2010 Green Point Soccer Stadium in Cape Town as seen from the sea

No apologies for this cheesy image
 I enjoyed creating it :)

 This is of course the view I had from the Tigresse

Leaving the V&A Waterfront with Green Point on Signal Hill in the back ground

The stadium does look big here, compared to the apartment buildings, it wasn't a spectacular sunset but just pleasant and motoring quietly along Green Point and Sea Point on a calm sea, was so lovely.

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World Cup Soccer 2010 Green Point Stadium wrapped in mesh liner sheets

Well I must say it gets more interesting by the day ...now there are 2 white sheets hanging in the front as well as 5 long strips of the PTFE mesh membrane on the left

I drove to the Hamiltons Rugby club to have a closer look but it started raining, so no shots from there...well the first 3 strips they put up already look tatty and dirty, the 2 newer strips look lighter and cleaner, then the 2 half sheets in the front .. they remind me of bed sheets, I dont understand why they are so much lighter then the rest ?

New World Cup Green Point Stadium in Cape Town is being patched up

Nice patch work ...or is it ?

Took this while I was flying by :)

My amazing new camera ...

I was on my way shopping but decided to get a few quick shots too see what the patchwork looks like up close and I was actually standing behind "Wakame" Restaurant for these shots, which is the building right next to the ocean, on the left hand side of  THIS photo

This was just before I left the house when I noticed they were closing the gap

Images : Canon 20SX IS Superzoom

Cruising on Tigresse past the 2010 WC Green Point Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa

The sea was beckoning me on this beautiful warm day, so once again I went for a sunset trip on my favourite cat the Tigresse. For R 200 + free champagne I got my hair tossed and slightly sloshed :) when they first took it for an exhilarating sail around Table Bay and then motored slowly along Green Point and Sea Point at my special request

As you can see the fourth strip of  PVC mesh was attached I dont know why there is a gap but maybe they could see trouble ahead

When the sun goes down the mesh becomes a colden colour

The middle strip was the first strip, it looks like it is a nightmare to sort that out

When you click on this image you can just see the Kramat, its a Muslim Shrine on the ridge of Signal Hill

All images today : CANON EOS 450D
lens : EFS 17-85 mm

Green Point Stadium is still having trouble with the first strip of PTFE membrane

Today I received my new camera Canon SX20 IS Superzoom !

Unfortunately by the time I was ready to shoot the storm force wind was kicking up a hell of a dust cloud  and the sun had almost gone

Because the dust was so bad I had to stay at a respectful distance from the stadium I must say I am pleased with the zoom on this camera

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These were taken with 2 different cameras 2 days apart

The Green Point Stadium in a twist ....

Playing with some of my images tonight

I used the Picnik editing program for the above photo and played with a tool called circle splash

A toy stadium ........Click image and allow your eyes to trick you...

Tiltshift image

Tilt-shift miniature style photos are pictures of real-life scenes that are manipulated to look like model photographs

Traveling or staying in Cape Town, South Africa, for the Soccer World Cup, June/July 2010

NOW

 September 17/2009

Keep this article handy on 4 December 2009 when the final draw to assign teams to groups takes place in Cape Town, South Africa

THEN...

November 19 2007

View of the Green Point Common, the new 2010 Green Point Soccer Stadium, the Atlantic Ocean, Robben Island and far beyond

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Believe it or not but I drove up Signal Hill in the rain, it was a dreary day but as I arrived the sun broke through... Have a great weekend !

This is what the R4.3bn new 2010 Green Point Stadium looks like by night on September 16

To see the details, click on image

Now that the cranes are gone, bar one, its allot darker at night and they keep the left side of the stadium where the first strips of mesh membrane are attached in darkness, either by design or because they cant work there at night

What started as a R1.2bn stadium project in February 2006, has now quadrupled to a R4.4bn budget-balancing exercise and the city could need an extra R660m for the rest of the project.

And if the city does not get this additional income from external funding sources, the money will have to come from council coffers and ratepayers' pockets.

Read on here

Sunset colours the mesh membrane of the World Cup Green Point Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa, but is it beautiful ?

