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Vivid – Intrude – Giant Bunnies…

by on May.26, 2014, under Life, Photography

We next headed down to the bottom end of town and right out to the end of Dawes Point (with a view to working our way back from there towards Circular Quay)

When we arrived we found something quite unexpected glowing brightly to the side. There were these five enormous fantastic inflated giant bunnies in various poses lit from within and scattered across the grassy area at Hickson Road Reserve

The area was roped off but soon after we started setting up outside to take some photographs the artist (Amanda Parer) came over and invited us in to take some shots (awesome :)) of “Intrude” – the advantages of attending on one of the press times I guess…

Why rabbits?

These animals first travelled to Australia on the ships of the First Fleet and were brought ashore in cages in January 1788 at Sydney Cove – the very site of this installation

Note: These photographs (especially the wider shots) look much better when larger – so click any of the images below to see larger versions in an inline overlay slideshow gallery viewer.

Since we had the place to ourselves it was time for some interesting selfies with the bunnies

No Wabbit Stew

No Wabbit Stew

NIKON D600 + 16.0-35.0 mm f/4.0 @ 16 mm, 1 sec at f/8, ISO 200

Hop Down

Hop Down

NIKON D600 + 16.0-35.0 mm f/4.0 @ 20 mm, 1 sec at f/9, ISO 200

Adds new meaning to one of our Sydney icons

Hoppin’ on the Coathanger

Hoppin' on the Coathanger

NIKON D600 + 16.0-35.0 mm f/4.0 @ 22 mm, 2.50 sec at f/8, ISO 200

Wascally Wabbits

Wascally Wabbits

NIKON D600 + 16.0-35.0 mm f/4.0 @ 16 mm, 1/2 sec at f/9, ISO 200

Don’t Hop Anywhere!

Don't Hop Anywhere!

NIKON D600 + 16.0-35.0 mm f/4.0 @ 20 mm, 1/2 sec at f/8, ISO 200

This one definitely recommended for the kids…


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