Monthly Archive for May, 2008

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Coloured blur

Published by imageservices on May 21, 2008 0 Comments

This effect is easy to achieve and can produce some interesting results. You need a zoom lens and a longer exposure. If you have a subject that is located centrally then the effect can work well. It usually requires an interesting background that is not too bland and smooth movement of the lens whilst the aperture is open. There is an interesting discussion on Flickr regarding this technique and some good tips at Adorama Imaging Resource Center. Let us know if you have experimented with this technique! This image was taken during a light show event in the Museum’s Transport Hall.

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Photography by Sotha Bourn
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Solar panels

Published by imageservices on May 20, 2008 0 Comments

Pacific Solar, now CSG Solar installed these solar panels on the roof of the Powerhouse Museum in November 2003. The company changed its name as its technology is called crystalline silicon on glass. The 1.2 kW system has the panels facing NW which is ideal and the maximum power generated is 1200 watts. This is enough to run sixty of the showcase lights in the EcoLogic exhibition in the Museum. Yesterday we saved 537kg of CO2 through the use of these panels.
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Photography by Marinco Kojdanovski
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Phillip Street, Sydney – Circular Quay

Published by imageservices on May 19, 2008 0 Comments

This image from our Tyrrell photographic collection was released on the Commons project on Flickr this week. If you look at the larger version of this image on Flickr you can see several signs have been placed on the building that reads ‘Many happy returns of the day’. You can clearly see a large group of people gathering out the front of the building and some of the ferries are full of passengers. What was so special about this day?

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International Museum Day

Published by imageservices on May 18, 2008 0 Comments

Today is International Museum Day which has been celebrated internationally since 1977. This day provides the public a chance to meet with museum professionals and discuss the challenges museums face. Today Dr Dawn Casey, Director, Powerhouse Museum will be speaking about the changing role of Museums in the 21st century at our Talks After Noon event.

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Photography by Jean-François Lanzarone.
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Bush detail

Published by imageservices on May 17, 2008 0 Comments

The new growth on this plant was photographed on location in Tingha, a small regional town located near Inverell in New South Wales. A team of staff were invited to the homes and places or work of the Indigenous women featured in the exhibition Yinalung yenu: women’s journey. These incredible women allowed us to interview them and photograph their surroundings for this exhibition. The exhibition is currently on level 4 in the Museum.

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Photography by Paula Bray
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Welding

Published by imageservices on May 16, 2008 0 Comments

This image was taken at the Eveleigh railway workshops whilst restoration of Steam locomotive No. 3265 was under way. The Museum took on this challenge, beginning in 1998, to achieve an impressive static exhibit and an operational engine carrying special steam tours. Work commenced in January 1998 and an inspection revealed that the boiler and firebox needed extensive repairs. The 3265 used to haul express trains such as the Newcastle Express.

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Photography by Marinco Kojdanovski
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Highlight from the Commons on Flickr

Published by imageservices on May 15, 2008 0 Comments

This image titled ‘Era’ by Henry King is from our Tyrrell photographic collection that was released on the Commons project on Flickr this week. This image is interesting because it is the first in the set to reveal a photographer at work. Viewing the larger version of this image on Flickr shows you the bulky size of the glass plate camera that was used to get these images. It must have been quiet a task to heave this equipment around on location and then capture moving subjects whilst focusing your shot under the black hood that was necessary to see the image. We have a few glass plate cameras in the collection such as this half plate bellows camera similar to what would have been under this hood.

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Green leaves

Published by imageservices on May 14, 2008 0 Comments

These green leaves were arranged and photographed on a horizontal sheet of white Perspex that was backlit with studio flash and exposed onto daylight-balanced transparency film, before we went digital. Similar results can be achieved when shooting on a fluorescent light box and if you use a digital SLR camera then you easily overcome the temperature imbalance through the effective camera white balance and raw file processing options. But if you were to use the daylight-balanced transparency film then you would need to sandwich 30cc magenta and 5cc red filters over the lens to neutralising the green/cyan component of the fluorescent light. Backlighting subjects can produce really interesting results as you can see in this image the complex and intricate structure of the leaves capillaries has been revealed . This was photographed for use as a graphic in the Experimentations exhibition.

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Photography by Penelope Clay.
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Diner

Published by imageservices on May 13, 2008 0 Comments

This Australian diner was shot using the fish-eye lens hence the accentuated zigzag shape of the roof and ceiling. It was originally photographed for the exhibition Cars and culture: our driving passions.

According to Wikipedia diners are prefabricated restaurants that serve food to a diverse clientele. They are culturally significant places originally based on North American characteristics. What does the word ‘diner’ conjure up for you? Does it invoke an image of 1950s America with soda fountains, fast food and the classic car parked out the front as seen in this image from Google Images.

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Photography by Penelope Clay.
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Highlight from the Commons on Flickr

Published by imageservices on May 12, 2008 3 Comments

This image ‘William Street, Sydney’ by Henry King is from the Tyrrell photographic collection featured on the commons project on Flickr. This is what William street looked like in the late 1800s a far cry from the busy, traffic laden street it is today. There are less than a dozen horse-drawn carriages traveling down the street in this image and there are no large advertising signs. It was originally built in the 1840s to let traffic flow between the city and the Eastern suburbs. It is now a famous multi-lane, major access road that runs from Kings Cross to Hyde Park. See how it has changed by comparing this contemporary shot on Pbase to our historic image.

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