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Old 01-03-2012, 09:00 AM   #1581
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That's an amazing "past vs present" shot of Calgary, with our newest tower looking down on a broken down important piece of our history. I feel like that should be used professionally somewhere in town.
Thanks Flameswin, that's exactly what I was aiming for!
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Haha, that reminds me of the famous "colored chairs" of Ingonish, Nova Scotia.



Ya, adirondack chairs are every where in PEI. I don't think people own regular lawn chairs.
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Old 01-03-2012, 04:15 PM   #1583
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sunrise from kelowna this morning....

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Old 01-03-2012, 08:34 PM   #1584
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Massive Chinook from earlier today.


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And yeah I haven't been around for so long that I'm now confused about Regulator/wittynickname and Natalie from Pittsburgh/wittynickname. I thought Morley was her dog for some reason Oh boy.
Haha, nope Morley is my pooch.
Though everyone falls in love with him and wants to adopt him.
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One of you guys with the talent/equipment should get a shot of that moon tonight. Full moon with the clouds drifting across, reminds me of that movie American Werewolf in London.
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Old 01-09-2012, 07:18 PM   #1588
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This gaggle of Geese went flying by really quick, I was able to track and capture them just as they passed the skyline.

Seen at 300mm and f/11 (Nikkor 70-300mm VR)


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Old 01-09-2012, 07:27 PM   #1589
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Tried my best with my phone to capture the stunning sunrise this morning.

Beautiful sunrise in Calgary by apeddle1982, on Flickr

To make up for not having my camera this morning I noticed the beautiful full moon on my way home and headed back out.

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Old 01-09-2012, 07:29 PM   #1590
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That was quick, thanks

Edit: Don't suppose you have a higher res version for wallpaper?
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Old 01-10-2012, 09:03 AM   #1591
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we had a really cool 'moon-set' in kelowna this morning. this was a couple of minutes ago......

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Here's a couple of pics I took this past summer.



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I apologize for interrupting the stream of great photos in this thread but I thought this would be the best place to have my question answered.

I'm looking to take a city scape photo of downtown calgary but with the mountains in the background. Anyone have any suggestions on where I can go to get the angle I need?
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I apologize for interrupting the stream of great photos in this thread but I thought this would be the best place to have my question answered.

I'm looking to take a city scape photo of downtown calgary but with the mountains in the background. Anyone have any suggestions on where I can go to get the angle I need?
Anywhere above Deerfoot looking West can work if you have a decent zoom.

I'd probably stick to Tom Campbell hill above Bridgeland.


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Even on a clear day you can capture them from Crescent Road.

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Anywhere above Deerfoot looking West can work if you have a decent zoom.

Yea, definitely stress the Telephoto Zoom.


I'd say if you want the mountains to have any prominence in the background, 300mm would be the ticket? Yes/No? 200mm?

I'm talking for having the mountains look 'big' in the background, due to the telephoto compression.
I'm guessing anytime you whip out the Tokina 11-16 for a skyline shot, the mountains are barely distinguishable.
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Old 01-10-2012, 01:01 PM   #1597
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With all the snow melted around Calgary (as of yesterday), this "au naturel" panorama shows how brown and dull it can be during the Winter months.

This 36 image panorama highlights the Rocky Mountains and the downtown core and everything in between.

Original size was 30677 X 2478 (36 images)

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Yea, definitely stress the Telephoto Zoom.

I'd say if you want the mountains to have any prominence in the background, 300mm would be the ticket? Yes/No? 200mm?

I'm talking for having the mountains look 'big' in the background, due to the telephoto compression.
I'm guessing anytime you whip out the Tokina 11-16 for a skyline shot, the mountains are barely distinguishable.
Yeah, a big zoom 200-300 would be ideal.
It's tough from the Deerfoot spots as the Mountains are kinda south of the core.
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I'm looking to take a city scape photo of downtown calgary but with the mountains in the background. Anyone have any suggestions on where I can go to get the angle I need?
The best place is from a helicopter.
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I just want to say that this is an AWESOME photograph. Its like looking at something in 3D. The geese just jump right out at you! How on earth did you manage to focus on the geese so perfectly? ... and flying geese at that!
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