Monday, July 29, 2013

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A summer sun dog shines down on the Howe Sound mountains north of Vancouver.

A textbook demonstration of how the high wispy cirrus clouds (shown in the photo) are at just the right temperature to create the perfectly formed ice crystals needed to create such a beautiful atmospheric phenomena.

Saturday, July 27, 2013

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Sigh. The Erickson. My favorite building in Vancouver.

It's like she has grown out of one of the best points in False Creek.

This is a building you know will never look old.

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Yaletown Vancouver.

Close moons give rise to high tides. Sailors take note.

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Tidal aware art.

False Creek Vancouver.

Time to fire zee lazer.

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Four Yaletown condo towers chat about the weather and the royal baby.

Yawn.

Friday, July 26, 2013

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Yaletown and False Creek - Vancouver.

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Lens flair - Go big or go home.

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Caption 1: A convenient lens flair points out three of Kitsilano's more popular summer destinations. Clockwise from the left - the H. R. MacMillan Space Centre, the Vancouver Maritime Museum (right) and the Bard on the Beach Shakespearean festival (bottom).

Caption 2: An Alderian interstellar battle cruiser fires its photon weapon narrowly misses three of Vancouver's more popular summer destinations. Thank goodness Alderian's are not known for their accuracy.

Caption 2 sounds more exciting in a Hollywood sort of way.

Monday, July 22, 2013

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Vancouver's iconic Burrard Street Bridge show's off it's 1930's roots and 21st century seismic upgrades (Pacific ocean ring of fire and all that) in the Saturday morning summer sunshine.

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Saturday morning at the corner of Hornby and Davie Streets in Vancouver's Yaletown urban megalopolis.

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As the concrete cures in the morning sunshine the Artemisa, which I'm quite certain will quickly become an oft-photographed landmark building in Vancouver's Yaletown region, begins to take shape. Located on what will be the relatively quiet south corner of Hornby and Helmcken the building, even in this raw form is already looking quite stylish.

Saturday, July 20, 2013

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Reflected sunset.

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Sheba lays claim to the cat tree and gets her fluffy on in the evening summer sunshine.

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With the arrival of the Honda Celebration of Light fireworks barge, shown here in mid-assembly high summer in Vancouver begins. Woot!

Thursday, July 18, 2013

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Twilight's blush.

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Station keeping.

English Bay Vancouver.

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Pacific Pastels

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Summer sunset light explodes over English Bay Vancouver.

Obviously getting ready for the local fireworks festival now less than two weeks away.

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Foreshore Park and NW Marine Drive in Vancouver's Kits metro-burb stand watch as English Bay becomes the Strait of Georgia.

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The western tip of Bowen Island with, way in the back, Texada and Lasquerti islands in BC's Strait of Georgia.

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Vancouver's North Shore, Bowen Island and western mountains of BC's Tetrahedron Park at sunset.

Google Maps ftw.

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English Bay Vancouver with the tip of Bowen Island in the background. Purple haze.

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The mountains and islands of Howe Sound, north west of Vancouver, warm in the final rays of summer's light.

I'll be Bach.

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

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Stanley Park in Vancouver Canada's West End simmers in the west coast summer sunshine.

Is it 4:20 yet?

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Vancouver's West End looms large onto Stanley Park's Lost Lagoon.

Sunday, July 14, 2013

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Money shot.

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At the corner of West Georgia and Lost Lagoon sits the coolest building, in my humble opinion, in the city. It has its own vertical lift garage.

How can you possibly get cooler than that?

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Pacific city willow.

Lost Lagoon, Stanley Park Vancouve

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High contrast herons.

A family of Pacific Great Herons hang out in Lost Lagoon doing their best to look like the coolest birds on the rocks because ... well ... they are.

Swans are so last century.

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Gone but not forgotten.

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The gigantic ferns at the western edge of Lost Lagoon in downtown Vancouver's Stanley Park glow in summer's infra red light.

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Greetings. I come in peace.

Now be a nice human and fetch me a treat.

Friday, July 12, 2013

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Looking north along Thurlow Street in Vancouver's West End.

Summer rocks. Especially Saturday Summers.

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Vancouver's 1000 block of Beach Avenue looking quite fluffy in the IR brilliance that is high summer in Vancouver's West End.

Background and foreground in mellow agreement.

Wednesday, July 03, 2013

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The port sun dog surfs the mid evening clouds.

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Meanwhile, 44' away the companion sun dog decides that now would be a good time to show off.

What ever.

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English Bay Vancouver's latest Sun Dog stares down it's parent.

Atmospheric phenomena can seem, ... sigh ... so entitled.

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Beach Avenue and Thurlow Street in the south western tip of Vancouver's West End.

Beach more. Bitch less.

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Thurlow Street in Vancouver's West End.

Looking north ... ish.

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A Lost Lagoon lily luxuriates in summer's mid-morning sunshine.

Monday, July 01, 2013

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Lost Lagoon Creek looking abundantly green as summer algae lays claim to the water.

The hundreds of local ducks are anything but amused.

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A fern presents its summer flower.

AM, Lost Lagoon, Stanley Park Vancouver.

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On the English Bay aka West side of Lost Lagoon in Stanley Park Vancouver is a fantastic collection of flowering plants, succulents, ferns, etc.

Macro-photography nirvana with morning providing the best light.