A little color play here using Adobe Camera Raw. Defnitely an under-utilized tool in my workflow. Changes made to the camera's development of the RAW file are much smoother and richer as opposed to trying to make adjustments to a TIFF in Photoshop.
Have a nice Sunday and Go RIders!
Such an iconic Vancouver building. I am really enjoying seeing how they are adapting and playing with it as the headquarters on Fringe Division in the alternate universe on Fringe.
The Brockton Point Lighthouse is a fixture in the Coal Harbour/Stanley Park experience.
This is shot from a six-seater helicopter swapped in for the usual Helijet. Great aircraft with wide glass for photography.
A view of Vancouver Harbour. Three exposure HDR tonemapped. Ya I popped it. If ya don't like, it's alright.
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I think this might be the widest view of Vancouver I have captured. Almost the original size but slightly rotated to make things more vertical. Below is a cyanotype version of the same shot.
There I was minding my own business lying in the middle of a trail on Cortes Island and this slug attacked me out of nowhere. You just aren't safe anywhere these days.
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50mm f/2.4 macro on my Pentax K-x. Taken in the working garden at Hollyhock resort on Cortes Island.
This is an aerial shot of my buddy Michael's place. Well, he lives in one of the towers here. I'll let him mark it.
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The last light of the day yesterday held out for some nice rays under the heaviness of falling darkness. the textured sky was quite cool and can be seen in detail in the larger sizes.
3 exposure HDR tonemapped.
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Granville and Burrard bridges cross False Creek in Vancouver.
This was the first time I used my 80-210 telephoto from the helicopter. It performed well and provided much more in the way of individual subjects, different angles and generally better detail. This Tokina Autofocus is such a nice lens. f/4 throughout the range means you can shoot in even cloudy weather with good results.
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I spent a blissed-out hour shooting in the amazing working garden of Hollyhock resort.
Today is Bokeh Wednesday. One thing they grow in abundance at Hollyhock is bokeh.
Taken with my manual focus f/2.4 50mm macro.
Yesterday I passed four million views on my photostream. I appreciate your comments, feedback, favs, notes, - all of it. Cheers. Thanks everyone.
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Nature walk this morning. More later. Hope you are having a great Saturday.
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Blue skies here on Cortes Island at the end of the day, and you can see the storm making its way northward into the distance over the coastal mountain range.
This was shot at sunset with the last rays of light hitting the beach after filtering through the trees.
Tonemapped pseudohdr processing.
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An explanation of what is happening in this image. We're flying over the northern gulf Islands in a twin prop Citation and the storm wreaking havoc on the west coast of BC right now is just arriving. It has started to engulf us. You can see in the distance the mountains are still in full .sun. The thin leading edge of the storm is casting an eerie glow and the water below is is darker.
I landed a few minutes later in Powell River and caught a water taxi to Cortez just in time for the big wind to hit. We're seeing 80km/hr gusts right now. Very noisy.
Stay safe and dry everyone!
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Leaving Vancouver for Cortez Island tomorrow. I have never been there. So many people I respect speak highly of the Hollyhock Institute. We'll see what it means for me. At the very least I should get some interesting photos of a gorgeous part of the world.
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I kinda like the cross-processed feel to this aerial. This is a big image so check out the larger sizes.
Tone mapped a little in Photomatix but most of the PP in this was done in Photoshop.
Playing with my new macro lens. A whole new world of possibilities. I think I will explore focus stacking now.
I took this in Playfair Park in Victoria. The park is home to a forest of 25' tall Rhododendrons that are all in bloom right now. If you live in Victoria or are visiting, make sure you check it out. Gorgeous park with both natural Garry Oak ecosystem and cultivated gardens. Playground for the kids too. Check the map for this photo for the location.
Those of you who follow my stream know this plant. It was cultivated by coastal peoples long before Europeans arrived. We think of them as wild flowers but in fact the fields of them we see are remnants of cultivation ten generations ago and before.
This blossom is about an inch across in whole but I am showing only the middle third. They are also found in the Garry Oak ecosystem.
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Fellow Vancouverites if you would be so kind as to help out with notes on landmarks, much appreciated.
Very clear day yesterday and the helicopter ride yielded some really clear shots. I upped the shutter speed on these to 640/sec to make sure I didn't get any motion blur.
These are the seeds that emerge from moss. Perhaps a half-centimeter tall, the drops are 1mm. Supermacro reverse 50mm technique.
