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A View from Grouse Mountain June 30th, 2010 Photo

Steve Pell — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:02:31 +0000

This is a stylized shot of the Straight of Georgia in Vancouver. Sandra and I climbed the Grouse Grind to capture some incredible views of Vancouver and it’s surrounding area. What I like about this shot is the sense of scale created by the ships in the Bay as well as the depth created by the Mountains on Vancouver Island in the background. My main goal of the framing choice was to create that sense of scale and depth. I edited this shot to enhance contrast as the original was quite washed out due to time of day, lens flares and distance.

St. Jacobs Market

Steve Pell — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 04:00:52 +0000

Waterloo had one great attraction, the St. Jacobs Market. It it is a great place to buy fresh and delicious produce, meats, cheese, anything really often grown from the locals in region. This is a shot of one of the landmarks at the market. I liked how it looked in contrast to the sky in the background. I over exaggerated the mood in the image but that is what I like most about it, the cold steel hues with the stark contrast. I also liked the shapes in this image.

Stylized field

Steve Pell — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 01:35:34 +0000

When living in Waterloo, I would often venture out into the country looking for scenes to shoot. This particular shot is on one such day. Unfortunately it is not the most engaging composition however the editing techniques I was experimenting with is the motive for posting it here. What I do like about this image is it’s somewhat surreal feel and over-processed tones and hues. This particular image was also a catalyst to a slew of new images using a similar editing style which led to exploration of other editing techniques and so on.

Flags in the Sky

Steve Pell — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:57:18 +0000

Here is a simple shot of some flags set against the sky. What I liked about this composition was the shapes and colours. The shapes and colours of the flags are similar in colour, direction and orientation as the clouds in the sky. Overall I am pleased with how this minimal image turned out.

CN Tower, Toronto

Steve Pell — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:02:04 +0000

This is a stylized edit of the CN Tower in Toronto taken on one of our urban photo walks. Here is some information from Wikipedia. The CN Tower, located in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is a communications and observation tower standing 553.3 metres (1,815 ft) tall. It was the tallest free standing structure for 31 years until September 12, 2007 when it was surpassed in height by Burj Khalifa (formerly known as Burj Dubai). It remains the tallest free-standing structure in the Western Hemisphere.

Kennedy Lake, Vancouver Island

Steve Pell — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:32:04 +0000

This is a stylized shot of Kennedy Lake (see location) on Vancouver Island on the way to Tofino. What I really like about this shot is the tone of the image though I would be curious as to your opinion on the styling. This shot was part of a series of shots Sandra and I took on our road trip from Toronto to Vancouver (Tofino technically).

Spitfire in flight

Steve Pell — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:02:10 +0000

Walking down Victoria Street in Kitchener, Ontario, you will come across a store called “KW Surplus”. On the top of the building is a large scale replica of a Spitfire. I thought it could be a lot of fun to composite a shot of the plane on the roof with the sky that day which happened to be a bright sunny day with a few clouds. I composed them together to come up with what you see here. This is one of my favorite composites as I think it turned out really well.

Dead tree moon

Steve Pell — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:53:37 +0000

This was a shot of a really old and really dead tree. What I really love about this image is the Moon which is real… almost. I enlarged the Moon to give it more detail with in the frame. The location and lighting of it however were real, just not the size. I also really loved the contrast between the blue sky and the yellow bark on the tree. Pushing the colour and Moon size in this image helped it regain some visual interest.

Skyway Bridge

Steve Pell — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:32:36 +0000

When I first got into photography shot a lot of photos of the Skyway Bridge in Burlington, Ontario. This composition was shot at night with a long exposure. What I really liked about the final composition was the light sky on the bottom right corner which was a reflection of the City of Hamilton. I also loved how the lights flared into the lens and the overall tungsten lighting with the cool sky colour. I did some clone stamping which didn’t turn out so well however was awesome for me at the time.

Going Down

Steve Pell — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:30:28 +0000

This image is a composite of 2 images shot about 30 minutes apart. First was 5 trainers flying around in formation, the second was the incredible sunset. When I got back from the walk I didn’t really have any images that were interesting enough on their own so I decided to combine the two. I made one look like it was crashing because during their training they were practicing with the smoke, seemed logical, why not add flames and make it crash? I really like the overall composition though could use additional work.

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