Vancouver Photography

[Metro-One]

I had myself a nice night downtown last night.

Here are some pics I took.

The Province building

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2742/4222647197_ed87323b6d_b.jpg

The Port

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4070/4223413914_226bccd82c_b.jpg

Canada Place

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4003/4222651239_f2ce17946b_b.jpg

Woodwards

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4064/4222655757_11c32cbc91_b.jpg

Harbour Centre (or for any Americans who visit, Harbor Center, hehe)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4045/4223417896_4bab58dbcc_b.jpg

Information booth and screen

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2614/4222657525_4ae5bd0f2a_b.jpg

The Marine Building

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4043/4223424060_8b9131c1bf_b.jpg

Christmas Tree!

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4058/4223426340_07591e3c5d_b.jpg

Christmas Crane!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2716/4223429052_7c3d8204a7_b.jpg

Business Towers (wish we had a couple dozen more of these)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2758/4223432810_b4e722b536_b.jpg

Bamboo!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2516/4222680483_1318ef0b17_b.jpg

Robson street

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4070/4223434798_dd81ec5900_b.jpg

My favorite store downtown, the Japanese convenience store!

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4019/4222682659_4732c903dd_b.jpg

And last but not least, my destination for the night.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2714/4223442596_8d599c8aff_b.jpg

Source of my photos:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30634635@N03/?saved=1

All pics are my own!

Cheers!

[entheosfog]

I've posted many sunsets from my balcony but this is the first sunrise I've taken from my view. This is from earlier this week:
http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/3774/day007jan7.jpg

And some from today, downtown:

http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/7457/img3575e.jpg

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/913/img3538.jpg

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/6707/img3540of.jpg

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/2636/img3544t.jpg

[Hed Kandi]

A number of interesting skyline shots.



http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4011/4264245962_6cfb0670c2_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/caddybay/4264245962/


http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4053/4253635762_bcc4f6295f_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/acloseshave/4253635762/


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2627/4250716556_5425ee6e0b_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/acloseshave/4250716556/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2725/4243413755_68203df7a2_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/januszbc/4243413755/

[Lover Fighter]

I really like that angle from the helipad, with the Shangri-La and Wall Centre framing the valley.


Here's a neat photo I found on flickr:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4052/4256999959_23a2bd8438_b.jpg
photographer: vankufer (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vankufer/)

[Locked In]

A few photos from around Stanley Park and downtown today:

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_9FW9P3-u1EI/S1LPn9JsVMI/AAAAAAAACMQ/91yI8XQqAUs/s800/IMG_3201.jpg

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_9FW9P3-u1EI/S1LPkLk8MhI/AAAAAAAACME/NH4p4bceddA/s800/IMG_3198.jpg

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_9FW9P3-u1EI/S1LPqS7oxFI/AAAAAAAACMY/x4ZB9ikek1k/s800/IMG_3225.jpg

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_9FW9P3-u1EI/S1LUZTqkdnI/AAAAAAAACOo/yvy991L-Ffc/s800/IMG_3220_19_18.jpg

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_9FW9P3-u1EI/S1LP2-yypmI/AAAAAAAACNQ/MrqZKVTO9Fg/s800/IMG_3245.jpg

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_9FW9P3-u1EI/S1LPrjWWsDI/AAAAAAAACMc/0GM1OOroJls/s800/IMG_3227.jpg

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_9FW9P3-u1EI/S1LQBRAOpGI/AAAAAAAACN8/4DSBFyHOBSQ/s800/IMG_3265.jpg

(My photos, January 17)

[trofirhen]

Great pictures. I really like the "foggy night" one with the streets and streetlights shrouded in ground-level mist, the skyline rising beyond.

[vancityrox]

Amazing pictures guys, thanks!

[SFUVancouver]

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_9FW9P3-u1EI/S1LPrjWWsDI/AAAAAAAACMc/0GM1OOroJls/s800/IMG_3227.jpg
(My photos, January 17)

Here is a helpful hint to tell whether you have gone 'round the bend. If you car looks like this, you have.

