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Old Posted Jun 1, 2009, 3:18 AM
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Great comparison Ferreth! Thanks for posting.


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With all the growth in the city, I'm wondering if people have "then and now" pictures locations in the city to share. Here's my contribution:

Calgary 2002 from my room with a view


Calgary today (I will try to get better images as the Bow goes up)


My neighbors just chopped down the tree that was obscuring my view of the belt line, so now I can get decent panos again
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Some more shots from the Lilac Festival.









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With all the growth in the city, I'm wondering if people have "then and now" pictures locations in the city to share.
I have a whole series of then and now pics on my flickr that I did in Calgary with my own 'then' pictures, many of Stampede Park. I could now add a third to those ones! Maybe I'll get around to posting some on here and some other pics that look dated. Next time I'm back in the city I'd like to re-shoot some sites that have seen big changes since I took the pictures in the first place.
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Video of Lilac Festival's grand crossing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAu2gbo12eA
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^There's a Calgary Videography thread here:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=167537

Cool pics and video of Lilac Fest.
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Beltline Pano.



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Beltline Pano.
More of a Lower Mt Royal pano, but very nice, thanks.
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^ nice shots Surreal!

Here are a couple shots from the other day.

Genco - Concrete Equities Place


Bankers Hall East


Keynote Office
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^I love that shot of Concrete equities. A nice clean modern looking shot. Actually Keynote doesn't look bad from that angle, even the podium doesn't look bad. Must be your photography skills Nathen!

A couple from last week.

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From K-Ideas on Flickr

Some people protesting at the Chinese consulate



From Kiwihugger on Flickr

Inglewood Bird Santuary





From Fotografix on flickr




From Darcy Norman on Flickr







From Michael e Oliver on flickr





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A few pictures from the Red bull X-fighters here in Calgary




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Eau Claire area pics June 6th

I started out in light drizzle and ended up in not half bad sun - not bad for a Saturday where it had snowed 1/2 hour previous to my photo tour.

Jamieson Place


SLR with a good lens would have had less/no darkening on the right fringe, called vignetting in the top right - probably not as blown out on the left of the building.





A different view, from between the Sheraton hotel towers


From Princess Island, using about 120mm zoom. Grey and boring sky, tried to offset with trees, Eau Claire bright red roof.


Interlude - some various images in the area

What I consider to be three of the ugliest buildings in the downtown core - especially 5th & 5th in the back tallest. Ugh.


Memorial new Landscaping from Princess Island Bridge


Eau Claire rising over Eau Claire



Eau Claire tower


Eau Claire reflected in Jamieson. This had a post process for autolevels that totally turned this shot into a winner. It wasn't really that bright or contrasty to start with.


"Corners" with Jamieson as the new entry... I need a wider wide angle for this shot. But at 28mm (35mm SLR equivalent), I can at least get something with my little camera - compared to a standard 35mm "wide", would've been almost nothing. In digital SLR terms, 28mm > 17mm due to the magnification you get from a digital sensor.


Centennial Place

Reflections off of


Centennial outside elevator. Good example of the limits of a little camera with a little lens. There is all sorts of haloing around the top of the building (light bleed from the very bright to the dark areas, reducing sharpness and contrast)


Centennial Crane. Looking for nice color contrasts, patterns, and not too much light differential to minimize haloing


Centennial +15. Huge blowout shooting into bright light at the top of the picture. Lesser effect on a better camera lens


That's all for now. All sourced from my photos on flickr.
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Ferreth, thanks for the great pics! I just want to clarify that the correct spelling is Prince's Island Park, named after Peter Anthony Prince, the founder of the Eau Claire Lumber Mill.
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Ferreth, thanks for the great pics! I just want to clarify that the correct spelling is Prince's Island Park, named after Peter Anthony Prince, the founder of the Eau Claire Lumber Mill.
I don't know what it is about that island - I always see "Princess" even though I know better. I blame it on trying to concentrate too hard spelling "Eau Claire" correctly
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I don't know what it is about that island - I always see "Princess" even though I know better. I blame it on trying to concentrate too hard spelling "Eau Claire" correctly
You're not alone on the "Princess Island"; I see realtors do that all the time for some reason...

but also, the condo tower east of Eau Claire is called "Waterfront," not "Eau Claire."

Having said that, thanks for the beautiful post and the notes about photography. We have a lot to learn.
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I knew they were doing some additions at Heritage, but wow, what a change! Time for my every ten year visit to check it out.
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