It's once again the time of year when the window cleaners arrive, and in order to gain access to the sides of the building, they remove some of the glass from the rooftop observation deck.
This seemed like an excellent chance to give my brand new 16-35mm lens a tryout, after the old one was deemed beyond repair from excessive exposure to the Burrard Inlet about a month ago. (Even better, it comes with Canon's new centre-pinch lens cap -- so much easier to use!)
This is a shot looking out over the Coal Harbour Marina to Stanley Park, the Lions Gate Bridge, and the North Shore mountains. Some unusual clouds at sunset add some interest to the sky after what was a pretty cloudless day!
West Hastings Street is visible at the far left of the photo, and the seawall path can be seen looping around the marina -- this continues on to Stanley Park, in the middle distance of the photo, and far beyond.
This is a 5 photograph panorama with the 16-35mm lens at 26mm. Looks great large, or find an even bigger version on my new Facebook page (I'll stop plugging this in a day or so, I promise!): https://www.facebook.com/AlexisBirkillPhotography
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@cameronknowlton Many thanks! I'd love to get over to the Island more often -- it's really annoying that the ferry is so expensive, especially to bring a car. It makes doing a day trip an expensive proposition!
Your subject is astoundingly beautiful - and your skill base never fails to do justice to your chosen image(s) - The clouds and light are amazing but the most spectacular part (imho) is the way you have chosen your pov to allow the eye to dance around the marina and then to follow the leading line of the street to the setting sun and then to be drawn back through the cloudlines and the glow on the water to travel through the image again - a sterling example of a live and fluid image totally devoid of any of the points of stagnancy that can plague photographic stills. I am deeply sorry if it sounds like I'm pontificating but in analyzing the images I view I am trying to understand the points that attract (or repel) and thus to learn to look at what I shoot - before I hit the button - (I am still at the point where success is defined by not cutting off vital parts of the image - heads, feet etc! Lol)
This is breathtaking - fits so much in, so much light and colour and things going on! Beautiful capture.
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All your beautiful Vancouver pics make me want to get on a plane and go west again! ...one day that will happen!