Peek a boo ?
Its maybe early days to judge yet, but I am holding my breath ..
this is how it looks when the sunset "colours" the PVC cloth at 18,30 PM.Sept 16

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Today during the day with little or no sun the fibre glass infused PTFE fabric mesh cloth has the exact colour of the walls of the old stadium's foundation: Grey

It seems to be  only the first strip which caused problems, the second strip looks tight and smooth 

I hope the Green Point Stadium will not look like a grey blob on the horizon

Two more cranes came down today

This was at 19.00 PM this evening

At 18.00 PM a little bit of blue sky after a grey cool day

I fervently hope and pray that this is not it.... that they are going to attach another PVC mesh on the outside of the frame because I think these grey sheets look like dirty washing, it will look awful

SLR Canon EOS 450D and EFS 17-85 mm lens (the only one I own)

  Took this at around 17.30 PM I drove past the stadium to see if they had sorted the wrinkles yet

but there is obviously a problem.. now there is a gap held together by ropes...

Unfortunately and upsettingly I knocked over my tripod with my Canon PS 5S IS, which was my baby, it could do everything except cook, unfortunately they dont sell it anymore and so I am now on the waiting list (Arrives beginning october in Cape Town)

Canon Powershot SX20 IS Super Zoom
it also has a good video

It is the closest to my broken only 1 year old Canon 5S IS
its cheaper to buy the SX20 camera for close ups then buying a new lens for my SLR Cam

BTW THE photoshop here in Cape Town is called  ORMS

View from Big Bay of Table Mountain and a tiny Green Point Stadium in Cape Town

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I gave this image the Orton treatment I hope you like it

Orton Effect technique is named after a Vancouver Island’s photographer Michael Orton. He took one very sharp photo, deliberately blurred another identical one, overexposed both of them and merged them together to get this dreamy, impressionistic image. He used traditional film but we can do the same thing in
editing program

When I took these shots last weekend it was hazy again and soon after, the clouds rolled in and by the time I arrived home it was drizzling

From left to right Devils Peak, Table Mountain, Signal Hill, Lions Head, Twelve Apostles and as far as I know the last ones on the right are the Hottentot Holland Mountain range

I remember seeing a similar shot 2 years ago with a mock up of the stadium , which was about half the size of Signal Hill, allot of people seeing those kind of images were very concerned that it would ruin this beautiful view of the Cape Town and Table Mountain skyline
Well as you can see it was scaremongering, its hard to find the stadium in these photos

The mesh membrane on the 2010 Soccer World Cup Green Point Stadium isn't looking good

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On 9/09/2009 the first strip of the PVC mesh membrane was installed,

 since then they have been working on it. Today 13/09/2009 I expected the strip to be stretched and properly attached, so I drove past this evening to take a closer look 

Well this is what it looks like now:

To my dismay its wrinkled !
So far I am not impressed although I am trying to be patient, you would think they would have sorted it by now but maybe its a design fault ? Whatever it is I guess its going to give someone somewhere allot of  headaches ...
I also have a few questions  ...
How easy will it be to keep it clean and how likely would it be that it tears ?

When you look at it here, I wonder if this is some sort of lining, maybe another fabric will be covering the outside ? I have no answers as yet and can't find anything on the web but time will tell...

A trip to Saldanha Bay and the beautiful Langebaan Lagoon

The road into the Postberg Nature Reserve

Today was the perfect day for a 1 hour drive away trip to the West Coast National Park Its where the Postberg Nature Reserve opens its gates in August and September so you can see the fields of wild Spring  flowers and I brought  a picnic along which I had on the beach of the Lagoon 

The Reserve is located within West Coast National Park, skirting the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by hills. In full bloom in August and September, this collection of wild plants and flowers is internationally renowned for its beauty.

Langebaan lagoon 

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The village Langebaan

Langebaan from the "Lookout" in the Postberg Reserve

Road into  the Postberg Reserve with  view to Saldanha Bay

This is where I had my picnic on the shore of the azure blue water of the Langebaan Lagoon

Wild Flowers in the Postberg Nature Reserve

Unfortunately the photos have the wrong sequence ..Blogger has updated the ;"editor" and now the photos are posted in a different order 

The new 2010 World Cup Green Point Stadium is another Cape Town icon

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The magnificent view from the Granger Bay Marina breakwater

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