- BC place - white balance target
- Peter Wall center (hotel/condo) - currently tallest building in vancouver
- $3,000/sq.ft. living space.
- Harbour Center - distinctive downtown landmark
- Scotiabank tower - keep those service charges coming.
- False Creek ferry - note the blurring due to blending of time-neighbouring frames.
- Grouse mountain - skiing and trail-dating.
- daylight-balanced lights at a light-rail (don't get me started) construction site
- pukey orange sodium vapour lamps on Cambie street bridge.
- 3000$? What thaa 0_o - apostis
Vancouver HDTR
HDTR image of Vancouver skyline, rendered from 60 frames taken over a 4 1/2 hour period (18.00 - 22.30).
For more details of this method, see High Dynamic Time Range Photography. For a shorter description, see the Flickr Techniques tutorial.
This is the first example of this method using my dSLR. Other renders used webcam images. For a successful execution, a dSLR is necessary. I was previously counting on web cam images from www.katkam.ca, largely because the idea of setting up for a 12 hour period numbed my mind. The web cam images were fairly high resolution, but white balance and exposure were automatic, and this resulted in varying color casts (not so bad) and widely varying exposure (bad).
The relative success of the shot above is due largely to controlled exposure. For the first 2/3 of images, exposure was automatic as light levels varied from 13.5 EV (6pm) down to 7.5 at 9pm. After that, exposure was compensated from -1/2EV to -2EV to avoid filling out too many shadows as light levels dropped quickly from 7.5EV at 9pm down to 1.0EV at 9:45pm. Before the city lights turned on, images were shot at f/8, stopped down to f/16 after the lights turned on to render lights with slight star bursts (this is an effect of small apertures). All images were shot RAW.
For processing, white balance was manually set on the white dome of BC Place, a large white domed structure (see image note). Using this target, color temperature varied from 4900K at 6.30pm to 10000K at 9.30pm. As light levels rapidly fell, temperature dropped from 10000K at 9.30pm to 2900 at 10pm, when the primary illumination was the sum of city lights. The purpose of targeting a color balance source is to avoid sudden color casts in the input images, thus avoiding sudden changes in color in the direction of time flow in the final image.
Comments and faves
loveloveshine, peteg, d-cubed, matteroffact, and 339 other people added this photo to their favorites.
loveloveshine (71 months ago | reply)
Awesome!
peteg (71 months ago | reply)
Thanks for using HDR for good, not evil
matteroffact (71 months ago | reply)
Awesome concept. I think this is the first time I've seen a shot like this. Instant fav!
fangbiansile (70 months ago | reply)
^
Agreed! Brilliant shot and inspiring concept.
akameus ( Randy Kosek ) (68 months ago | reply)
Excellent work.
Mark Hodson (68 months ago | reply)
beautiful
Marcio™ (68 months ago | reply)
amazing!!! nice control of exposure... how many pictures have you used in the final composition?
Roger Hur (67 months ago | reply)
very nice.
Giclee Print on Canvas & Fine Art papers (66 months ago | reply)
Awesome!
Do you know where can I take panorama photos of Vancouver with same or similar view, I am looking for some public access places along Broadway looking at Grouse mountain.
B_S_K (65 months ago | reply)
Great !!!
Eric 2008 (65 months ago | reply)
I'll give it a shot! great work
olga.hotspring (65 months ago | reply)
a fantastic one.
i like the comment on cnada line construction site.
jaysonhawley (64 months ago | reply)
This is sheer brilliance... talent/art/skill, not luminosity :-)
Pilsenaaa (64 months ago | reply)
great stuff
Ngrondin (63 months ago | reply)
Nice job,
donnie_eaves (63 months ago | reply)
Hi there. Amazing photo!! Would it be possible to get hold of a Hi-Res digital version of this?? I would love to print it onto a canvas for my living room? Many Thanks.
Lioness73 (63 months ago | reply)
Technology never ceases to amaze me! This is a beautiful shot and a lesson in photography.
neoben (61 months ago | reply)
Awesome picture. Great colors.
It brings me a huge deal of emotions and nostalgia of the place I once called my second home.
Jay-Banks [deleted] (60 months ago | reply)
Hello Martin,
I've been enjoying your Vancouver photos for some time, so I've decided to let you know about a Vancouver photo contest, recently started at jaybanks.ca
Here are the details: jaybanks.ca/vancouverrealestatenews/2008/05/3 0/contest-june
You can win a $200 cash prize with your photo depicting Vancouver BC.
If you think your Vancouver friends would also be interested in joining the challange, you can let them know, too.
Kind regards,
Laszlo
Ruben Uvez [deleted] (60 months ago | reply)
Neat HDR, nice colors and view. only the blue on the right looks a bit fake
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[discovered in the photophlow main room] (?)
Tabitha Montgomery (59 months ago | reply)
Wow!
philipwkleung (58 months ago | reply)
simply amazing.
I live in Asia now, but i have fond memories as a child of being born and raised in this beautiful city. Funny how i would always tell people i meet how Vancouver is grey and groggy, but its pictures like this that make me miss home :(
Martin Krzywinski (58 months ago | reply)
To answer some questions:
- the final image here was composited from 60 individual frames
- the images were shot from the rooftop garden at BCCRC on 10th/Heather.
Shaun Knight (55 months ago | reply)
Brilliantly done. Such a great idea and really well created. Have tried one myself but yours is much much better
flowerchild_AJ (55 months ago | reply)
Perfect!
Luke Senioro (54 months ago | reply)
Very nice picture, of beautiful place!
Mike, el Moose (53 months ago | reply)
That's an amazing image. Well done!
Bridget Davey (www.bridgetdavey.com) (53 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Just Around the World, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
мαяιяѕ (53 months ago | reply)
Superb
handthatfeeds.com (53 months ago | reply)
A+
Jordy Brisbin : Vancouver REALTOR® (52 months ago | reply)
Very Interesting
Briggs Yalong [deleted] (49 months ago | reply)
I like
lukaszwika (48 months ago | reply)
marvellous canadian sky!:)
M.RICHI (45 months ago | reply)
wow - what a great picture
chen.bi (43 months ago | reply)
Nice
Manuel Ruiz Segura (39 months ago | reply)
Awesome!
E.HOBA (36 months ago | reply)
Wow!!!!!!!! I love this one!
Sadi Junior Photography (29 months ago | reply)
I did'nt know this technique! great work!
Ash Pot (28 months ago | reply)
Inspiring!
PhOtOnQuAnTiQuE (27 months ago | reply)
Wow great use of the Hdr and idea for the compo : )
Alessa Sunneva (27 months ago | reply)
great idea!!
kaayleo (23 months ago | reply)
so cool!
MB*photo (22 months ago | reply)
interesting idea, wel done !
NoForgottenThings (20 months ago | reply)
love the colors :)
carlosarroyave019 (20 months ago | reply)
wow this is amazing
Carol How Photography (19 months ago | reply)
I am totally amazed at the many aspects it took to get this image and your wonderful result!
Anna Asi (18 months ago | reply)
Nice shot, I used it on my blog @ annahomes.ca/blog.html/metro-vancouver-real-e state-prices...
Thanx
Mike Keller Photo (11 months ago | reply)
this is gorgeous.
Art By Dj Boy (8 months ago | reply)
totally never heard of this concept, pretty dope