Friday, June 17, 2011

VancouverDoug's photostream

Vancouver Sun Run Apr 17 2011Sunrise Dew 2000money shot Vancouver SunriseReno View IR HDR with snapseedVancouver West End Infra Red High Dynamic Range Jun 3 2011Vancouver Downtown Jun 07 2011 HDR Diana 06
Vancouver Pacific and Burrard June 04 2011 IRHDRWall Centre Vancouver at Sunrise June 05 2011 HDRDowntown Sunrise June 05 2011 HDRThurlow St Vancouver May 23 2011 HDR01.jpgSunset Beach Spring Blossom iPhone May 5 2011.jpgGull In Motion IR Apr 08 2011.jpg
Stanley Park Seawall IR HDR 01 Apr 08 2011.jpgVancouver West End South Shore HDR Diana Lens Mar 31 2011.jpgMacMillan Space Center Fish Eye 05 Mar 31 2011.jpgMacMillan Space Center Fish Eye 04 Mar 31 2011.jpgMacMillan Space Centre Fish Eye HDR 01 Mar 31 2011.jpgMacMillan Space Centre HDR Diana Lens 02 Mar 31 2011.jpg
MacMillan Space Centre HDR 06 Mar 31 2011.jpgSprings First Blush 02 Sunset Beach Mar 23 2011.jpgSpring Early Bird Alpha Render 11 Mar 23 2011Form and Function Spring Blossoms HDR Mar 23 2011English Bay Tidal Pool HDR Rock Study 01 Mar 23 2011Seawall at Second Beach HDR Mar 23 2011

A flash from the recent past - the Vancouver Sun held on Sunday April 17 2011. A great day for a run and with nice big puffy clouds hugging the north shore mountains a great morning for infra red photography was well.

If you look close enough you'll notice that all of the thousands of runners (nearly 50,000 in total that day) are all dressed in white. No Vancouver is not a cult city demanding it's citzens all wear the same clothing (except during Stanley Cup finals when the Canucks are playing). The mob of drones down below is an artifact of IR photography. Clothes reflect all infra red light and as such appear white and semi translucent. Creepy but cute in a cute creepy sort of way.

Monday, June 13, 2011

Reno View IR HDR with snapseed

Here's a bit of vintage processing on a 21st century image - infra red and high dynamic range photography combined then processed, on my iPad no less, with a new bit of software called snap seed. I expect in 2-3 years I'll being doing a lot of post production on the iPad.

Sunday, June 12, 2011

West End IR HDR Jun 3 2011

Vancouver's West End caught in the razor sharpness of infra red light. Thanks to the extended visual range of High Dynamic Range photography the shadow of one of the few clouds in the sky can be seen over the city.

Vancouver Downtown Jun 07 2011 HDR Diana 06

A collection of heritage homes on Pacfic St, downtown Vancouver, just around sunset on June 7 2011. Shot using a Diana lens and HDR. I really like this combination of photographic treatments - the fuzziness of the Diana lens mingled with the hyper-sharpness and color saturation of High Dynamic Range processing. The Ansel Adams inside however wants to throttle me. :)

Vancouver Downtown Jun 07 2011 HDR Diana 06

A collection of heritage homes on Pacfic St, downtown Vancouver, just around sunset on June 7 2011. Shot using a Diana lens and HDR. I really like this combination of photographic treatments - the fuzziness of the Diana lens mingled with the hyper-sharpness and color saturation of High Dynamic Range processing. The Ansel Adams inside however wants to throttle me. :)

Monday, June 06, 2011

Vancouver Pacific and Burrard June 04 2011 IRHDR

Here's a shot of the intersection of Pacific and Burrard streets in the frosty cool glow of infra red light. The clarity of High Dynamic Range Infra Red shots never ceases to amaze me. Since IR light is less sensitive to distortion due to water in the air the shots that use this process have an almost "scale model" feel to them. In the top right corner you can see Mt. Baker off in the distance. Mt Baker National Park is roughly 150 km from downtown Vancouver (as the crow flies).

Sunday, June 05, 2011

Wall Centre Vancouver at Sunrise June 05 2011 HDR

The morning after the night before, in this case the night of the Vancouver Canuck's nerve wracking 3 to 2 win over the Boston Bruins (11 seconds into overtime no less) the city was treated to a soft and gentle sunrise. For the one Canuck's fan in the city concious and mentally sharp enough at 5:00 AM to shoot a collection of HDR sequences (me) it was worth it - as was going back to bed to sleep for another 3 hours. :)

Here's one of Vancouver's signature buildings - the Wall Centre - framed in the warm glow of a late spring sunrise.

Thurlow St Vancouver May 23 2011 HDR01

While sunshine has been a rare commodity this spring we have been blessed with a few blasts near the end of the day. Here's a view of Vancouver's West End looking north up Thurlow St on May 23 2011.