2013 12 Dec 28 Gulf Island Sunset 01a

2013 12 Dec 28 Gulf Island Sunset 01a, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

And yes ... I did compose this shot mostly with the aspect ratio of my Facebook cover photo in mind. 851 pixels wide and 315 pixels tall.

Makes me feel ... dirty ... but in a good way.

Weird.

2013 12 Dec 26 Vancouver Mixed 12a

2013 12 Dec 26 Vancouver Mixed 12a, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

Vancouver's Burrard Street bridge and the entrance to False Creek blush rosy pink in a boxing day sunset on Dec. 26 2013.

2013 12 Dec 26 Strait of Georgia Fog lings 06a

2013 12 Dec 26 Strait of Georgia Fog lings 06a, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

2013 12 Dec 26 Strait of Georgia Fog lings 04a

2013 12 Dec 26 Strait of Georgia Fog lings 04a, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

Cloud dunes.

Strait of Georgia, due west of Vancouver Canada

2013 12 Dec 20 Twilight Snowfall 05a

2013 12 Dec 20 Twilight Snowfall 05a, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

Merry Christmas everyone at False Creek Ferries! You perpetually add much charm to my False Creek photo opportunities. Thanks!

2013 12 Dec 18 Astronomical 08a

2013 12 Dec 18 Astronomical 08a, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

A high contrast Strait of Georgia sunset adds a painterly aspect to Vancouver in the foreground.

2013 12 Dec 18 Astronomical 07a.jpg

2013 12 Dec 18 Astronomical 07a.jpg, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

English Bay moonset.

2013 12 Dec 18 Astronomical 05a

2013 12 Dec 18 Astronomical 05a, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

The moon sets on a stormy English Bay Vancouver Canada.

2013 12 Dec 16 Mixed Bag 15a

2013 12 Dec 16 Mixed Bag 15a, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

The False Creek Marina at the entrance to False Creek in Vancouver's downtown core mellows in the afternoon sunset light.

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2013 12 Dec 16 Mixed Bag 09a

2013 12 Dec 16 Mixed Bag 09a, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

Warm sunshine spills down onto south Vancouver.

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2013 12 Dec 16 Mixed Bag 03a

2013 12 Dec 16 Mixed Bag 03a, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

Pardon me while I tweak your definition of awesome.

2013 12 Dec 16 Mixed Bag 01a

2013 12 Dec 16 Mixed Bag 01a, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

Sirrus and her pet ceramic alligator. An alligator forged 4 years before she was born.

Friends for life.

2013 12 Dec 07 Sunny Saturday West End Mixed 05a

2013 12 Dec 07 Sunny Saturday West End Mixed 05a, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

My favorite of this series. Mid right is the murder of crows heading SE to Burnaby. Classic Vancouver fall day. Magic light more often than not. This time thanks to the eye of an arctic outflow.

Clear skies = cold nights.

Cloudy skies = wet nights.

West coast fall and winter.

2013 12 Dec 10 Snow Bay Color Max Cool

2013 12 Dec 10 Snow Bay Color Max Cool, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

Manual white balance.

It's the cat's meow.

2013 12 Dec 08 English Bay 01a z nn1

2013 12 Dec 08 English Bay 01a z nn1, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

The English Bay sailboats regroup to consider their next move against the cargo tankers.

With the arrival of the fourth tanker things had ... changed. And not for the better.

2013 12 Dec 08 Christmas Tree Macro 01a

2013 12 Dec 08 Christmas Tree Macro 01a, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

Merry Christmas one and all.

2013 12 Dec 05 Moon and Venus 01a zb

2013 12 Dec 05 Moon and Venus 01a zb, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

The Moon and Venus just past sunset over Kitsilano Vancouver.

Dual light trails compliments of dual approaches (from the west in this shot) into Vancouver's international airport - YVR.

2013 12 Dec 10 Snow Day IR 01a

2013 12 Dec 10 Snow Day IR 01a, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

Beach Avenue in Vancouver's West End on our first real snow day.

A dump of nearly 1 cm of snow with overnight temperatures dipping down to near -5'c. Gasp.

Meanwhile, thanks to satellite data, we've discovered that the temperature in Antarctica can dip to -92'c.