[SpongeG]

photo op

i can never get there and i see its still up

there is a house bewteen commercial drive and victoria i think aorund charles - but its go this tree fuill of cool globes and i would love to see a pic of it ;)

anyone in the area.... it looks great at night

[Delirium]

here's some random shots from this morning. jan 22. all photos by me
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y101/oct2gon/IMGP3912.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y101/oct2gon/IMGP3925.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y101/oct2gon/IMGP3955.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y101/oct2gon/IMGP3942.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y101/oct2gon/IMGP3943.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y101/oct2gon/IMGP3959.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y101/oct2gon/IMGP3948.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y101/oct2gon/IMGP3946.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y101/oct2gon/IMGP3931.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y101/oct2gon/IMGP3970.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y101/oct2gon/IMGP3926.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y101/oct2gon/IMGP3916.jpg

[bulliver]

^ Nice! Love the top-view of the streetcar!

[SFUVancouver]

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/9066/marinebldgjan202010copy.jpg
Taken by SFUVancouver, January 20th, 2010.

The new wind turbine atop Grouse Mountain is called The Eye of the Wind.
http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/2876/grousemtnwindturbinejan.jpg
Taken by SFUVancouver, January 20th, 2010.

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/1197/grousemtnwindturbinezoo.jpg
Taken by SFUVancouver, January 20th, 2010.

http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/4515/vancouverfromgrousejan2.jpg
Taken by SFUVancouver, January 20th, 2010.

Near the base stations of the Grouse Mountain aerial trams is a wolves enclosure.
http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/197/grousemountainwolves1ja.jpg
Taken by SFUVancouver, January 20th, 2010.

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/3496/grousemountainwolves2ja.jpg
Taken by SFUVancouver, January 20th, 2010.

[SFUVancouver]

I live in Vancouver's Commercial Drive neighbourhood, which is one of our most eclectic, and I took some photos today of the local part of my daily commute. I did this photo tour late morning at around 11am.


A few steps into my commute takes me from my apartment to Commercial Drive. I'm close enough to be seconds away from the shops, bank, grocery store, etc., but far enough away that there is no road noise.
http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/6466/commercialwalkajan22201.jpg
Taken by SFUVancouver, January 22nd, 2010.

http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/5192/commercialwalkbjan22201.jpg
Taken by SFUVancouver, January 22nd, 2010.

Turning onto Commercial Drive I head South towards the Commercial-Broadway SkyTrain station.
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/3974/commercialwalk5jan22201.jpg
Taken by SFUVancouver, January 22nd, 2010.

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/4125/commercialwalk6jan22201.jpg
Taken by SFUVancouver, January 22nd, 2010.

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/3425/commercialwalk7jan22201.jpg
Taken by SFUVancouver, January 22nd, 2010.

The cafe coming up on the corner, Prado, is my neighbourhood haunt.
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/976/commercialwalk8jan22201.jpg
Taken by SFUVancouver, January 22nd, 2010.

The City installed a couple of dozen new bike racks this past week along my part of Commercial Drive. They are the single "hitching post" type bike racks that can handle a couple of bikes without taking up too much sidewalk space, which is appreciated for parts of the city with narrow sidewalks like much of Commercial Drive. The ones in front of Prado are usually claimed by fixies and vintage road bikes, sure signs that hipsters lurk within.
http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/428/commercialwalk9jan22201.jpg
Taken by SFUVancouver, January 22nd, 2010.

http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/6228/commercialwalk10jan2220.jpg
Taken by SFUVancouver, January 22nd, 2010.

http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/4707/commercialwalk11jan2220.jpg
Taken by SFUVancouver, January 22nd, 2010.

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/5962/commercialwalk12jan2220.jpg
Taken by SFUVancouver, January 22nd, 2010.

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/7258/commercialwalk13jan2220.jpg
Taken by SFUVancouver, January 22nd, 2010.

[SFUVancouver]

Murals are a big part of Commercial Drive and Cafe deux Soleils is getting a brand new one.
http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/9775/commercialwalk15jan2220.jpg
Taken by SFUVancouver, January 22nd, 2010.

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/7456/commercialwalk16jan2220.jpg
Taken by SFUVancouver, January 22nd, 2010.

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/1267/commercialwalk18jan2220.jpg
Taken by SFUVancouver, January 22nd, 2010.

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/7892/commercialwalk19jan2220.jpg
Taken by SFUVancouver, January 22nd, 2010.

http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/2286/commercialwalk20jan2220.jpg
Taken by SFUVancouver, January 22nd, 2010.

