Vancouver Sunrise
This photograph was taken on an early mid-October morning. It is a panorama made of 10 individual photographs stitched together....
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This photograph was taken on an early mid-October morning. It is a panorama made of 10 individual photographs stitched together.
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Location
This photograph was taken across from Vancouver Island and Coal Harbor on the tip of Stanley Park looking out across Deadman's Island.Time
It was 6:54am on an early Autumn day in October (the 6th to be precise).Lighting
The combination of the early morning sunrise colors with the lights of the city still on are often a wonderful mix to capture.Equipment
This photograph was shot with a Canon EOS 5D Mark III and the Canon EF100-400mm lens at 100mm. The exposure is 2.5 seconds, f/8 at ISO 100. Shooting panoramas almost always necessitates using a tripod, and this was no exception to that rule. I use a very sturdy Manfrotto tripod that has a nice bubble level to help me keep the panorama straight.Inspiration
On one side of the Park the fog was rolling in from English Bay through the Lions Gate Bridge. This was a beautiful sight. However, I decided to shoot the skyline as one of my favorite things is to shoot stitched panoramas. This photograph is made from a stitched panorama of 10 individual vertical shots.Editing
After I used Photoshop to stitch the 10 frames into a single image, I then ran the resulting single image through Nik Software's HDR Efex Pro. This helps to bring out the shadow details.In my camera bag
I almost always have a few ND filters, my EF100-400, 24-105, and my 70-200. The wonderful thing about this combination of lenses is that they all utilize the same filter size of 77mm! For my wildlife photography I have the Tamron 150-600mm for a little more reach than my 100-400 can give me.Feedback
The challenge for any skyline photograph is to find the location that enables you to capture the viewpoint that you want. Most cities have a "quintessential" viewpoint. Seattle, where I live, has several places to capture skyline photographs. You'll always find photographers on any given day at those viewpoints! In the case of Vancouver, the tip of Stanley Park is a superb location to capture the skyline. After you find the location, then choosing the best time of day is the next step. Early morning is almost always your best photographic conditions because you get a beautiful sky, the air is still, and the lights are still on in the city. Often times at sunset, the atmosphere is still turbulent from the heat of the day, and the city lights haven't quite turned on.
