VANCOUVER HARBOR

Gallery: LandscapePosted February 18, 2012658 views30 comments

This has not been much of a cold winter here in southern BC Canada. There have not been many opportunities to capitalize on the potential "icing" on the alpine trees in the coastal mountains.

This was a shot from last season while on a snowshoe trek with Adam Gibbs. I finally got to processing it with the assistance of Zack, while he was up here in Whistler. Zack assisted me to get this image print ready.

This scene was up on Mount Seymour overlooking the harbor in Vancouver. You can see the tankers lined up out there on the ocean. Sorry I did not post a larger version.

It was a very cold sunset and could not feel the shutter release with frozen fingers !!

Any comments would be appreciated.

Comments

30 comments

Comment posted by Jared Atencio on February 18, 2012 at 3:36 PM

I was thinking of Zack's shot when I saw this James, which IMO is not a bad thing! Looks like you were pretty successful in blending the area around the sun here, but there are still some very minor brown areas around the very high highlights on the RHS which could probably be "dogdged" just a touch more. The scene, however, is beautiful and love the light on these frozen trees. Aweseome

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Comment posted by James Fougère on February 18, 2012 at 3:41 PM

Thanks for the comments Jared, This scene would be similar looking to the winter scenes in Washington. Except we have an ocean view. This web image is the print version, so it may look a bit off, but prints well

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Comment posted by Marc Adamus on February 18, 2012 at 4:35 PM

Awesome, James. Glad to see it worked out for you up there. Not too much of a sky, but it would only distract from the beauty of those frosted trees. The sun is just right for a focal point.

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Comment posted by James Fougère on February 18, 2012 at 4:40 PM

Hey Marc, you know how the public likes those blue sky images

I thought it would be good for a "local" shot for the gallery. Thanks.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on February 18, 2012 at 5:03 PM

Beautiful! I love the light and glow. The color is awesome and that sky works great for me. Very nice, James!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Ned Fenimore on February 18, 2012 at 5:04 PM

Those frosted trees are excellent.. what great light on them!

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Comment posted by Benjamin Olson on February 18, 2012 at 5:05 PM

I love the subtle light here, the trees are fantastic, as is your choice of placement. The composition flows smoothly.

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Comment posted by Tom Kualii on February 18, 2012 at 5:21 PM

So clean and crisp.

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Comment posted by Jonathan Lent on February 18, 2012 at 5:46 PM

Beautiful scene.

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Comment posted by Rick Lundh on February 18, 2012 at 7:00 PM

Same here in the US... This is gorgeous though James!

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Comment posted by Yiming Hu on February 18, 2012 at 7:10 PM

Beautiful！

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Comment posted by Rick Goldwasser on February 18, 2012 at 7:22 PM

Beautiful soft light and that "icing" is just gorgeous - very nice!

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Comment posted by Bruce King on February 18, 2012 at 9:01 PM

This is just plain awesome.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on February 18, 2012 at 10:16 PM

Lovely, James. The hint of warm light and shadows among the trees as a nice touch.

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on February 19, 2012 at 12:12 AM

I really like the feeling of this image. I can just feel the crisp, clean mountain winter air. Great image.

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Comment posted by Avi Hirschfield on February 19, 2012 at 3:32 AM

Beautiful scene and I feel like the sun is trying to draw me in from the cold

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Comment posted by Michel Hammann on February 19, 2012 at 4:41 AM

Wow, really a great shot!

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Comment posted by Paul Gasior on February 19, 2012 at 9:44 AM

Nice scene Beautiful light

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on February 19, 2012 at 11:03 AM

Wonderfully captured James, the depth, light and subjects put this over the top for me. Wonderful image in my opinion.
Bob

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Comment posted by Joseph Campisi on February 19, 2012 at 4:42 PM

Beautiful lavender light and frosted snowy landscape James. I'm still waiting to capture something similar this winter!

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Comment posted by James Fougère on February 19, 2012 at 5:45 PM

Thanks for all the great comments! As for the west coast of North America, it seems to be much drier and milder than last year. Whistler has seen a spike this season in US skiers/boarders due to the lack of snow in US west coast resorts.

Whistler has had a good amount of snow compared to the USA, but it has been mild, so not much for "icing" on the trees!

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Comment posted by Scott Smorra on February 19, 2012 at 7:06 PM

Wow James! This one is incredible. I really like the colors and light you captured here.

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on February 19, 2012 at 7:54 PM

Love the composition with those gorgeous snow covered trees bathed in that beautiful light. Tremendous depth. Fantastic.

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Comment posted by Dean Sauskojus on February 20, 2012 at 2:09 AM

Love those trees James. What a gorgeous winter image!

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Comment posted by Hamed Musharbak on February 20, 2012 at 11:24 AM

very cool & cold shot

love it

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on February 20, 2012 at 12:49 PM

Beautiful! I love Winter scenes like this, makes me want to get out an play in the snow...

Looks like the cold air that has been locked up in N Canada will finally get here this week--i cant wait for the subzero weather

I've got to figure out a better way to protect my fingers while shooting though...

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Comment posted by James Fougère on February 20, 2012 at 10:29 PM

I agree stan, I lose all feeling in my fingers

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Comment posted by Mat Malone on February 22, 2012 at 6:08 PM

James, this is a great scene. The visual flow through the trees down to bay is great. The sky could use a little work but I still love the image.

I suck -- I need to get up to BC. Both for photography and skiing. The snow in California is terrible this year.

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Comment posted by James Fougère on February 22, 2012 at 9:53 PM

Mat,

This sky looks good in the highlights on my calibrated monitor and prints dead on with Zack's assistance
But I did not modify this print file for web views. so who knows