Darkslinger's 52 for 25

Allan.H · Thursday at 10:37 AM

Really like the lifeguard station a good set overall.

SimonH · Thursday at 3:08 PM

Nice slant using mono for this one Bill.

nog · Thursday at 3:55 PM

Very nice set Bill, another vote for the sea scape here though especially like the colours in the sea and the waves with the long exposure

Darkslinger · Thursday at 8:43 PM

Cloudforest said:
A lovely set Bill and I think you've chosen my favourite one for the theme. It works nicely in black & white and the person sat up there adds another element.

I do like the composition of the last shot too.

Thanks Pete, the last one is my personal favourite

Boots said:
A cracking set. I especially like the seascape.

LOL, thanks Paul, you wouldn't believe how many shots of that hut (gazebo?) that I took over the course of a week...

Adamcski said:
Some lovely images here and the chosen one really is great (IMO) and I love the B&W chosen for it.

Thanks Adam

Allan.H said:
Really like the lifeguard station a good set overall.

Thank you Allan

SimonH said:
Nice slant using mono for this one Bill.

Yeah, I looked at both the b&w and a couple of different colour versions and the b&w just stood out for me

nog said:
Very nice set Bill, another vote for the sea scape here though especially like the colours in the sea and the waves with the long exposure

Thanks Keith, it was fun playing around with handheld long exposure. The IBIS in my Oly is awesome. That is a 1 second exposure.

Shugpug · Friday at 1:33 AM

Yeah that is a lovely shot. Nicely done and nice location for it too!

Darkslinger · Friday at 7:36 PM

Shugpug said:
Yeah that is a lovely shot. Nicely done and nice location for it too!

Thanks Shug!

rpn · Friday at 8:30 PM

An excellent set of images you have taken there, Bill. I love all the long exposure shots with the beautiful water texture.

Darkslinger · Saturday at 12:37 AM

rpn said:
An excellent set of images you have taken there, Bill. I love all the long exposure shots with the beautiful water texture.

Thank you Stan.

Darkslinger · Saturday at 6:38 PM

Week #5 - SnapperTown

I went for a walk around Vancouver on Thursday and managed to grab a few shots that I liked.

#1 - This bit of graffiti was lit by a security light that was affixed to the wall opposite.

It grabbed my attention so I took a few shots from slightly different angles and combined them in PS to get this:

#2 - We used to have a department store throughout the province called Woodwards. The head office/store was partially demolished and rebuilt into condos, offices and stores. They kept the iconic "W" that spins around. This is five shots:

#3 - Saw this red hand tagged onto some type of power box. I liked how the markings on the street kind of mirrored the colour and I was lucky enough to have a guy ride through the shot on a red bike.

#4 - Just a shot of the trains near the harbour

#5 - The end of my trip. I always like to try to capture something with the Skytrain pulling into the station, I think this is about 7 shots combined in PS

Allan.H · Sunday at 12:11 AM

I love the combined shots, an interesting approach it works well on the station and graffiti.

Darkslinger · Sunday at 12:14 AM

Allan.H said:
I love the combined shots, an interesting approach it works well on the station and graffiti.

Thanks Allan, it's kind of my jam...I got hooked on the techniques after discovering Pep Ventosa...

Allan.H · Sunday at 12:16 AM

Darkslinger said:
Thanks Allan, it's kind of my jam...I got hooked on the techniques after discovering Pep Ventosa...

I'll look that up thanks

Shugpug · Sunday at 1:29 AM

I really like your chosen shot - really effective for the theme!

Darkslinger · Sunday at 3:37 AM

Shugpug said:
I really like your chosen shot - really effective for the theme!

Thanks Shug!

Cloudforest · Sunday at 5:58 AM

A lovely set Bill. On your chosen shot I like the way the "movement" seems to increase from right to left.

I like the bike shot a lot too.

Boots · Sunday at 11:06 AM

A great set - love the red hand shot.

Simonbrown16 · Sunday at 1:06 PM

I love all of your shots and it is nice to see so many different pictures of a city that I've never been to, it really captures a moment in time.

Darkslinger · Sunday at 4:30 PM

Cloudforest said:
A lovely set Bill. On your chosen shot I like the way the "movement" seems to increase from right to left.

I like the bike shot a lot too.

Thanks Pete, I thought the same thing. I've probably walked past that alley dozens of times but that street art is new and that colours just grabbed me.

I got lucky with the bike...

Boots said:
A great set - love the red hand shot.

Yeah, I was walking up the street looking at the marks on the street (I think that they are markings for upcoming roadwork) and they all pulled my eye up to the rea hand.

Simonbrown16 said:
I love all of your shots and it is nice to see so many different pictures of a city that I've never been to, it really captures a moment in time.

Thanks Simon, isn't that what we all do? Grab a moment in time...

Wooo, I almost sounded deep and wise there

AlanDorset · Sunday at 6:00 PM

At first I assumed it was ICM but interesting to see the effect from combining photos.

I am also drawn to the "red W" picture

Darkslinger · Sunday at 7:13 PM

AlanDorset said:
At first I assumed it was ICM but interesting to see the effect from combining photos.

I am also drawn to the "red W" picture

Thanks Alan, yeah, I like how both turned out.

SimonH · Monday at 2:14 PM

Good shots Bill. I think I'm drawn to the last shot as my personal favourite.

nog · Monday at 4:54 PM

Good set. W and the train probably best for me.

bullinachinashop · Monday at 8:35 PM

Apologies, first time visitng your thread, some amazing pictures! Love your minamilist first grafitti shot and all the morning light shots are very dream-like and postcard worthy! And I really like the bold colour and movement of the Woolworths sign against the brutal architecture. Awesome shots!

Darkslinger · Monday at 11:29 PM

SimonH said:
Good shots Bill. I think I'm drawn to the last shot as my personal favourite.

Thanks Simon, I started taking multiple exposure shots of the Skytrain a couple of years ago at different stations but I'm thinking of expanding it into a full-fledged project. I've gotten some images that I really like.

nog said:
Good set. W and the train probably best for me.

Thanks Keith, I'm always looking for subjects to practice my ME on.

bullinachinashop said:
Apologies, first time visitng your thread, some amazing pictures! Love your minamilist first grafitti shot and all the morning light shots are very dream-like and postcard worthy! And I really like the bold colour and movement of the Woolworths sign against the brutal architecture. Awesome shots!

Thank you Ross, I appreciate the kind words.

BobBCN · 2025-02-04T09:03:51+0000

Love the train shot. I must give this technique a spin!!

Darkslinger · 2025-02-04T20:06:54+0000

BobBCN said:
Love the train shot. I must give this technique a spin!!

Cool. Let me know if you'd like to know how I combine them in PS

Kell · 2025-02-04T20:56:50+0000

It’s an interesting take on the graffiti scene. Really works well and gives it a bit of extra dynamism.

Darkslinger · 2025-02-04T21:09:18+0000

Kell said:
It’s an interesting take on the graffiti scene. Really works well and gives it a bit of extra dynamism.

Thanks Kell.