This is a classic Commercial Drive shot of a coffee shop, market, parked bicycle with a child seat, old shabby apartment buildings, and a SkyTrain crossing Commercial Drive on its way to downtown. The train in the photo is one of our new Bombardier Mk2.5 SkyTrain cars, part of the 30% fleet expansion we took delivery of for the Olympics.
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/1255/commercialwalk21jan2220.jpg
Taken by SFUVancouver, January 22nd, 2010.

By contrast here is a train composed of original Bombardier Mk1 cars. The two trains were about 90 seconds apart, which is normal for SkyTrain during much of the day.
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/2333/commercialwalk22jan2220.jpg
Taken by SFUVancouver, January 22nd, 2010.

Commercial Drive is also pretty much ground zero for wannabe-anarchist lefties. These next two posters were plastered all along The Drive earlier in the day. They will probably be torn down or covered up in a day or two. The basic thrust of 99% of the posters is that business is bad, the government is bad, war is bad, marches are good, the police are always bad, criminals are always innocent unless they are middle- to upper-income white men, nobody should not do anything anywhere since everything everywhere was once First Nations' land, and lastly the government with the support of businesses and most white people are fighting a war against immigrants, people of colour, First Nations and especially women. Plus the Olympics is the worst thing to happen to anybody anywhere, ever, times a million!
http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/7901/commercialwalk23jan2220.jpg
Taken by SFUVancouver, January 22nd, 2010.

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/8011/commercialwalk24jan2220.jpg
Taken by SFUVancouver, January 22nd, 2010.

I am arriving at the Commercial-Broadway Station precinct. The overhead line leads to downtown, which is about 5 minutes down the line from the station. The station is also the terminus of the 99 B-Line, which I believe is North America's most successful bus route with about 80,000 daily passengers. This route is slated to be replaced by rapid transit, hopefully an extension of SkyTrain, near the end of the decade.
http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/3610/commercialwalk25jan2220.jpg
Taken by SFUVancouver, January 22nd, 2010.

One of our new electric trolleys. The bus route along Commercial Drive uses articulated trolleys exclusively and is usually packed in both directions during most hours of the day.
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/910/commercialwalk26jan2220.jpg
Taken by SFUVancouver, January 22nd, 2010.

Looking west from Commercial-Broadway station one gets a great view of a growing piece of downtown Vancouver.
http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/3526/commercialwalk29jan2220.jpg
Taken by SFUVancouver, January 22nd, 2010.

The train on the elevated line is outbound from downtown and it is about to cross above the lower half of Commerical-Broadway station.
http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/567/commercialwalk30jan2220.jpg
Taken by SFUVancouver, January 22nd, 2010.

The platforms at the lower level are for the Millennium line.
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/322/commercialwalk31jan2220.jpg
Taken by SFUVancouver, January 22nd, 2010.

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/8615/commercialwalk33jan2220.jpg
Taken by SFUVancouver, January 22nd, 2010.

[SFUVancouver]

The trains run on viaducts above the street level central atrium of the station.
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/9778/commercialwalk34jan2220.jpg
Taken by SFUVancouver, January 22nd, 2010.

This aerial walkway leads to the lower platforms, 1 and 2, of the Millennium Line. The escalators to the right take passengers up to platforms 3 and 4 on the Expo and Millennium Lines. (The Millennium Line does a giant loop and passes through the same station twice.)
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/5062/commercialwalk35jan2220.jpg
Taken by SFUVancouver, January 22nd, 2010.

Platforms 1 and 2 on the Millennium Line.
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/7118/commercialwalk36jan2220.jpg
Taken by SFUVancouver, January 22nd, 2010.

The escalators leading to platforms 3 and 4.
http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/4628/commercialwalk37jan2220.jpg
Taken by SFUVancouver, January 22nd, 2010.

Another aerial walkway, this time traversing Broadway. It is far too narrow and there is a short- to medium-term plan to replace it with a new one that will utilize all of the the available width between the tracks.
http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/1439/commercialwalk38jan2220.jpg
Taken by SFUVancouver, January 22nd, 2010.

A busy platform with an arriving train from downtown.
http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/3000/commercialwalk39jan2220.jpg
Taken by SFUVancouver, January 22nd, 2010.

