The sun rises late...
...the vegetables are frozen in the gardens...
...the sun sets early...
...and the greenhouses glow orange.
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Showing posts with label night. Show all posts
Monday, December 21, 2009
The Dark of the Year
The winter solstice has arrived, and the days are short here at 49.25°N. Fortunately I get to escape the winter dark and spend a couple of weeks at the opposite end of the globe in Melbourne, Australia.
The sun rises late...
...the vegetables are frozen in the gardens...
...the sun sets early...
...and the greenhouses glow orange.
The sun rises late...
...the vegetables are frozen in the gardens...
...the sun sets early...
...and the greenhouses glow orange.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
A Night in Toronto
Maybe it's not the title of a song, but it could be. After arriving around sunset, I set out to explore the city for one night only, starting from Carlton Street in the Cabbagetown district and heading towards the CN Tower.
First off, the back porch of the hotel I was staying at had a great view of the downtown skyline.
Toronto Life Square, which my first thought was that it was like Times Square in New York. When I was actually at Times Square about a week later, I realised that Toronto Life Square is simply not on the same scale.
Probably the most interesting view for me from the top of the CN Tower was looking down on the baseball stadium while the Blue Jays were playing. This must be the view that the blimp gets. Notice that the stands are fairly empty - the Blue Jays were not doing well, and the fans were voting with their feet.
A self portrait. It was really windy up there, hence the windswept look.
Standing on the glass floor. Look carefully, and my reflection is visible as well as the tower all the way down to the ground. Despite it being obviously safe to walk on, it was amazing how many people completely freaked out and refused to stand on it. So naturally I started jumping up and down.
Streetcar (tram) in motion on Carlton Street. They sounded just like the Melbourne trams, even down to the "ding, ding". One difference was the way they are connected to the power lines - the Toronto streetcars use a movable stick, like the trolley buses in Vancouver, whereas the Melbourne trams have a fixed connector.
First off, the back porch of the hotel I was staying at had a great view of the downtown skyline.
Toronto Life Square, which my first thought was that it was like Times Square in New York. When I was actually at Times Square about a week later, I realised that Toronto Life Square is simply not on the same scale.
Probably the most interesting view for me from the top of the CN Tower was looking down on the baseball stadium while the Blue Jays were playing. This must be the view that the blimp gets. Notice that the stands are fairly empty - the Blue Jays were not doing well, and the fans were voting with their feet.
A self portrait. It was really windy up there, hence the windswept look.
Standing on the glass floor. Look carefully, and my reflection is visible as well as the tower all the way down to the ground. Despite it being obviously safe to walk on, it was amazing how many people completely freaked out and refused to stand on it. So naturally I started jumping up and down.
Streetcar (tram) in motion on Carlton Street. They sounded just like the Melbourne trams, even down to the "ding, ding". One difference was the way they are connected to the power lines - the Toronto streetcars use a movable stick, like the trolley buses in Vancouver, whereas the Melbourne trams have a fixed connector.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Beaches, Islands and Long Shots
I'm going to start with my 30 second exposure experiments. The first one was of the western horizon with some threatening clouds a couple of hours after sundown. The second is looking southeast and I was lucky enough to capture a bolt of lightning.
If you look closely on the large size, there are some stars visible as well.
The bridge over Deception Pass is an incredible feat of engineering. I had some serious vertigo walking out onto it. This is a view from North Beach in Deception Pass State Park.
Some derelict industrial architecture on the Bellingham foreshore.
And finally a different take on a harbour view.
If you look closely on the large size, there are some stars visible as well.
The bridge over Deception Pass is an incredible feat of engineering. I had some serious vertigo walking out onto it. This is a view from North Beach in Deception Pass State Park.
Some derelict industrial architecture on the Bellingham foreshore.
And finally a different take on a harbour view.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Post-gallery photo-walk
So after an evening spent admiring the magnificent work of Andreas Gursky at the Vancouver Art Gallery (my favourite was Engadin II, an incredible shot of a cross-country ski race), I headed out onto the darkening streets of Vancouver...
Love the juxtaposition
BC Lions fans heading home
The older district of Beatty St, quite a contrast to Yaletown
I kind of had an aim to find a shot to add to the Film Noir Mood Flickr group and this was best I could come up with. I quite like the pool of light on the street corner. However, it didn't get approved - better luck next time, I guess.
Love the juxtaposition
BC Lions fans heading home
The older district of Beatty St, quite a contrast to Yaletown
I kind of had an aim to find a shot to add to the Film Noir Mood Flickr group and this was best I could come up with. I quite like the pool of light on the street corner. However, it didn't get approved - better luck next time, I guess.
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