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Port-Moody-Station

In 1887 Port Moody, B.C, was the original western terminus of the C.P.R (Canadian Pacific Railway), transcontinental railway. The railway was a condition of B...
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In 1887 Port Moody, B.C, was the original western terminus of the C.P.R (Canadian Pacific Railway), transcontinental railway. The railway was a condition of British Columbia becoming part of Canada but resulted in the deaths of thousands of chinese workers. This station is now a museum and houses historical artifacts, documents and photographs of those times.
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Dec, 2016

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Behind The Lens

Location

This was taken in the city I was living in at the time, Port Moody, British Columbia The Port Moody Railway Station Museum is located at the end of Burrard Inlet, which is Vancouver's main Harbour.

Time

I took this photo on November 17th, 2010 at 2:21pm. The Museum is next to Rocky Point Park and is mostly devoid of visitors in the winter but I braved the blustery cold weather to take advantage of the storm clouds that were scudding overhead.

Lighting

The low winter sun gave depth to the image and cast a hard light on the building that was compensated by the softness of the billowing clouds.

Equipment

The camera used was a Nikon D60 with a Nikon 18-55mm lens. A tripod was used for stability and framing and was shot at 18mm - ISO 100 - f9 -1/200

Inspiration

There is a lot of Railway history in Port Moody. In 1887 Port Moody, B.C, was the original western terminus of the C.P.R (Canadian Pacific Railway), transcontinental railway. The railway was a condition of British Columbia becoming part of Canada. This station is now a museum and houses historical artifacts, documents and photographs of those times.

Editing

It was shot in RAW, converted in Nikon's Camera Raw and imported into Photoshop. I then converted the colour photo to B&W and adjusted the blue slider to bring out the clouds. I also used a transform to adjust the perspective and sharpened it. I then increased the canvas size to give it a white border and on a separate layer adjusted the blending options to bevel the edge, stroke a black line around the image and created a drop shadow to give the photo depth on the page.

In my camera bag

I now have a Nikon D750 with a Nikon 24-120, a Sigma 150-500, a 1.4 Teleconverter, various filters and I still use my old D60 as backup. I have two tripods, one light, for hiking and a heavier one for closer expeditions.

Feedback

Being in the right place at the right time does not always mean being lucky! Awareness of the conditions, (weather, time of day, etc.), can mean that shot of the lonely road with autumn colours and misty trees is waiting for you to get up there. Having some shots in your mind of locations that would sing under the right conditions could give you a list of places to shoot when those conditions exist. When I saw the stormy clouds outside my window in Port Moody, I had only a short walk to the Museum to get a much more dramatic shot than I would have had at another time.

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Port-Moody-Station

In 1887 Port Moody, B.C, was the original western terminus of the C.P.R (Canadian Pacific Railway), transcontinental railway. The railway was a condition of B... Read more

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