China Creek Park

China Creek Park, a photo by SlowManLuis2011 on Flickr.

This wasn't quite as blue. It seems the GNDs are responsible for the shifting the colour tone...I wonder how I avoid that?

The city from Spanish Banks

The city from Spanish Banks, a photo by SlowManLuis2011 on Flickr.

This image raises a lot more questions than it answers. I took this shot away from the sun during sunset...doh...I've always shot in the direction of the sun. Having the clouds of course will bring out the light more than it normally will. My puzzle is the blue tone of this image. I used a colour intensifier and LB Neutral polarizer and a Soft GND and I am surprised by the dominance of the blue which isn't there with the naked eye. Is it the result of the filters or the natural colour of the light in the sky during this time in combination with the clouds. I will have to do some more test with the filters...

The Stawamus Chief

2, a photo by SlowManLuis2011 on Flickr.

The Chief was one of the reasons for driving up to Squamish...the other was Shannon Falls but the parking lot was full so we never got to stop at the waterfalls. We drove around the city and I stumbled on this view of the Chief. Had to fix a little of the vignetting caused by the filters. Don't know how to make this better except maybe to go around the golden hours.

Porteau Cove

4, a photo by SlowManLuis2011 on Flickr.

The first turnoff just before the actual Porteau Cove was this little parking lot and along the road was this little waterfalls/water runoff. Hard to position and I was so excited so I took what I can. Nice but could be nicer.

up to Squamish

3, a photo by SlowManLuis2011 on Flickr.

I had been wanting to drive up to Squamish as I had been up there for different reasons but not able to stop for some photos. On a nice sunny Sunday Ashley and i drove up and it was real nice although frustrating at the same time as a lot of photo views was on the highway. We stopped at Lions Bay and I discovered this little beach with a view. One wonders how many of these little hidden spots exist along the way.

And again to kits beach..

And again to kits beach.., a photo by SlowManLuis2011 on Flickr.

A third time at Kits beach and again the sun hid behind the clouds. There was a little bit more peering through and I was able to bring out the colours with photoshop.

Kitsilano Sunset again

Kitsilano Sunset, a photo by SlowManLuis2011 on Flickr.

And again the sun hid behind the clouds. I had to increase the red in curves to get the more saturated effect.

Kits Blue

1, a photo by SlowManLuis2011 on Flickr.

Again the sun hid behind the clouds and I got a lot of blue on this sunset shot. Interesting effect in this image is the subtle way the light comes across the middle even though the sun is hidden behind the clouds. There is just enough light slipping through the breaks in the clouds to make the effect.

Siwash Rock

1, a photo by SlowManLuis2011 on Flickr.

Guess I like this one the best. At least I got some sidelighting but what I really wanted to do was get on the rocks to the side and get the Siwash Rock on "white" water. No such luck. No rocks to get into from where the light was more balanced and where the rocks were to stand on would be against the light and result in a silhoutte...which it did with the images I tried.

3rd Beach rocks

4, a photo by SlowManLuis2011 on Flickr.

Well not this image. Too far away from sunset made for lousy lighting. Technicall Ok but otherwise not very good.

3rd Beach

5, a photo by SlowManLuis2011 on Flickr.

Still can't figure this one out. I guess it's just because I shot too early in the day (outside the 2 hours before sunset) and also shot into the sun. Not a good result except the composition was nice. Had to climb up some rocks to get the vantage point.

sunset of our lives

1, a photo by SlowManLuis2011 on Flickr.

A beautiful sunset in one of my favorite spots to shoot..Kitsilano Beach. In the sunset of our lives...one of my cousins passed away 2 days ago.

Whytecliff Park light

Whytecliff Park, a photo by SlowManLuis2011 on Flickr.

A tough shoot at Whytecliff Park., Even with filters it was hard to balance the light. The direction of the light also gave me fits. This was my favorite from the shoot primarily because I got caught up to half the knee by incoming waves. The neutral density filters was not a problem but the graduated neutral density filters was a problem as the scene was not a regular line and needed to use the soft GNDs. I had light leaking into the image because of the long exposure but that was remedied by closing the viewfinder. There was also flare so I used my hat to provide cover on the lens. Have to study the images again and learn how to cope with the light.

lady on the rock

Kitsilano Sunset, a photo by SlowManLuis2011 on Flickr.

I wanted to go back and try the sunsets at the old places I used to go to..Kitsilano, Jericho, Sunset Beach and try out the new techniques that I have started to get comfortable with. This image was a bit of a lucky one. A few days ago I decided to try the reverse GND and warm polarizer at work and it came in handy on this day. I was lucky the lady climbed to the top and at the same time I wanted to try and block the sun with the rock and the lady and it worked.

Stanley Park seawall

3, a photo by SlowManLuis2011 on Flickr.

Never thought this would come to much but I suppose it was just overcast enough to get some colours although it was sunny most of the time. Low tide and all the rocks appeared. Intended to go to Siwash Rock but never made it as I just kept shooting here. Used the whole works - colour intensifier. circular polarizer, graduated neutral density filter (hard), 5-stop neutral density filter and the 4-8 Variable Neutral Density filter.