The Granville Island Public Market in Vancouver. Granville Island, actually a peninsula, was originally an industrial area, but is now a popular tourist and shopping destination on False Creek in Vancouver, just across the Granville Street Bridge from downtown. The market building contains many permanent and temporary retailers selling a wide variety of food and craft items.
For this photo I set up on the Granville Street Bridge, which crosses over the centre of the island, giving me a vantage point looking down on the market building, looking north-west. The large sign on the top of the public market building is visible in the centre of the shot, with the Burrard Bridge in the background. False Creek runs under the bridge and separates the island from the buildings of downtown Vancouver, visible on the right. One of several marinas on False Creek can be seen on the far left. The last glow of orange from the sunset still lights up the western horizon, although the city lights have long since come on.
A windy day combined with a lot of bus traffic on the bridge made for tricky shooting conditions, with me having to wait for both a gap in the traffic and a lull in the wind to avoid vibrations being transmitted to the camera. To keep the shutter speed low, I used an aperture of f/5.6 and set the ISO to 1600.
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@panthora This is a five shot stitched panoramic image, around 60 megapixels. I used my Canon 24-105mm f/4 lens at 47mm, with the camera oriented vertically, to take this panorama. The full-size image has enough detail to be able to read the license plates on some of the parked cars.
The final shot has a field of view of around 100 degrees, roughly the same as you'd get with a 16mm lens on a full-frame camera, or a 10mm lens on a crop-frame camera. I used a panoramic technique to get more detail, allowing this to be printed at large sizes, and also because my ultra-wide lens is back at Canon (again!)
As nothing is particularly close to me (the bridge is about 80 feet above the ground at this point), even at f/5.6 there was sufficient depth of field for this shot.
Awesome as always. Fav.
What I love about your photos is the amount of detail - one could sit and stare at it for hours on end and still not get to see it all.
This is incredible Alexis and I was interested in your explanation above. Someone was telling me the other day to shoot a panorama portrait which I would never have thought of doing. I too also look forward to seeing your work and I love how you explain everything. A huge fav.
Definitely stunning on black , the photo comes to life even more. So much clear detail & that wide angle is incredible......panorama at its best! Good to read all the info too, thanks Alexis.
Alexis...I am looking at this again and want to say it's fantastic.
After your reading your description of how you shot it with Pandora may I ask what sort of editing you did for the colour and contrast please?
I can see how you've still got loads of lovely detail in the windows of the building with the sunlight, as well as the sops and restaurants in the foreground too. Nothing looks blown out and you haven't overdone the saturation, and you also haven't made it look like an HDR shot by making the details and shadows so far apart in terms of range.
May I ask what techniques you apply in post to get it like this?
I know it won;t mean I can suddenly go out and do it but I do like reading your descriptions about your method.
Steve
October 21st, 2015
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The final shot has a field of view of around 100 degrees, roughly the same as you'd get with a 16mm lens on a full-frame camera, or a 10mm lens on a crop-frame camera. I used a panoramic technique to get more detail, allowing this to be printed at large sizes, and also because my ultra-wide lens is back at Canon (again!)
As nothing is particularly close to me (the bridge is about 80 feet above the ground at this point), even at f/5.6 there was sufficient depth of field for this shot.
Let me know if you have any questions!
What I love about your photos is the amount of detail - one could sit and stare at it for hours on end and still not get to see it all.
After your reading your description of how you shot it with Pandora may I ask what sort of editing you did for the colour and contrast please?
I can see how you've still got loads of lovely detail in the windows of the building with the sunlight, as well as the sops and restaurants in the foreground too. Nothing looks blown out and you haven't overdone the saturation, and you also haven't made it look like an HDR shot by making the details and shadows so far apart in terms of range.
May I ask what techniques you apply in post to get it like this?
I know it won;t mean I can suddenly go out and do it but I do like reading your descriptions about your method.
Steve