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Granville Street Bridge, Vancouver
Made by Thad Roan - Bridgepix
HDR image reprocessed from a photo taken in July, 2007 of the Granville Street Bridge, Vancouver, Canada. The bridge is reflecting the setting sun. Additional Bridge Photos and a Bridge Blog at www.Bridgepix.com. The Granville Street Bridge is an eight lane bridge in Vancouver, British Columbia. It spans 27.4 metres above False Creek and Granville Island. It is part of BC Highway 99. The original bridge was completed in 1889. It was a 732-metre long low timber trestle. The navigation span, near the north end, was a trussed timber swing span, tied with wire ropes to a central wooden tower. It was largely designed by the CPR, and cost $16,000. In 1891 the bridge was widened on both sides for streetcar tracks, except where the tracks converged for the swing span. The second bridge was completed in 1909. It was a longer, medium-level steel bridge with a through truss swing span. On February 4, 1954, the current Granville Street Bridge, costing $16.5 million, opened. A million cars would cross over the bridge in its first month. The city of Vancouver funded the bridge itself as Mayor Frederick Hume said no formal assistance given by any other government body. It was once the widest bridge in North America — by 1 centimetre. The eight-lane structure was constructed on the same alignment as the first bridge while steel plate girders salvaged from the second bridge made barges for constructing the foundations of the Oak Street Bridge. The first “civilian” to drive over the 1954 bridge was the same woman who was first to drive over the second bridge in 1909. She had been widowed in between the two openings, and so had a different name. Both times she was at the wheel of a brand-new Cadillac. Recent improvements to the bridge include increasing its earthquake resistance, and installing higher curbs and median barriers. (Wikipedia)
Running Man
Made by Omsel
This inspiring statue faces hundreds of joggers who make their way around Stanley Parks seawall daily. The chilling fog is beginning to lift revealing Vancouver across the harbour and a hint of morning light at 4:30 AM in December. Another landmark of Vancouver is the gas station out there for boats. On July 15, 1960 in Saskatoon Harry Jerome set the world record of 10.0 seconds in the 100 metres. Later that year he became the first man to share the world 100 yard and 100 metre records by running the 100 yards in 9.2 seconds, tying the world record. In November of 1962 he suffered a severe muscle injury requiring him to spend six months in a cast and the medical prognosis was he would never run again. However, he showed his determination by recovering and going on to set three other world records (1966 - 100 yards 9.1 seconds; 1964 - 4 x 1 relay University of Oregon team; 1964 - indoor 60 yards 6.0 seconds). He competed for Canada in the 1960, 1964, and 1968 Olympics, winning 100 metre bronze in 1964. He also won the gold in the 1966 Commonwealth games and the 1967 PanAm Games. After retiring from competition he taught and consulted for Sport Canada and traveled across Canada inspiring young athletes. He was awarded the Order of Canada in 1971 and died tragically young on December 7, 1982 in North Vancouver, British Columbia. The statue sits upon a marble base which was purposly framed out to give the mild illusion of running on water but moreso to create an upward lifting energy....thanks for viewing.
False Creek Transit
Made by ecstaticist
Please...large | Pseudo HDR fom a single RAW file captured while diverting from our normal approach to Vancouver en route from Victoria. This is an unusual perspective. Normally we approach from either East or West. We were on the eastern approach, but warnings of wind shear sent us to the western approach at the last minute. I was sitting in the co-pilot seat and heard the diversion directive on the headset. So we flew along False Creek for a bit before rounding Stanley Park and making our landing behind the skyscrapers on the horizon that rim Coal Harbor. Note the new giant Shangrila is literally in the clouds. This perspective is looking North along Granville street. On this side of the bridge is Granville Island, a very cool place to visit when you come to Vancouver, which I hope my photos will make you want to do. [A new ecstaticist feature] PP notes: I overdid the noise reduction. I have a low tolerance for noise and this means I sacrifice detail, which might not always be the right decision. I think I need to learn more about layering and masking so I can remove noise in areas and keep detail in other areas. Suggestions are welcome for my own learning and other who read below. You can see what I mean in the larger and original sizes.
