Queen Elizabeth Park (and views from there!) + Olympic curling venue construction

[zivan56]

Took these photos today, which turned out to be a gorgeous day!

Spring is coming....?









Perhaps it is:





Slowly but surely:





...and someone said QE park had no views














The new park(ing) at the top:










Curling Venue

[mr.x]

^ gorgeous!

[Yume-sama]

Spring is definitely coming. I hear the Sakura (cherry trees) blossomed in Vancouver ?

[mr.x]

The flowers in my backyard have already bloomed!

[Dylan Leblanc]

especially like the view towards burnaby

[crazyjoeda]

It would be cool if they built like a tower or cleared a nice view point from up there. It seems like a waste not to have something like that.

[excel]

Nice pictures.

[SpongeG]

what is wheel chair curling?

they hurl wheel chairs instead of whatever they call those things?

[vanlaw]

Originally Posted by Yume-sama

Spring is definitely coming. I hear the Sakura (cherry trees) blossomed in Vancouver ?

For some reason, the cherry trees on the West Side bloom about 2-3 weeks earlier than the ones on the East Side - must be different variety of tree - kinda funny though - we wouldnt want the east side to have beautiful pink blossoms before the west side can enjoy them

[raggedy13]

Great pics. I haven't been to Queen Elizabeth Park in forever. They could definitely do with a nice observation tower there methinks. Too bad the idea got shot down.

[deasine]

Today was a beautiful day wasn't it... and beautiful pictures btw. Both you and SFUVancouver are amazing photographers (part-time photographers I'm guessing =P)

Btw, how do you create that effect in your second photo?

[zivan56]

Originally Posted by deasine

Today was a beautiful day wasn't it... and beautiful pictures btw. Both you and SFUVancouver are amazing photographers (part-time photographers I'm guessing =P)

Yeah it was a great day. Too bad I spent all day indoors working on something
I am flattered, as I consider myself a pretty mediocre photographer. Basically, I take pictures of everything and select a few to post...most of the others are horrible.

Originally Posted by deasine

Btw, how do you create that effect in your second photo?

Use the macro mode on your camera, and get it to focus on whatever you want. Most cameras should do it for you automatically...you can change to aperture to get more or less blur in the back.

[cc85]

nooooooooooooooo, what happened to the old blue waterfalls that were never on, and those big shallow ponds, and the wood walkways that were creepy!! nnnnnnoooo i loved that, so nostalgic

[deasine]

Originally Posted by zivan56

Yeah it was a great day. Too bad I spent all day indoors working on something
I am flattered, as I consider myself a pretty mediocre photographer. Basically, I take pictures of everything and select a few to post...most of the others are horrible.


Use the macro mode on your camera, and get it to focus on whatever you want. Most cameras should do it for you automatically...yo can change to aperture to get more or less blur in the back.

hmmmm okay I shall try! =)

[zivan56]

Pictures from today (by me)

[danby]

wow impressive you really cant tell the diffrence from the indoor shots and outdoors shots

[zivan56]

Well, it's not quite spring yet, so no pretty flower pictures. However, since it is cold, it was a good time for some scenery shots.

All of these were taken by me:























Panorama

[officedweller]

Nice shots.

[Klazu]

The small conservatory and aviary is actually quite nice from inside (and very lush!). Photos from yesterday. Some more photos in here.

[TwoFace]

Quick question Klazu, did your lens or viewfinder fog up when shooting at the Conservatory?.
And how long were your in there.
Thanks