More found pieces from various archive disks.
Morning dew on heather. If you know this ornamental shrub, you know how small this is. Both reflection (of me) and refraction are at work here.
Reversed 50mm lens couple with my trusty old Casio EX-P505, a great little camera.
I am starting to get all my photos, which are currently scattered across five hard drives, localized onto a single archive and into Adobe LightRoom. In the process I am coming across a lot of images I produced but did not post.
Landing in the helijet this am I caught this lightplay on Vancouver Harbour.
Have a great Thursday everyone!
Shot from the Top of the Mark lounge. Golden Gate Bridge is in the distance. 3 Exposure HDR
Common lawn daisy, approx. 1cm in diameter. you wouldn't even notice this little flower most of the time but the supermacro treatment makes me think of the sun because it has so much color and dynamism. I also like the way the various parts of this tiny object pop in and out of the depth of field. there used to be group on flickr for this effect.
Shot from one of the lobbies of the new Vancouver Convention Centre. I treated this with Topaz Adjust and Topaz Denoise. I have a new computer so get to run another 30 day free cycle of these great plugins for CS. I might just buy couple of them this time.
My previous shots below give you a sense of how much glass is in play here.
This interesting structure lives in a public area near Moscone Center in San Francisco.
Three exposure HDR tonemapped in Photomatix
This segment of the Bay Bridge in San Francisco ends on Treasure Island. I met a cab driver who lives there. I thought he was kidding at first. "I live on treasure Island" he said. Yeah right buddy.
Clouds create a dappled shadow patter on Georgia Strait. I did not correct the lens distortion of the horizon because I feel the false curve adds an "Earth-like" feel.
Three freighters lined up nicely for me as we flew over English Bay. Gorgeous day over Vancouver.
I took this time exposure from a streetcar platform in the street. Just a couple blocks from Union Square.
These trams run all over San Francisco. This is an older one that runs along the Embarcadero out to Fisherman's Wharf. The system has many historic streetcars from around the USA and even beyond.
Crab traps await their next deployment at sunset on Pier 45 in San Francisco. the Transamerica Pyramid is in the background.
Crab traps await their next deployment at sunset on Pier 45 in San Francisco. the Transamerica Pyramid is in the background.
One of the views from my hotel room overlooking Union Square in San Francisco.
Three shot HDR tonemapped in Photomatix.
This squat sculptural building sits among the skyscrapers in San Francisco's downtown.
A group approaches water's edge in my imagination...flood filter and some color enhancements...playing again.
Landing in Vancouver we pass over English Bay, which gives is a nice view of the West End.
The next in my Skytrain series. Approaching the end of the above ground section, heading into the downtown underground section.
Sent from my iPhone so please accept my apologies for brevity or typos.
PUMMELO, POMELLO, (SHADDOCK)
Pomello or pummelo, sometimes also called the shaddock, after an English sea captain who introduced them to the West Indies (Barbados).
Also French 'pamplemousse,' Spanish 'pampelmus,' Thai 'som-o,' and Japanese 'butan' or 'zabon.'
Largest of the citrus family, the pummelo, native to Malaysia, is believed to be an ancestor of the grapefruit. They are a giant citrus fruit that can reach 10-11 inches in diameter, with a firm flesh and less juice than a grapefruit.
They were brought to the West Indies in the 17th century, and are popular there as well as in Southeast Asia, especially in Thailand. They are cultivated in India, the Middle East, China, Jamaica, Florida, and California. Several new subtropical varieties have been developed in California.
As with other citrus fruits they are high in vitamin C and low in calories. The are also a good source of potassium. Generally they are yellow, round to pear shaped, 8 inches to as large as a basketball, with a thick layer of peel and pith. Flesh can range from lemon yellow to deep red, and they can be honey sweet or lemon tart and may be enormously seedy to seedless.
This is a full frame 3:2 of the center of a slice, backlit by a LED flashlight.
The waves were very high today down at the Victoria Breakwater. High winds were whipping up all kinds of mayhem around out city, including a big tree blown down in our backyard.
To get a sense of scale of this image look at the larger size and check out the tiny figure standing facing the waves on the face of the wall.
The waves were very high today down at the Victoria Breakwater. High winds were whipping up all kinds of mayhem around out city, including a big tree blown down in our backyard.
To get a sense of scale of this image look at the larger size and check out the tiny figure standing facing the waves on the face of the wall.