Before the Bubble Burst...
Made by HDR Cafe
Made Explore :) Thanks! Actually, it made #1 at some point :> Handheld shot of a soap bubble borne on the wind. Numerous attempts were involved :) Lots of interesting information on Wkipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soap_bubbles): A soap bubble is a very thin film of soap water that forms a sphere with an iridescent surface. Soap bubbles usually last for only a few moments before bursting, either on their own or on contact with another object. They are often used for children's enjoyment, but their usage in artistic performances shows that they can also be fascinating for adults. Soap bubbles can help solving complex mathematical problems of space, as they will always find the smallest surface area between points or edges, for example. ... 17th century Flemish paintings show children blowing bubbles with clay pipes. This means that bubbles as playthings are at least 400 years old. The London based firm of A. & F. Pears created a famous advertisement campaign for its soaps in 1886 using a painting by Millais of a child playing with bubbles. A Chicago company called Chemtoy began selling bubble solution in the 1940s, and they have captivated children ever since. According to one industry estimate, retailers sell around 200 million bottles annually, perhaps more than any other toy.
False Creek
Made by Len Langevin
To all my contacts and friends, sorry for not visitng your streams in the last while....between recovering from the knee surgery, a trip to Vancouver on the weekend, planning a couple of other trips and also trying to get caught up on work, my Flickr activity has been curtailed dramatically. I'll be around to check out your great pics in the next little while...but maybe not tomorrow since I have to go to the Victoria passport office for a renewal. Hopefully the lineups are less than a day long. This pic was taken by the Plaza of Nations along False Creek in Vancouver. It's been a long time since I hung out in this area. I still call it the Expo Grounds - and that dates back to 1986. The cranes in the background are on the grounds where athlete housing is being built for the 2010 Winter Olympics. This photo is one of many in my new book called Through Len's Lens. This is available for purchase at Red Bubble.
summer solstice
Made by Hejl
In Explore, #1 on Sunday, August 3, 2008 --------------------------------------------- Solstice 1584 images, captured with my Canon 5D Assembled in into a .mov with Quicktime Pro, and blended the frames in FinalCut. Over the duration of this entire capture, the aperture is fixed and the sensor is exposed progressively longer. The first frame was captured at 1/500th of a sec -- and the last exposure was a full 8 seconds (!!). The technical 'goal' of this project was to capture this enormous dynamic range - and to blend through it seamlessly. The most challenging sequence is from :40 to :55, where the exposure rate of change is extremely steep - and the amount of incoming light drops like a rock. From a signal processing point of view, it is a challenging dataset. The entire thing must be tonemaped into a very small range (problem #1) *and* to be perceptually smooth without loosing perceptual detail (problem #2) View is of False Creek in Yaletown Vancouver, BC
Vancouver's Saint Patrick's Day Parade – Vancouver Celticfest 2011 - 'Bad to the Bow' from Sunshine Coast
Made by janusz l
Irish and Scottish heritage in Vancouver under one umbrella of the Celtic culture brought dancers and musicians ( including …. bagpipes ) plus Police , Firefighters … Chinese dragon dance . Yep , that is Vancouver . Do you know what is different when cutting onions and bagpipes … you don't cry when you cut bagpipes. :-) I was talking about changing and exploring . I don't like parades and don't “shoot” people often but this was Saint Patrick's parade and I consider myself almost honorer Irish ( hopefully someone from Tourism Ireland is getting a hint ) so here is mine impression. UPDATE !!! I was contacted by parents of the young fiddler . Jacob is a member of group called 'Bad to the Bow' and they are a part of The Coast String Fiddlers Association on the Sunshine Coast. Here is their website badtothebow.com/ , there are fundraising to produce first CD.
