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[RichM]

Lion's Gate Bridge in Vancouver?


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[T_R_Oglodyte]

Lion's Gate Bridge in Vancouver?

We have a winner!!! If we ever wind up timesharing at the same location, first drink is on me.


The photo was taken from Lighthouse Park in West Vancouver a little over a month ago. It's not a common vantage point for the bridge. The hill on the right anchorage is Stanley Park, and the left shoreline is North Vancouver. The view looks straight up Burrard Inlet to the Port of Vancouver and the Burrard Inlet industrial area.

It was pretty cloudy over Vancouver that morning, so there wasn't a lot of color. On a sunny day, the views of Vancouver and Georgia Strait from Lighthouse Park are awesome. If you're ever heading to or from Whistler and you've got an extra hour or so. Lighthouse Park is worth a visit. It's very near Horseshoe Bay and the junction with the Sea-to-Sky Highway. Take Exit 2 - Eagleridge Drive - off of Hwy 1 and go downhill to Marine Drive. Go right left on Marine Drive about 5 km, and look for the sign telling you where to turn right.

BTW - for comparison here is the photo before b&w conversion. Just before making the conversion I also edited out a few tree branches in the upper left corner that I thought detracted from the photo.

To me the b&w conversion altered the mood of the picture. The gray skies and lack of contrast, the industrial structures in Burrard Inlet, the steam from some of the buildings, the grain of the photo after the conversion - all gave the b&w photo a somber tone. I used an orange filter in the conversion; that brightened the sky a bit and darkened the water.

And, yes, there is a lighthouse in Lighthouse Park.

 

[RichM]

The photo was taken from Lighthouse Park in West Vancouver a little over a month ago. It's not a common vantage point for the bridge.

After googling suspension bridges and narrowing it down to Lion's Gate or one of the two in Halifax (MacKay and MacDonald) I looked at the aerial imagery and Lighthouse Park appeared to be the likely vantage point. The foreground trees meant it couldn't have been from a ship in the water. The taller hotel-looking building on the left helped to give it away when compared to other shots of the same bridge found on the 'net. Although mostly obscured, you can just make it out in this shot:
http://www.netadssell.com/vanwalk/images/lions.jpg

and this one:

http://www.visitvancouver.com/travel/images/vancouver_bc/dv_1.jpg

Thanks for the quick little scavenger hunt


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[geoand]

Another Cloud photo from airplane to Anchorage

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Waiting for a Wave

This flock of ducks was holding their position in the water, right at the point where the waves were breaking. They weren't doing anything in particular, just hanging out together. They reminded me of surfers congregating near the break point, waiting to catch a wave.

The photo was taken at Davis Bay in British Columbia. The town in the background is Sechelt.

 

[swift]

Washington Monument

 

[geoand]

Another photo from air to Anchorage

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Halfmoon Bay

Obviously not Halfmoon Bay in California. This is the BC Sunshine Coast. (Was anyone fooled? Didn't think so.)

 

[swift]

Korean War Monument

 

[geoand]

same airplane

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Bixby Creek Bridge, Cabrillo Highway, Big Sur

Same bridge as in my previous Cabrillo Highway photo:



This photo is looking back at the bridge from the other direction. That prominent hill is prime poison oak habitat. And it has ticks as well.

 

[geoand]

Same airplane

 

[swift]

World War II Memorial

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Changing Light

One of the beauties of Big Sur is the ever-changing interplay of light, land and mist. This is another shot of Bixby Bridge, taken about three hours after my previous photo. It's close enough to sunset that the reds are starting to show. Also, with the clouds dissipated, the lighting is more harsh, and shadows are sharper and deeper.

 

[KristinB]

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Sunset at Bay Creek Lighthouse, Cape Charles, VA

Sunset at Bay Creek, Cape Charles, VA

Full moonrise over Oyster, VA

Sunrise at Oyster, VA

Sunrise at Oyster, VA

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Nice shots, Kristin!!!

 

[swift]

Beautiful Kristin!!!

 

[KristinB]

Thanks Steve & Theresa! I just took these shots this past long weekend... For those who may not be familiar with this area, it's about an hour south of Chincoteague, VA or an hour north of Virginia Beach, VA (across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel). It's a wonderful area to visit, quite lovely and unspoiled.

This is the Smith Island Light, visible from the Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge:

And here are a few birds that I saw along the way during my visit...

 

[swift]

Here are some Ducks from my trip.

 

[taffy19]

Sunset at Bay Creek Lighthouse, Cape Charles, VA

Sunset at Bay Creek, Cape Charles, VA

Full moonrise over Oyster, VA

Sunrise at Oyster, VA

These photos are so beautiful.

 

[taffy19]

Thanks Steve & Theresa! I just took these shots this past long weekend... For those who may not be familiar with this area, it's about an hour south of Chincoteague, VA or an hour north of Virginia Beach, VA (across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel). It's a wonderful area to visit, quite lovely and unspoiled.

This is the Smith Island Light, visible from the Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge:

And here are a few birds that I saw along the way during my visit..

What a nice shot and also of the birds. What a lovely area too and what a great eye you have for photography.

 

[geoand]

I liked this cloud formation

 

[geoand]

I like this cloud formation

 

[thinze3]

You must have really really liked it! :hysterical:

 

[geoand]

You must have really really liked it! :hysterical:

Liked it so much that I couldn't figure how to delete one of them.!