Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Randomness
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Nothing is random.
It only seems that way sometimes because we aren't paying attention.
I'm trying to pay better attention now.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Look what I made!
Porchetta! Slow roasted pork shoulder and loin wrapped in the belly with skin on. Rosemary, garlic, olive oil salt rub on the inside. Four hours later you get crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside. Photo by Mark Busse. Degan Beley is in the background. She was my sous chef.
Rising Air
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These large air bubbles were floating up in a matrix of tubes at Undersea Gardens here in Victoria.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
No time to stop for a quick one...
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Skytrain from Burnaby back to Gastown. I had to get to North Van to pick up 50 lbs of pork. With the weather changing, no time for a drink at the Taverna.
Friday, March 26, 2010
I used my mad scientist ultrahyper shrink ray on Vancouver - Mwahahahahaha!!
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This is what you do when you are confined to your quarters on your birthday due to contagious illness and a general lack of energy and enthusiasm. You power trip and manipulate whole cities with your bare hands...and Photoshop...and Photomatix.
By request, fake tilt shift hdr Vancouver. You asked for it Jason. Had to erase some of the gradient mask layer to get the tops of the buildings and the sails in the fake dof.
Monday, March 22, 2010
Human Flood
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The Fraser Delta is pretty much full of humans and their structures.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Lines of Development
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Vancouver seems to pour out of the Fraser Valley and accumulate in higher and higher buildings.
Friday, March 19, 2010
Head On Vancouver
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Another in my endless series of Vancouver aerials. I am finding this ongoing study to be a lot like a previous commuting ritual.
Three years ago each work day morning I walked the same stretch of the Galloping Goose trail in Victoria. Along the way I captured macro dew drop refraction shots and tried to refract landmarks in them as well. The result was my Thousand Drops of Light set of over 1300 dewdrop refraction images.
I doubt I will post 1300 Vancouver aerials, but it is a challenge to try to get the best angles. The helijet and float planes travel a limited number of what they call "transits" or paths between the two cities I live in. This means I am treated to the same opportunities over and over. The best I can do is continue the study and try to do better each time.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
West Coast Vignette
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This image depicts the mouth of the Fraser River and the log sort where thousands of raw logs are floating, waiting to go overseas. In the background in the very center is Mount Baker, a dormant volcano in norther Washington State, USA. In the foreground is a pulp or garbage barge, a common sight on Georgia Strait.
The vignetting was brought out by the tonemapping process and is a characteristic of this 18-55 kit lens that came with my Pentax K-x.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
city country ocean cloud
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Flying over Delta, British Columbia. Some very fertile and beautiful farmland in this area. It is threatened by development, of course.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Air Shipping - Triptych
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Passing over Roberts Bank Spur line terminal in the Helijet. Snapped a pretty clear shot, presented here in triptych format for details enjoyment.
Single RAW file tonemapped.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Hiyaspring
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Here it comes...
Kinda lazy these days when it comes to photography. Spending a lot of time taking family photos and learning the new camera, but I am not going out to get the shots right now. Soon. We bought V a camera. She's four now and can take a good flower macro with her little Olympus. It has a super macro function. Lots of family photowalks coming up.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Friday, March 12, 2010
Two Under Ocean and Sky - English Bay Triptych
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Playing with an idea that popped into my head. Some of the landscapes I do are such large scale the small details are never seen by folks on flickr. That's why I always invite you to view my images large when warranted because I enjoy the small details and hope you will too.
It struck me tonight though that I could pull those details out for you to see without having to view large. So I followed the old concept of the triptych and here it is.
Note the two figures in the lower right.
View a slideshow of my black and white images.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Light Bridge
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Granville Street Bridge 30 second exposure in the last dying light of the day. Check out the stars.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Mindful of things I take for granted
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Magnolia in my backyard. What if one Spring it did not bloom?
Straight from the camera. Square crop only.
Monday, March 8, 2010
Trees
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Beacon Hill Park in Victoria is the most fascinating place to watch the seasons change.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
The details of life
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My daughter was swinging on these yesterday. I can't get over the detail at 100 percent. it wasn't even very bright light. I have a whole new world to explore.
Cropped only. Otherwise, straight out of the camera. The other weird thing about this camera is it has whole suite of editing tools in the camera from developing RAW images, creating HDR, adding digital filters and effects. You can do a lot of what mainstream editing applications do using the buttons on the back of the camera. useful if you want to post process before posting or printing and you are away from your computer.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Spring Light
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This crocus is the first image I'll share with you from my new camera. David Lev style.
For years I have been converting my images' color space from sRGB to Generic RGB because I felt this produced a truer representation on the web of what I was seeing in Photoshop. This image above is straight out of the camera in the sRGB color space. The one below is converted to Generic RGB color space.
I'm interested in your impressions of both, which you prefer, etc. Do you see a difference or are they identical? They look identical to me.
I'm very happy with the camera. It is an enormous step upward in quality from my Canon G10. I will be doing a lot more work in the camera and a lot less in the digital darkroom from here on in. I want to learn this tool inside and out before I buy a professional camera. I want to know why I would buy a professional-grade camera before I buy one. Right now I don't know enough.
Oh, I am now an freshly minted glass addict. I am consantly on eBay trolling for lenses .
Friday, March 5, 2010
Stormlight on Trial Island 侘寂
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This is shot from Clover Point with bright, low-angle sun illuminating Trial Island and its lighthouse.
Canon G10 single RAW pseudoHDR tonemapped in Photomatix and Photoshop.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Sunset Flier
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This Dallas Road kite surfer seemed to be buoyed by the last slanting rays of the day.
See the map for location.
Single RAW converted to jpeg in Photoshop.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Sweeping Thoughts
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A lone figure contemplates on a log next to the massive Juan de Fuca Straight. Trial Island is in the background. and you can see the lighthouse in the larger sizes.
Three exposure tonemapped HDR image.
Spring is almost here and the flowering trees are all in full bloom here in Victoria. hope to get out to shoot them soon. Garry Oak ecosystem wildflower season is coming up as well. the dafodils are out right now and soon the avalanche lilys and camas will pop.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
All of It
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This is a five shot 15,000 pixel-wide HDR panorama of the False Creek Waterfront in Vancouver, which played host to most of the festivities over the past few weeks.
At extreme left is Russia House aka Science World. Extreme right is another dome, the name of which eludes me. Feel free to add notes of other landmarks as you see fit.
Needless to say, viewing larger is advised ;-)
Monday, March 1, 2010
That's a wrap!
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Thanks for putting up with my blatant flag waving over the last couple weeks. Believe me, it has been an epic celebration of sport here in Vancouver and in Whistler as well.
The Men's hockey final was something that caused our entire nation to hold its breath. The outcome was true to the golden narrative that emerged in the final days of the games as our athletes won a record number of gold medals for a single country. We did not win the most medals. The USA did, and also set a record in doing so. It is a fine outcome given their 300 million to our 30 million.
Best to all of you and this channel will now return to its normal programming.
Peace and good will to you all.
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