Which raises a few big questions. Chief among them being at -92'c how many seconds would it take for a double tall peppermint mocha to freeze solid? Faster than a macchiato?

2013 12 Dec 10 Snow Day IR 03a

2013 12 Dec 10 Snow Day IR 03a, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

Fresh Catch of the Day: Burrard Street Bridge in Vancouver Canada on our first snow day - Dec 10 2013 11:34 AM.

Brrrr. Get thee back to the mountains snow!

2013 10 Oct 22 Vancouver West End Foggy Tuesday 10a

2013 10 Oct 22 Vancouver West End Foggy Tuesday 10a, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

A weathered elm at Vancouver's Sunset Beach.

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2013 12 Dec 03 Power Sunset 02a nn1

2013 12 Dec 03 Power Sunset 02a nn1, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

A wafer thin crescent moon lingers over the Strait of Georgia west of Kitsilano British Columbia.

2013 12 Dec 01 Misty Sunset 01a

2013 12 Dec 01 Misty Sunset 01a, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

A misty sunset lingers as Vancouver moves from day into night.

2013 12 Dec 01 Eagle 01a DSC_5019

2013 12 Dec 01 Eagle 01a DSC_5019, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

Heading south.

2013 11 Nov 23 IR BW 01a z nn1

2013 11 Nov 23 IR BW 01a z nn1, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

North by north west of Big Sky Country (Wyoming, Montana and Alberta) is the home of the Really Big Sky Country (British Columbia).

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2013 11 Nov 26 Seawall Power Walk 06a

2013 11 Nov 26 Seawall Power Walk 06a, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

A seagull, on Sunset Beach in Vancouver Canada's West End, stakes out the arc sculpture.

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2013 11 Nov 27 Power Sunset 01a z nn2

2013 11 Nov 27 Power Sunset 01a z nn2, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

While November 27 2013 was a mostly cloudy day in Vancouver the city was treated to a brief blast of sunshine right at sunset. Here's a mellow fall sunset over the gulf islands in the Strait of Georgia west of Vancouver.

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2013 11 Nov 23 Sunrise 04a

2013 11 Nov 23 Sunrise 04a, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

Burrard Bridge Vancouver Canada at sunrise.

2013 11 Nov 26 Seawall Power Walk 05a

2013 11 Nov 26 Seawall Power Walk 05a, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

Log-a-palloza. English Bay Beach Vancouver.

2013 11 Nov 23 Sunrise 03a

2013 11 Nov 23 Sunrise 03a, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

I really like this shot. It's just what I saw.

2013 11 Nov 24 Sunrise 02a

2013 11 Nov 24 Sunrise 02a, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

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2013 11 Nov 24 IR Sunrise 03a z nn1

2013 11 Nov 24 IR Sunrise 03a z nn1, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

A crisp Vancouver morning with high cirrus clouds greats the early Sunday risers November 24 2013.

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2013 03 Mar 24 Sunrise 01a nn1.jpg

2013 03 Mar 24 Sunrise 01a nn1.jpg, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

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2013 11 Nov 21 Power Sunset 01a nn1

2013 11 Nov 21 Power Sunset 01a nn1, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

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2012 11 Nov 15 Cypress Mt Lookout 01a

2012 11 Nov 15 Cypress Mt Lookout 01a, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

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2013 11 Nov 19 Blustery Day 03a

2013 11 Nov 19 Blustery Day 03a, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

Vancouver Canada's Sunset Beach on a particularily blustery (40 km/hr winds) day. Just right of dead center is the Burrard Street bridge which (so sad :( ) frames one of two beached sailboats I saw while walking the Seawall today.

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2013 11 Nov 19 Blustery Day 02a

2013 11 Nov 19 Blustery Day 02a, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

Ouch. :(

A sailboat lost of its moorings grinds the rocks near English Bay Beach during a particularity stormy day in Vancouver Canada.

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2013 09 Sept 13 Hazey Afternoon 01a nn2

2013 09 Sept 13 Hazey Afternoon 01a nn2, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

Granville Street and 4th Avenue, in Vancouver's South, come to an ... understanding.

Dog days of summer - Sept 13 2013.

2013 11 Nov 16 Foggy Sunrise 05a

2013 11 Nov 16 Foggy Sunrise 05a, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

Vancouver's Granville Street bridge reflects the morning sunrise.