A squirrel named Douglas
Made by Vesuvianite
The Douglas Squirrel, Tamiasciurus douglasii, is a pine squirrel found in the Pacific coastal states and provinces of North America. It is a small, lively, bush-tailed tree squirrel, enchanting to watch. Adults are about 33 cm in length (including its tail, which is about 13 cm long), and weigh between 150 and 300 grams. Douglas Squirrels mostly eat seeds of coniferous trees such as Douglas Fir, Sitka Spruce and Shore Pine, though they do also eat acorns, berries, mushrooms, the eggs of birds such as Yellow Warblers, and some fruit. Unlike many other types of tree squirrel, they lack cheek pouches in which to hold food. They are scatter hoarders, burying pine cones (which they cut from the trees while green) during the autumn. Unfortunately, these cute little squirrels have to compete with the much larger Eastern Grey squirrel, that is not indigenous to the west, but is a thriving imported species.
Winter Olympics 2010 Vancouver, Canada – “Own the Podium” pride
Made by NaPix -- (Time out)
With 14 Gold medals in the Winter Olympics 2010 in Vancouver, Canada has topped the most Gold medals won by any country in a Winter Olympics. Wow. Canadian has just won -- the most important Gold Medal – ice Hockey, beating its arch-rival, the US 3:2. The winning goal scored by Sidney Crosby, in an overtime nail-biting game. It was a closely fought match between the country that won the most medals at the Vancouver/Whistler Games and the little guy to the north that won the most golds. Canada also won the Gold medal for the women ice hockey. Way to go CANADA… Eh! O Canada! Our home and native land! Read more: here Image graphics from an image on www.ctvolympics.ca/
Don
Made by www.robinryan.ca
Vancouver, Canada This man is one of the most characteristic of the hordes of downtown homeless. His name is Don, and you'd recognize him by his tall, hunched-over frame, by his green windbreaker, by the mangled hair that drapes down his face, and by his heartbreaking, shuffling gait. Despite his ravaged exterior, he's one of the least-threatening characters you'll meet on the street... Sometimes I see his crooked body sprawled on a bench at English Bay as I pass by on my bike. I wonder about his daily routine, and whether he limps his way down to the seawall just to watch the sunset. Our homeless are so ingrained as a part of our daily lives that we cease to view them as social creatures, and begin to view them as local fixtures... like neighbourhood dogs, without past or future, stripped of a social structure, just... locals.
Sunset, Burrard Street Bridge, Vancouver
Made by Thad Roan - Bridgepix
The Burrard Street Bridge is a six lane, Art Deco style bridge in Vancouver, British Columbia. The bridge spans across False Creek connecting downtown to Kitsilano. The bridge is embellished with sculptural details and imposing concrete towers creating a torch-like entrance of pylons. Unifying the parts are heavy concrete railings, originally topped by decorative street lamps. Busts of Captain George Vancouver and Sir Harry Burrard jut out from the bridge’s superstructure (a V under Vancouver’s bust, a B under Burrard’s). The architect was G.H. Thornton Sharp and the engineer, John R. Grant. The Burrard Street Bridge was opened on July 1, 1932. (Wikipedia) Additional Bridge Photos and a Bridge Blog at www.Bridgepix.com
Criminalizing Photographers?
Made by cabbit
Explore #192 - March 18th, 2009. Vancouver, Canada Report the suspicious. Not the strange. While I expected to see the ads implying that photographers are criminals in the UK, I did not expect to see them in my home city. I am not impressed. EDIT: Jhenifer from Translink's Buzzer Blog responds to our concerns about this new ad campaign . I'm still quite unhappy with Translink, but I appreciate her taking the time to respond to our concerns. Even if it was a brush-off. Waxy caught my photo showing up under Explore/Places on the flickr.com homepage for Vancouver! Check it out! -- Taken with my cameraphone on my way to work
The Crane - Vancouver's Official Bird
Made by Len Langevin
They're a little fuzzy because I had to shoot this 3-exposure hdr image hand held (my tripod leg broke), but you can see 10 cranes in the background of this shot. They are all working on the athletes' village for the 2010 winter Olympics in Vancouver. I'm looking forward to seeing the finished product as they'll be overlooking False Creek with a great veiw of downtown Vancouver - which is also dotted with cranes now. In the foreground is the Queen of Diamonds, a dinner cruise vessel which I think is attached to the casino at the Plaza of Nations. I'm not really sure, though, because I don't know Vancouver very well. This was the first time I'd spent any time there in several years.