My train today is a new Mk2.5, which are fairly common now. They have a slightly larger passenger capacity due to a rejigged seating configuration and other passenger information and safety improvements like LED system maps and security cameras.
http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/6789/commercialwalk40jan2220.jpg
Taken by SFUVancouver, January 22nd, 2010.

The LED system map. It indicates the terminus with a red light and the stops along the way in white and these go out as one passes through each station.
http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/5664/commercialwalk41jan2220.jpg
Taken by SFUVancouver, January 22nd, 2010.

Well it was a busy train so I put my camera away at that point. That's my walk from home to the SkyTrain. It takes about 5 to 7 minutes and then the train is just shy of 10 minutes since I go to the last stop. Altogether my commute is about 25 minutes in length.
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/3517/commercialwalk42jan2220.jpg
Taken by SFUVancouver, January 22nd, 2010.

[osirisboy]

Great job SFU!!

[Rusty Gull]

Great pix all. Is the wind turbine actually rotating yet?

I enjoyed the tour of Commercial Drive, but I have to say that - unlike some other neighbourhoods - photos (any photos) really don't do that area justice. It has to be experienced in person, because it is one of the most vibrant and authentic places in the city limits. Great pix regardless.

Oh, and are those whales at the Granville Bridge being painted over? That will be so sad... they are part of the DNA of the city.

[touraccuracy]

^no, the mural is being touched up

[Locked In]

Great photo tour SFU! Here are a couple of bridge shots taken on a balmy Saturday in January:

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_9FW9P3-u1EI/S1ur3nsNdpI/AAAAAAAACWQ/yORaGWbfX74/s800/IMG_1074.JPG

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_9FW9P3-u1EI/S1ur4nuW9qI/AAAAAAAACWU/HyPMJh5o3-A/s800/IMG_1078.JPG

(my photos, January 23)

[mr.x]

^ Burrard Bridge could really use some Olympic rings.

[nova9]

^ Burrard Bridge could really use some Olympic rings.

It really does. Lost opportunity there, I say.

[SpongeG]

what happenned to the fancy lighting granville bridge was suppossed to get in time for the olympics?

and great set of pics - the drive is looking good

[mr.x]

It really does. Lost opportunity there, I say.

The Games are in less than 3 weeks, and so far I have to say I'm quite disappointed with both the quantity and quality of decorations we have...and all of those street banners should be up by now, they should have started installation in December.

[entheosfog]

I enjoyed the tour of Commercial Drive, but I have to say that - unlike some other neighbourhoods - photos (any photos) really don't do that area justice. It has to be experienced in person, because it is one of the most vibrant and authentic places in the city limits. Great pix regardless.


Gotta agree, I love the neighbourhood! Great place to call home.

[ckkelley]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4068/4301861688_06a19077db_b.jpg

Photo by me.

[WarrenC12]

Fantastic views.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xMz2SnSWS4

Sorry not sure how to embed the video.

[mike474]

^ Burrard Bridge could really use some Olympic rings.

I agree. I'm not a big fan of the rings on the barge from what I've seen in photos, maybe I'll change my mind when I get there for the games. I thought the bridge-mounted rings in Sydney looked really sharp and was hoping Van could do something similar because it certainly has a couple attractive bridges. Unfortunately the angles don't pan out. But like you said, why not a second set on the Burrard?

[SpongeG]

there were plans for 5 sets of rings i think - grouse mountain, burrard bridge and one other place - maybe lions gate? we ended up with 2

[mr.x]

17 days until the Games, this city still feels like normal Vancouver instead of Olympic Vancouver.

[mike474]

there were plans for 5 sets of rings i think - grouse mountain, burrard bridge and one other place - maybe lions gate? we ended up with 2

Other than coal harbour where is the other set of rings located?

[SpongeG]

at the airport

k7eWMii4LsY

[SpongeG]

17 days until the Games, this city still feels like normal Vancouver instead of Olympic Vancouver.

have you been downtown? its olympic crazy :yes: the fencing, the banners, the wraps its pretty busy with olympic crap - every station is olympic themed well olympic sponsors etc

[mr.x]

have you been downtown? its olympic crazy :yes: the fencing, the banners, the wraps its pretty busy with olympic crap - every station is olympic themed well olympic sponsors etc

Yes, I've been in Downtown several times this past week...it's still not even close to the same extent we've seen at previous Olympic cities. Not to mention, everything should be up by now but it's not...