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2013 11 Nov 16 Foggy Sunrise 01a

2013 11 Nov 16 Foggy Sunrise 01a, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

Just as the sun rises a blast of pink highlights the light bay fog rolling across Vancouver Canada.

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2013 11 Nov 12 Mixed Bag 01a

2013 11 Nov 12 Mixed Bag 01a, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

Looking like a masterpiece created in the 16th century Flemish style English Bay Vancouver glows warmly in the setting sun.

2013 11 Nov 13 Mixed Bag 01a

2013 11 Nov 13 Mixed Bag 01a, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

Vancouver's West End.

Excluding the expensive bits.

In the back-back-background are the North Shore mountains, Cypress Mt. in this case and Vancouver's residential North Shore and West Van. suburbs.

Back-background is the Lion's Gate Bridge (mid far right). A photographer magnet. ... Like moths to a flame.

Background is Stanley Park. Just over a thousand acres (400 hectares) of second growth (100+ years) forest. Fresh pine scent at no additional charge.

Foreground is the West End of Vancouver.

2013 11 Nov 13 Cool Slow Mo CSM01 Rev 01 01a nn1

2013 11 Nov 13 Cool Slow Mo CSM01 Rev 01 01a nn1, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

Granville Island Market settles into the evening.

Cool slow mo rev 01 - CSM01

White Balance at 2400'K, 5 +/- 1 f/stop sequence, HDR composited then warmed during post processing. Sort of like double casking scotch.

Nice.

2013 11 Nov 10 Post Sunset 02

2013 11 Nov 10 Post Sunset 02, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

The False Creek Granville Island marina on a chilly fall evening.

2013 10 Nov 10 Sunrise 01a

2013 10 Nov 10 Sunrise 01a, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

English Bay sunrise - Sunday Nov. 10 2013.

Peach fuzz.

2013 11 Nov 10 Post Sunset 01a

2013 11 Nov 10 Post Sunset 01a, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

Vancouver's H.R. MacMillan Space Center just past sunset on Sunday November 10 2013.

This is a new digital photography technique that I'm trying out. First I super cool the white balance on my camera down to 2500K. This is as low as my Nikon D300 will go and filters out much of the zombie-orange color cast that modern street lights create. I then take 5 exposures (on a tripod) from 1.3 seconds to 20 seconds in length (at f/6.3 in this case). I then merge these 5 images into one high dynamic range image and post process that image in yet in another program.

A lot of work but the results are worth it. Imaging having a pair of night vision goggles that could give you a color image like this?

2013 10 Oct 24 English Bay Afternoon Fog 21a

2013 10 Oct 24 English Bay Afternoon Fog 21a, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

My first TV series photo-bomb.

In the back is camera and sound.

Next are our three actors.

Then comes the requisite Vancouver PD cruiser, lights on, cop A 'chatting' with cop B.

Next is the scene's curious but distant 'person walking by in the background' walking by in my foreground.

Then there's me taking the picture.

My guess is the series being shot is the ever excellent sci-fi show 'Continuum'. Many movies and TV shows are shot in Vancouver but 'Continuum' is one of the few that includes Vancouver clearly in its plot. Worth a watch if you're into sci-fi with a time travel twist. Two thumbs up.

2013 10 Oct 24 English Bay Afternoon Fog 20a nn1

2013 10 Oct 24 English Bay Afternoon Fog 20a nn1, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

Oblivious to the foggy fall a solitary Canada goose nibbles on the salad bar at English Bay Beach.

2013 10 Oct 24 English Bay Afternoon Fog 08a nn1

2013 10 Oct 24 English Bay Afternoon Fog 08a nn1, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

A source of a never ending compositional opportunities Sunset Beach's 217.5 Arc 13 sculpture reaches for a fog shrouded sun.

2013 10 Oct 27 HDR Sunset 01a

2013 10 Oct 27 HDR Sunset 01a, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

Venus chases the sun into the western sky over Kitsilano Vancouver and the Strait of Georgia.

2013 10 Oct 29 Kits Sunset 01a

2013 10 Oct 29 Kits Sunset 01a, a photo by VancouverDoug on Flickr.

Fall sunsets. Brief but spectacular.