English Bay Sunset Aug 25 2012 01a
Fire ze lazer.
The Georgia Straight photo of the day for August 29 2012. Right on. :)
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Home Sweet Home
I love my view.
One of the big advantages to high dynamic range photography is that it greatly expands the white balance depth of field. Close, mid range and far are better color balanced compared to what you would see in a single frame shot. Soon cameras will shoot in HDR. The iPhone 4 and up already do. Very cool.
Vancouver Pacific and Hornby Aug 30 2012 01a
I woke up desperate for a vente (aka the big-gulp) Starbucks bold coffee of the day. Near zombie mode I was. Must .... have .... coffeeeeeee.
Given that it was a nice sunny dog-days-of-summer morning and, that as the summer wanes the trees in Vancouver's core don't reflect as much infra red light, it seemed the perfect time to satisfy two addictions - my body's craving for caffeine and my inner artists craving for some fresh infra red high dynamic sequences.
Friday, August 24, 2012
Sunset Beach Seagull Aug 24 2012 01a
The tidal blooms this year are brief and pretty. This is Friday August 24 2012's bloom at the entrance to False Creek Vancouver Canada. With my favorite seagull beach-berm fitting in nicely.
English Bay Aug 23 2012 01a
Count the number of different aquatic vessels in this shot. I come up with 7. Or 8 if I push it and consider the shape in between the cruise ship at the top and the tanker on the near top left a submarine. ;)
Nice shot and all but it is seriously lacking in the "aircraft carrier" department.
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Whistler Set Jul 04 2012 01a
Brandywine Falls. Just south of Whistler BC. I like the circle of green in this shot and how it surrounds the orange and browns of the dry and wet earth in the center of the shot. It's a nice photo op with good shots of the fast flowing mountain creed that precede the falls a nice level walk from the parking lot.
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Gay Pride Parade Aug 05 2012 01a
A flash from the past near the start of the Vancouver 2012 Gay Pride parade.
Friday, August 10, 2012
Thurlow and Beach Aug 8 2012 01a
Living on a street named Beach Avenue, on the beach, during the dog dayze of summer ... does have it's photographic advantages.
Wednesday, August 08, 2012
Sunset Aug 06 2012 02a
A mackerel or buttermilk or altocumulus sky is often the precursor of either dry weather for the next few days ("Mackerel in the sky - three days dry") or, as this particular sunset portended, rain-showers and thunderstorms ("Mare's tails and mackerel scales make tall ships carry low sails" - i.e. run slow and steady in the inclement weather that's around the corner). The day following this sunset Vancouver was treated to its best thunderstorm so far that year. The day following, August 8th, was overcast but cleared late in the day for yet another glorious west coast sunset. Sunsets that never, ever, get old.
Summer Lightning Aug 07 2012 HDR 01a
An electrically charged and drama infused storm cell tracks across Vancouver's Kitsilano region and the Straight of Georgia moments before nature flipped the lightning discard switch to "On". Time to head to the storm cellar!
Tuesday, August 07, 2012
Summer Lightening Aug 07 2012 05b
Here's the second of eight lightening strikes I managed to capture this evening.
Summer Lightening Aug 07 2012 04b
While we get more than our fair share of rain here on the 'Wet Coast' of North America we rarely get thunder and lightening to compliment it. If we're lucky we can count on one hand the number of decent lightening storms received during the course of a year. Tonight however, almost two years to the day from the mother-of-all-lightening-storms of August 2010 Mother Nature did not disappoint..
I lucked out and managed to capture 8 lightening strikes this being one of the best.
Sunday, August 05, 2012
Fireworks Brazil Aug 01 2012 31b
The finale of Brazil's excellent display over English Bay during the August 1 2012 Celebration of Light.
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