Having sponsors do decor is one thing, but the actual VANOC Olympic brand is another and that's what I'm most interested in...

[SpongeG]

well maybe we are seeing different things it looks olympicized to me convention centre area is wall to wall olympics

[VanHowe]

Compared to Salt Lake City, from pictures I have seen, Vancouver doesn't quite match up to the number of building wraps that they had. It seems like there is a lot of nervous energy regarding the snow at Cypress. I think the Look of the Games budget having been cut has contributed to some of this. It will all be a frenzy of excitement by the time the Flame arrives in Greater Vancouver. Monday in Langley! I can't wait.

[officedweller]

Yeah, you can see some here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/debaird/sets/6141/

Looks like theirs were partly sponsored by the organizing committee (see logo and lack of massive advertising slogans) - so in our case, VANOC cut the budget because of the recession. It would have been nice to see the "look of the Games" on the towers downtown.

[Waders]

Fantastic views.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xMz2SnSWS4

Sorry not sure how to embed the video.

Thanks for link. Amazing video and music.:)

[SFUVancouver]

The effect of the tens of million dollar that were cut last year from the 'look of the games' budget is certainly observable now. With that said, I am downtown every day and it certainly feels to me like there is activity brewing. Go to Robson Square and tell me that there is no evidence of the Games, try to say the same if you venture towards BC and GM Place(s), certainly the convention centre.

Frankly it would have been awesome to have a dozen towers done up with look of the games building wraps but it will undoubtably feel like there is a lot going on where it counts, at street level, once the pedestrian streets are in affect, not to mention when the giant search lights start streaking across English Bay.

Let's not forget that VANOC made the budget cuts, which affected a whole lot more than the decorating budget, in the midst of the worst of the recession. They still had not plugged the major sponsor holes that have since been filled, nor had they received a major payment from the IOC that was going to be used for cashflow leading up to the games. In the end I don't think anyone is going to especially care whether we have two buildings with Olympic wrap or a dozen. I'm just thrilled that the city is FINALLY getting public information panels with maps. Hallelujah!

[mr.x]

^ the excitement/feel of the Games is certainly growing, but it's not where it should be. The OCOG's expenditures on the Look of the Games contribute significantly to the Olympic experience.

So far, I'd say it's feeling very tame. Huge murals of the Look of the Games on buildings is something I was really looking forward to...the designers did an incredible job with the graphic design, but it's not being showed off the way it should be. I'm very disappointed.

[entheosfog]

Some of the buildings on the 100 Block of West Hastings, post restoration:
http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/8066/img3678m.jpg

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/3716/img3679r.jpg

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/2924/img3681w.jpg

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/9847/img3682y.jpg

This is what some of those buildings looked like before:
http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/5338/20070810image0025.jpg

Any idea what this is about? It's posted on the retail portion of the Hastings Street side of Woodwards:
http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/7072/img3683z.jpg

[SpongeG]

those are looking great

[SpongeG]

did anyone see this? how did we miss it?

http://www.publicadcampaign.com/uploaded_images/mcdlamp-post-750686.jpg
As part of a national campaign promoting McDonald's restaurants, a downtown Vancouver lamppost became part of an out-of-home optical illusion, appearing to pour coffee into a giant cup on the sidewalk. At the time, McDonald's was giving away free small cups of its brew for a two-week period, in an effort to attract new breakfast customers. They developed the concept for a lamppost near 6th Avenue and Cambie Street. The post was wrapped in brown vinyl to resemble poured coffee, while an oversized carafe was attached to the end.

Agency: Cossette west, Canada.
http://www.publicadcampaign.com/labels/public%20advertising.html

[Yume-sama]

Haha, that's awesome.

[vansky]

i'm beginning to collect all these sculptural genius pieces together, to form an album reflecting the bizzare genius of this city...

[Prometheus]

The new 2010 aerial photos from Global Air Photos: http://www.globalairphotos.com/images/bc/vancouver/2010/

[vansky]

i really think one day, they should extend the viaduct into downtown, would be an awsome ride flying through buildings..

