Monday, July 26, 2010

07 Jul 26 2010 West End Vancouver From Jericho Beach HDR_DSC_4288And8moreEnhancer

A view from Jericho Beach of the West End of Vancouver Canada. This HDR image was taken at the end of an HDR photo shoot of the 1976 Habitat Sculpture just off the beach from where this photo was taken. I'm midway through the image sequences of the sculpture itself and the results are pretty dreamy.

The sculpture was created by Bernard Thor to commemorate the United Nations conference on Human Settlements forum which was held in Vancouver the end of May and start of June 1976. The sculpture, tucked away beside the Jericho Beach Marina (south east corner) is composed of two elegant pieces of wood that ... well ... have to be seen to be understood.

Best part though, in particular in the light of High Dynamic Range photography, is that the sculpture has been weathered by over 34 years of Vancouver winters, springs, summers and falls. As such it's evolved into quite a spiritual piece that few know about.

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