Friday the 13th marked the end of a not particularly easy week (he says with characteristic understatement). I left work slightly early (if you can call a 10 hour work day "early") and was originally headed into the city. However I was slightly too late for what I wanted to do, and I was feeling mentally drained from the week anyway.

(Which also contributed to me pretty much going through the motions with PADing this week, and not putting up my shots until the end of the week. And even now I'll be one behind, which I'll attend to tomorrow. Much as I want to persist with PADing for one year at least I can't help thinking that perhaps it might be even more beneficial to set aside some hunting time to try to create one or two really good images per week rather than (sometimes) merely punching a shutter for seven. But then there are some weeks where you do hit the mark for quite a few days in a row. Does that make it worthwhile? Hard call.)

In any case, I decided to clear my head by wandering past the Maritime Museum to see what might be there to shoot, and must admit that I was somewhat taken with the unusual afternoon light that I saw here, not only but also in the clouds. In this shot the First Fleet class ferry Friendship is just arriving at Pyrmont Bay wharf, the sailing ship James Craig is moored with a beam of sunlight coming through her rigging to light up a spot on her port side, and in the distance the cruise ship Pacific Jewel has just backed out of her berth and is about to head out through the harbour to begin her latest voyage.

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