[phesto]

Here's a few I took last night:

http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/8342/016bk.jpg

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/6875/005cbh.jpg

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/9667/019cl.jpg

http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/1671/022bv.jpg

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/8124/028be.jpg

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/897/029cb.jpg

http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/6803/048cg.jpg

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/7500/060cm.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/33905699@N05/

[Prometheus]

Congratulations. Those are remarkable photographs.

[entheosfog]

A few pics taken from False Creek and area:

Olympic Village on a glorious day:
http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/8752/img3738a.jpg

Streetcar which I still haven't taken a ride on, bad me:
http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/5489/img3750s.jpg

Like seriously, what a fabulous day outside!
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/9289/img3748m.jpg

Seawall, seeing lots of action:
http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7076/img3741j.jpg

Same with Cambie Bridge:
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/1240/img3743n.jpg

Hot dogs in water:
http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/9907/img3746l.jpg

Anyone have an idea what these are about? I've seen a couple of different ads like this:
http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7325/img3745bv.jpg

[teriyaki]

How much money do we need to raise to have those spotlight a permanent fixture?:haha:

[SpongeG]

they aren't ads - they are like an art exhibit

[entheosfog]

they aren't ads - they are like an art exhibit

Thanks!
got any info/links on those bad boys?
I suspected as much...

[Waders]

Beautiful Olympic Ring photo by Seattle Times.
The ring has 5 colors but the light reflection on water created a 6 colors effect.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2010/01/29/2010931228.jpg

Source: Seattle Times http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/ronjudd/2010986171_judd07.html

[Rusty Gull]

^Oh. My. Goodness.

Stunning photo. Props to the Seattle Times on that one.

[SpongeG]

Thanks!
got any info/links on those bad boys?
I suspected as much...

its this

endlessly traversed landscapes (http://www.vancouver2010.com/more-2010-information/cultural-festivals-and-events/event-listings/endlessly-traversed-landscapes_131958LU.html)

Endlessly Traversed Landscapes is a public poster project curated by Natalie Doonan, featuring works by Canadian artists placed in various locations throughout Vancouver. Appropriating advertising spaces such as billboards and bus shelters, these images enter into a dialogue with their surroundings. Billboards are highly contested and competitive zones, displaying the drama of shifting social relations, and bus shelters are transitory sites – outposts that speak to the movement of people through a brief moment in time. Surprising and arresting, these images draw attention to the myriad functions of public space.

When:
Friday, 1/22/2010 to Sunday, 3/21/2010

Where:
Various billboards, bus shelters, Canada Line platforms and trains in and around Vancouver.

Ticket Type:
Free (no reservations required)

[entheosfog]

thanks!

[Cypherus]

Thanks for the updates!

[SpongeG]

thanks!

i've seen some odd ones too - like the giant lips, and some kissing ones

[Yume-sama]

Just a quick question. Does anyone know of a good camera store in Vancouver (downtown preferably) that would sell higher end Canon lenses?

[SpongeG]

i think Leos is gone - it was on granville street near the hostels

if not there is a camera store in kerrisdale thats really good

downtown is futureshop and i think blacks camera store in pacific centre

[jlousa]

gastown photo in waterfront centre isn't bad either but I'd shop around, their prices seems to be hit or miss on certain items.

[entheosfog]

Just a quick question. Does anyone know of a good camera store in Vancouver (downtown preferably) that would sell higher end Canon lenses?

Leo's is still there! And I highly recommend it. It's at 1055 Granville St.
http://www.leoscamera.com/
They're closed on Sundays though. But Sunday is almost over as I type this anyway....

[Yume-sama]

Leo's is still there! And I highly recommend it. It's at 1055 Granville St.
http://www.leoscamera.com/
They're closed on Sundays though. But Sunday is almost over as I type this anyway....

:D Thanks! They look like they will do. :yes: Hopefully they have the lens I want in stock. :notacrook:

[entheosfog]

Some shots from Sunday afternoon/evening:

Georgia Street:
http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/9898/img3761.jpg

hot dog vendor on Robson:
http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/4203/img3755wp.jpg

VAG video art installation:
http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/7241/img3754u.jpg

Library art installation:
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/1723/day038feb7.jpg

Another one of 'those' ads:
http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/7426/img3760od.jpg

Two contrasts:
http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/8272/img3757j.jpg

Crowds on Robson Street:
http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/8459/img3777j.jpg

[Yume-sama]

Nice pics. I like how "The Words Don't Fit the Picture" :D :cool:

Going to take a similar shot myself :P

[vancityrox]

nice photos!!

is it just me or did anyone else notice the Green/Aqua colored spot lights tht were lighting up the sky near stadium....it looked amazing! it just ended right now...maybe it will restart...looked really nice and more powerful looking then the Vectorial ones.

