Photos of the week #29 Stanley Park views at Sunset

It’s been 2 months since my overseas trip to Vancouver, time flies! I’m currently sorting through my holiday photos and came across a few taken with the Hipstamatic app (one of my all-time favs!) in Stanley Park on my last night in the city.

I took the skytrain from Burnaby to city centre, did some last minute shopping and spent the rest of the day until after sunset in Stanley Park. I only took photos with my iPhone 5 even though I had my Canon EOS 550D with me. Somehow my sunset pics always turn out better with the iPhone, possibly because I should use a tripod when trying the same with my DLRS ;-)

Vancouver Skyline at Sunset (Hipstamatic settings: John S lens, Kodot XGrizzled film, no flash)

View over Stanly Park just after sunset (Hipstamatic settings: John S lens, Kodot XGrizzled film, no flash)

View across harbor towards North Vancouver (Hipstamatic settings: John S lens, Kodot XGrizzled film, no flash)

Stanley Park light tower at sunset (Hipstamatic settings: John S lens, Kodot XGrizzles film, no flash)

This last one is my very favorite of them all. And as usual, you can see my addiction to Hipstamatic’s John S lens and it’s Kodot XGrizzled film. That combo just makes the best photos!

I have to admit right here and now that I’ve completely fallen in love with this park, it’s many views and walks, the soft ripples of water splashing onto the smaller beaches while walking alongside them on one of the many walkways… I deeply regret not having had more time to spend there. But there is always a next holiday and I’m really keen to get back to Vancouver in 2015 if I can fit it in.

xx, D

Photo of the week #27: Sunset

I’m currently sorting through my photos of 2013 when this photo fell into my hands. When I picked up my SIGMA 18-250mm lens for the lens test from my local post office last year it was almost time for the sun to set. So I hurried home, unpacked the lens and made a few trial shots out of my livingroom window. One of the results was the following photo:

Sunset April 2013. Canon EOS 450D with SIGMA 18-250m lens.
focal length: 128mm; f. 11; exposure: 1/400

I trimmed the photo to a 16:9 format with Adobe Photoshop Elements 12. Apart from that this photo hasn’t been edited in any other way (I’ve only just started working my way through Adobe PS Elements a few months ago, still down to basics). I love the reddish evening colors that you get at sunsets around April-Mai here in Germany. After the long and cold winter they feel kind of magical to me! And it’s almost that time of the year again. I’m looking forward to trying out some more sunset shots this year.

xx, D