Me and the Russians watch for Perseids
Made by Airchinapilot
That little streak in the left side of the picture to the right of the clouds is one of two Perseids I saw and the only one I captured. I brightened it slightly in Photoshop otherwise it looked like a ..well .. it is a little white line among the stars. The people behind me were a Russian family who oooed and awed with each little streak. I was mostly inside my Mazda watching shows and killing mosquitos. This is a 30 second exposure at ISO 400 and f/5.6 on my Sigma 10-20mm. It was taken on the road to Iona Beach park, just outside YVR (Vancouver International). I used a noise reduction (dark) frame as well.
First Beach
Made by ecstaticist
large | original First Beach is found in Vancouver's West End, a great neighborhood for food and fun. At the corner of Beach and Davie is one of my favourite places to eat dinner and watch sunsets. The many pubs and restaurants on that corner offer a great view, and I can seldom resist running down to the beach to take shots of the waning light, silhouettes and spectacular colors. In the background is Coal Harbor up to Second Narrows.
Nadya
Made by christianyves
Nikon D700 + 24-70mm f/2.8G AF-S 58mm, f/2.8 @ 1/400 Spot metered off her forehead. Preset WB off grey-card (in shade). High-key look is intentional as per model's request. White side of 5-in-1 Reflector held just out of frame (bottom). Natural light only; shot in open shade. Some minor retouching and contrast adjustments but otherwise left untouched. Made it onto Explore #492, 11th May 2009.
The Tiny City
Made by *Sherry*
Wow! I was really pleasantly surprised this morning when I found out that this photo made it to #1 for August 2 in Explore. THANK YOU so much for all your support! Let this photo remind us of how little we are in this world. Treasure every moment you have with your love ones. Let the fighting stop, and let us unite in our prayers for world peace. Best Viewed Large That's downtown Vancouver in the far distance. On the left is Stanley Park. The body of water is English Bay.
Lions Gate Bridge - view from Sea Wall in Stanley Park
Made by janusz l
The Lions Gate Bridge, a landmark of Vancouver and the North Shore. The construction began on March 31 1937 and finished in 1938. The bridge cost precisely $5,873,837.17 to build. It all began when the Guinness family (of beer fame), decided to invest in land on the North Shore. Now the West and North Vancouver holds some of the most expensive properties in Canada. Total Length including approach spans : 1517.3 m (4978 ft ) , Main Span: 472 m (1550 ft) , Tower Height: 111 m (364 ft) On Explore Apr 22 2008 #461
Deadman's Island Bridge, Vancouver
Made by Thad Roan - Bridgepix
Deadman's Island is a small 3.8 hectare island to the south of Stanley Park in Coal Harbour in Vancouver, British Columbia. The naval station/museum, HMCS Discovery, is stationed there and the RCSCC Captain Vancouver and NLCC Captain Rankin have their weekly parades at the HMCS Discovery (Wikipedia) Additional Bridge Photos and a Bridge Blog at www.Bridgepix.com.
West End and Kitsilano
Made by janusz l
View from 2nd Beach towards West End , Burrard Bridge and Kitsilano This was long exposure shot and in order to show rocks in the foreground, I use my flash couple of times ( just manual – handheld ) . Next image that I will post will be of Burrard Bridge , one long day around downtown Vancouver , I started after work at 3pm and my last shots were after 10pm , I was cold and hungry but happy with “few good ones” .... On Explore April 24 2008 #476
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| Best Western Uptown Hotel VanDusen Botanical Garden South Cambie BC Children s and Women s Hospital | Vancouver General Hospital Willow Chest Center Hotel Park Inn & Suites on Broadway Fairview |