[Prometheus]

For capturing the essence of Vancouver's supreme physical beauty, can anyone top this photograph I found on Flickr?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/iocmedia/4337616935/sizes/l/in/set-72157623247746303/

If it was just a little more panoramic and included Cambie Street Bridge, the CBD and Grouse Mountain, it would be the perfect Vancouver photograph.

By the way, this is what Vancouver looked like at the end of January 2008.

[Yume-sama]

Rent me a seaplane and I could try :D

[mr.x]

Gold medal picture.

[Prometheus]

Rent me a seaplane and I could try :D

That's the great thing about Vancouver. It's never the photographer as much as it is Vancouver. The city is so goddamn beautiful that if it is sunny out, then it is virtually impossible to take anything less than a stunning photo.

[vancityrox]

Great Picture. It would have been nice to have BC Place in there too.

[canucks23]

^ Ya good point, everyone who takes a picture of the false creek area from Granville island think they were a good photographer taking a good picture, but its really the city itself that made it look really good.

[entheosfog]

New photo thread by me! Check 'er out!
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?p=4697939#post4697939

[entheosfog]

What I thought was an anti-Olympic protest was actually the Women's Memorial March in the Downtown Eastside. Anti-Olympics protests wouldn't get this many people out anyway:

http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/4299/img3924.jpg

http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/5407/img3923.jpg

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/5296/img3936k.jpg

[entheosfog]

And some randoms from today:

Cherry blossoms, just in time for the Games:
http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/6922/img3915n.jpg

Waiting for the bus. Strange to see this bus stop actually busy!
http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/2439/img3952p.jpg

Man on bike waits for the Women's Memorial March to pass:
http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/9215/img3929v.jpg

http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/1196/img3939.jpg

[entheosfog]

Another lovely morning yesterday...(Taken from West Vancouver but much of Vancouver is in the photo...)
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/5858/day046feb15.jpg

Nightly crow migration and some ugly infill:
http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/8405/dscn0158z.jpg

West End, in bloom:
http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/7928/dscn0157x.jpg

Giant piping hot cup of inflatable coffee in front of the McDs on Main St:
http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/1777/dscn0165.jpg

A German plate! This car is for carting around German VIPs, or at least that what it said on the side of it. Cool though! Being a licence plate nerd, this is about as good as it gets:
http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/5025/dscn0163x.jpg

[subdude]

Some Olympic crowd shots (a lot of happy hockey fans having too much fun)

Photos by me

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4007/4364950112_2b4bf3fe75_o.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4002/4364190677_55bf7ea020_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2709/4364949998_3f10dc555d_o.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4040/4364949832_0e637111af_o.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4032/4364950288_9b5ec7205d_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2702/4364190675_4917b0ca51_o.jpg
(projection on side of Sears)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4010/4364190679_fa9b5fc360_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2768/4364190673_714a3d9176_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2756/4364190669_633bb041ca_o.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4041/4364190649_ee9f1d81bf_o.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4066/4364885154_055dd53e69_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2759/4364869198_a4b4540e2f_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2710/4364289655_ded8ebf0c4_o.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4013/4364289741_b38da460f4_o.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4037/4364308671_97c18fc234_o.jpg

[Prometheus]

Great photos.

[touraccuracy]

^what time do the flames and things go off at robson square?

[Alex Mackinnon]

A German plate! This car is for carting around German VIPs, or at least that what it said on the side of it. Cool though! Being a licence plate nerd, this is about as good as it gets:
http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/5025/dscn0163x.jpg

If you really want to be a license plate nerd, you should notice its a manufacturers plate. All the Audi factory plates use the IN code for Ingolstadt. All the VW ones use WOB for Wolfsburg.

[entheosfog]

If you really want to be a license plate nerd, you should notice its a manufacturers plate. All the Audi factory plates use the IN code for Ingolstadt. All the VW ones use WOB for Wolfsburg.

Well, I'm not a europe licence plate nerd per se cause I never see them here but believe you me, I will look into it!

