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The Docks in Vancouver

tratcliff — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:41:33 +0000

Everyone in Vancouver probably knows this building, but, being an outsider, I found it kinda cool.

Strawberries

tratcliff — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:45:46 +0000

Here are some strawberries from Granville Island. See, they are right there. I have no additional or witty commentary on these strawberries.

The Crystal Ark, Granville Island in Vancouver

tratcliff — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 20:53:35 +0000

Okay back to normal pictures for a while… or normal to me, at least. This is the brightly colored Crystal Ark in Vancouver on Granville Island. I think it was a kid’s toy store or a gun shop. One of the two.

Aquabus floating on Vancouver’s sea of mercury

tratcliff — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 22:36:31 +0000

Vancouver is perhaps the grayest city I have ever visited. The buildings have been ordained by the government to maintain roughly the same color as the clouds at all times. It it wasn’t for these colorful Aquabai, it would be like one huge Take On Me video.

This was taken on Granville Island on a Sunday morning.

A Morning Row

tratcliff — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:53:11 +0000

This is a sport I never got into, mostly because it seems to involve oversized equipment and I don’t know where I would keep a boat like that in my house. It would be the sort of thing that gets lodged in a stairwell for several years.

British Colombia in HDR

tratcliff — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 01:48:56 +0000

Here is a shot of a small bay town between Vancouver and Whistler that I forgot the name of…

Flotsam

tratcliff — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 16:04:01 +0000

An old boat area from the docks in Vancouver…

The HDR Tesla Coil in the Storm

tratcliff — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 15:34:25 +0000

The clouds and the storm were just about right for transmitting electricity through the ground, so I had to grab this HDR of the Tesla Coil in Vancouver.

The Hidden Pond

tratcliff — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:29:54 +0000

Here is a nice little foggy pond at sunset in Vancouver in the Autumn. I can’t think of a better time of year or conditions to shoot around there.

Across the Lake

tratcliff — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 00:12:00 +0000

Here is a shot of the blue storm over Vanconver one evening, from across the lake in Stanley Park.

Little Boxes

tratcliff — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 04:15:59 +0000

Here are some cool homes on Granville Island in Vancouver. For some reason, looking at that green house on the right makes me dizzy.

Blue Vancouver

tratcliff — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 17:28:41 +0000

This is the Lion’s Gate late one evening as the fog rolled into the bay. I was lucky it was stormy most of the time there, because that tends to make for more interesting photographs. If you squint closely at this picture of Canada, you can see the socialized medicine.

The Pictures are Hung

tratcliff — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 05:57:27 +0000

Over the weekend we hung pictures up at the gallery. Everything looks pretty sharp and those of you are coming to the gallery opening should see something a bit different, perhaps. I don’t know… impossible to be objective, but I do know it is different than what is usually shown there at Halcyon.

I’ll be showing about 45 pieces. Here is a sampling of the ones at the show. You will notice the first three are exceptionally pointy.
Dark Storm over Vancouver:

Intricate:

Spires of God:

Farewell Holland:

Fourth on Lake Austin:

This is Nathaniel:

Rush Hour in Seoul:

One Night in Bangkok:

Evil Clouds Over Vancouver

tratcliff — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 01:53:39 +0000

This HDR was taken during the Autumn storms there.

Vancouver at Midnight

tratcliff — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 13:53:28 +0000

This is an HDR of Vancouver taken from Stanley Park very late at night. We headed over there after a dinner party since it was one of the few nights it wasn’t raining, we wanted to take the opportunity to see the city.

Skyscrapers in the Storm

tratcliff — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 15:08:14 +0000

Another cloudy day from Vancouver…

Racoon Alert

tratcliff — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:51:22 +0000

I found this little devil in Vancouver’s Stanley Park a few weeks ago. You can see how huge the fall leaves are all around him.

Morning Mist on the Lagoon

tratcliff — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 21:06:06 +0000

This was taken at Stanley Park in Vancouver. You can see the autumn colors in the window.

Most Rain Ever

tratcliff — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 15:53:30 +0000

There is a torrential downpour here in Vancouver, and they say this is the most rain British Colombia has gotten in a long time. It hasn’t been the best for taking pictures, but it did allow for a few moody scenes like this one below:

Vancouver Bridge at Sunset

tratcliff — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 00:07:30 +0000

This is the Lion’s Gate bridge connecting West Vancouver and the Stanley Park.

Vancouver by day and by night

tratcliff — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 00:35:50 +0000

I am up here in Vancouver giving a speech on virtual economies to the Fraser Institute, this Libertarian think tank that comprises the only 200 Libertarians in the entire country. Here are a few HDR shots of the Lion’s Gate bridge and West Vancouver at night.

First Snow

tratcliff — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 00:23:57 +0000

Here is Isabella, experiencing her first snowfall… She was quite mesmerized, to say the least.

More Flickr Flashbacks in Vancouver

tratcliff — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 08:43:39 +0000

I just updated the Vancouver, British Columbia set in Flickr. It’s amazing how many views some of these things get right after they are uploaded. Looking at some of these pictures again makes me want to go back to Vancouver and spend more time there.