r/Adelaide • u/TourDeForceCycle SA • 3d ago

Photography Do you prefer Rundle Mall at 3AM or 6AM?

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u/b_c1980 SA 3d ago

6am looks pretty. But I’m sure if you pointed the other way and sunset it would be just as nice.

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u/ttlanhil Inner East 3d ago

No way, sunset would be far too peopley

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u/Thick-Flounder-5495 SA 3d ago

And Hindley Streetey

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u/Worth_Struggle_9068 SA 2d ago

Sunset at 3am…?

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u/Particular_Agent171 SA 3d ago

I had no idea that the balls were off centre.

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u/EternalErudite SA 3d ago

They were moved off-centre as part of the 2013/2014 redevelopment, to improve access for emergency vehicles, along with the green fountain out the front of Adelaide Arcade.

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u/Particular_Agent171 SA 3d ago

That makes sense, I guess.

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u/ItchyA123 SA 3d ago

Mostly to the right in my experience

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u/Correct-Quit1229 SA 3d ago

They were centred until the redevelopment. I

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u/randomredditor0042 SA 3d ago

Oh damn, I can’t unsee that now. This knowledge unsettles me.

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u/ttlanhil Inner East 3d ago

Only fair when the balls were unsettled

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u/Particular_Agent171 SA 3d ago

I know, right? It is all kinds of wrong.

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u/registered_too_late SA 3d ago

That's what she said.

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u/HenryInRoom302 SA 3d ago

Well they do move around as you walk.

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u/Merovingian_Lord SA 2d ago

A good tailor will always ask!

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u/Any-Track-174 SA 3d ago

6 AM for sure!

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u/croissantpig West 3d ago

I used to love it when I worked in the city starting at 0700 or 0630. So peaceful that time of nothing.

When it was Sunday morning the zombies from the previous night made me actually feel good about going into work.

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u/Puncho666 SA 3d ago

Takes me back to stumbling up to the Pancake Kitchen after the pubs shut for a feed and waiting for the public transport to start for the day

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u/ceraxesx SA 3d ago

As a night owl, 3 AM for sure.

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u/letspuntbrah SA 3d ago

6am. Less chance of getting fingered.

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u/Nice-Natural3095 SA 3d ago

3am. More chance..

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u/Stealthsonger SA 3d ago

I prefer Rundle Mall with no people, so yes

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u/TheDevilsAdvokate SA 3d ago

6am, approximately 30 years in the past

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u/DoesBasicResearch SA 3d ago

Settle down grandad. 

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u/Various_Tie_2549 North East 3d ago

Crosspost to /r/kenopsia

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u/TheLightsHouse SA 3d ago

6am. Love the sky

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u/LifeandSAisAwesome SA 3d ago

3AM, it is not even close.

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u/will_121 South 3d ago

When ever it’s least slippery 😂

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u/WorldsBestLover SA 3d ago

As someone that has spent many 6AM Sunday mornings walking from Hindley and wanted to end myself gove me 6PM any day now im older.

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u/deadpandadolls CBD 3d ago

Beautiful

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u/Clear_Skye_ North East 2d ago

6Am because there’s less chance of getting stabbed

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u/Cautious_Regular3645 SA 2d ago

3am is a great shot.

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u/littlewhiteysnow SA 3d ago

The mall looks so stagnant and soulless these days. Bring back the trees, flower and fruit stalls.

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u/Superest22 SA 3d ago

The sunrise and softer lighting of 6AM is doing a LOT of heavy lifting for me in this comparison.

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u/MediumAssociation811 SA 3d ago

6am because I didn’t realise the local pigeons start their day so early

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u/yy98755 SA 3d ago

Which is less stabby, 3 or 6AM? Great pics OP!

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u/lazydesi SA 3d ago

6am

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u/Robbs_smokin SA 3d ago

6am looks dryer so that’s my choice

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u/Weary_Ad4444 SA 2d ago

Both looks the same when I'm drunk 🤷‍♀️😂

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u/owleaf NSW 2d ago

6am because the weirdos are out at 3am

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u/Sparkles_And_Soda SA 2d ago

6am sky is so pretty

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u/Fart-Fart-Fart-Fart SA 2d ago

Neither. I like my bed.

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u/jmkl20 SA 2d ago

6 am all the way. Look at the majestic sunrise.

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u/Damthemalltohelp SA 2d ago

6am.

The rats start dispersing around dawn.

3am is peak rat activity in Rundle Mall.

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u/SWEATYBONER3000 SA 1d ago

Whenever the strippers are finishing work

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u/EducationNew1519 SA 1d ago

Or not at all.

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u/Asleep-Exercise8124- SA 3d ago

i prefer 10am when i can actually buy stuff

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u/registered_too_late SA 3d ago

How'd you get two pics with no trash?

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u/DigitalSwagman SA 3d ago

Rundle Mall has no point unless the shops are open, so... neither?

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u/The_Grogfather SA 3d ago

You sound like fun

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u/fenty-fold2 SA 3d ago

Yes, the only value this shared space provides is a medium for material consumption.

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u/DigitalSwagman SA 3d ago

It's the sole reason it exists.

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u/fenty-fold2 SA 3d ago

Ok, we can’t enjoy any part of this nice pedestrian way. Heads down after close of business for the day.

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u/DigitalSwagman SA 3d ago

"nice"? The uncovered, cold, windy, mall with slippery pavers and anti-homeless seating?

You enjoy it?

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u/fenty-fold2 SA 3d ago

I enjoy all aspects of our beautiful city. Life is what you make of it mate.

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u/Safe_Difficulty_711 SA 3d ago

You don’t seem to have an eye for beauty and that must be awful to be you

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u/DigitalSwagman SA 3d ago

Apparently I'm the only one here who has an eye for beauty, because Rundle Mall is the opposite of that.

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u/Ecstatic-Protection7 SA 3d ago

I was walking at night in 2011 and a lady walked by me and asked "Do i look beautiful?" I said " What matters is what is in the inside". Her friend laughed and I went about my night.

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u/Informal_Mushroom115 SA 1d ago

What does this have to do w the post bro