[subdude]

^what time do the flames and things go off at robson square?

9:30 and 11

[SpongeG]

from flickr

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4017/4382738653_06422f0992_o.jpg
flickr (Mr Nikon) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/9453805@N07/)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4070/4383478816_c34e37234f_o.jpg
flickr (Mr Nikon) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/9453805@N07/)

[g35]

What I thought was an interesting photo: Greater Vancouver at night from the International Space Station, Feb 20, 2010.

http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/photos/full/67761764.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0ZRYP5X5F6FSMBCCSE82&Expires=1267722891&Signature=8a0FgsINMsKJOTK7SWvjDyS%2FioQ%3D
Soichi Noguchi
twitpic
http://twitpic.com/14cdb8

[Yume-sama]

Sunset, my last night in Vancouver :P Guess we are the pot of Gold at the end of the rainbow, after-all.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2797/4411669901_1a9d899fd5_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/syume/4411669901

[SpongeG]

i saw that rainbow - it was awesome

[Yume-sama]

It was much more vibrant when I first saw it, then by the time I finished trying to find my camera and lens... it was fading!!

Who knew they only lasted like 5 minutes :P

[vancityrox]

Speaking of rainbows, I took this great shot on i think it was 2nd beach around Stanley Park.

Looks lik the Rainbow is touching the ground. No pot of gold though :(

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/6763/img0925o.jpg (http://img41.imageshack.us/i/img0925o.jpg/)

[Locked In]

^ That's awesome vancityrox! This is my photo (http://picasaweb.google.com/dev.pics.1/VancouverWinterSpring2010#5445711636900724146) from a couple of days ago.. not nearly as good a rainbow, but definitely some gold at the end of it :D

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_9FW9P3-u1EI/S5MN4ZKtvbI/AAAAAAAACyk/doQIOb4ufRo/s800/IMG_3691.jpg

[SpongeG]

this was the pic i took of it...

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/8540/dsc08372v.jpg

[Yume-sama]

Rainbows must be really rare :P Who knew we'd all run for the camera... lol

[SpongeG]

i got on Canada line downtown and it was grey and rainy and came out at broadway and saw the city aglow and than the rainbow

[nova9]

Here's a picture I took after a large rainstorm on Dec. 5th, 2007 at UBC:

http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v136/101/9/722145396/n722145396_1766485_2845.jpg

And a few more from the same set:
http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v136/101/9/722145396/n722145396_1766490_4229.jpg

http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v136/101/9/722145396/n722145396_1766483_2278.jpg

[Spikester]

Here's one from September 2007, looking across Coal Harbour toward the north shore. Taken by me, hosted on my MobileMe gallery.

http://gallery.me.com/aintspike/100021/IMG_1954/web.jpg?ver=12679793050001

[Spork]

Here's one from September 2007, looking across Coal Harbour toward the north shore. Taken by me, hosted on my MobileMe gallery.

http://gallery.me.com/aintspike/100021/IMG_1954/web.jpg?ver=12679793050001

The photos aren't public and it asks for a password once I load this this page on this thread.

[Spikester]

The photos aren't public and it asks for a password once I load this this page on this thread.

Sorry about that. Should be fixed now.

[entheosfog]

Some pictures from an epically beautiful day yesterday in Vancouver, but sadly, no rainbows:

http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/8403/img4265b.jpg

http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/8403/img4264.jpg

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/4483/img4266q.jpg

I want that car (the old one):
http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/8933/img4267l.jpg

East Van class:
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/2870/img4278y.jpg

[Pinion]

Finally got around to posting our olympic shots:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=179366

[Locked In]

Another beautiful afternoon in Vancouver - my photos (http://picasaweb.google.com/dev.pics.1/VancouverWinterSpring2010#), March 8:

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_9FW9P3-u1EI/S5XPnsynP9I/AAAAAAAACzk/T5uB2lFCtBs/s800/IMG_3700.jpg

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_9FW9P3-u1EI/S5XQpp80WWI/AAAAAAAACzw/OmIr1mwpztg/s800/IMG_3702.jpg

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_9FW9P3-u1EI/S5XPoV7bApI/AAAAAAAACzo/Pv3rmQ5GEtI/s800/IMG_3715.jpg

[Prometheus]

Great, NOW it snows on the mountains.