1
• Flash: Off, Did not fire
• File: IMG_3398.jpg

It's time for a new direction for this blog. I follow a number of photography blogs and have long admired Cyril Genty's work on Un jour à Paris where he simply posts a photo a day taken somewhere in Paris. I thought I'd take a similar approach, but with Sydney, to help break some creative block and hopefully provide enjoyment for others at the same time.

So, starting next week I will be posting a photograph of Sydney every single day week day. I hope for the photos to be fairly contemporaneous, but I won't promise they were taken the very day they were posted.

Here is a sneak peak, taken last Friday at Luna Park Sydney.

Taken with Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL and Sigma HSM 30mm f1.4 on 2010:04:22 12:26:06

• Exposure: 1/50
• Aperture: f13.0
• ISO speed: 100
• Exposure program: Aperture-priority AE
• Exposure compensation: 0
• Flash: Off, Did not fire
• File: IMG_3347.jpg

The main page for this project is http://mark.aufflick.com/a-day-in-sydney - please feel free to leave comments and if I fall behind give me a nudge! At the moment this series is hosted on flickr, but that will probably change so please subscribe to my "A day in Sydney" blog category rather than my flickr feed to make sure you don't miss out