88/365: Citadel garden

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The weather was beautiful in outside today, nice for an Edmonton October weather anyway. I am still quite pleased *and knocking-on-wood* that there is no permanent snow on the ground. But the weather inside the Citadel was even nicer. Look at how green and beautiful these plants are inside the garden area of the Citadel. What a wonderful location for indoor wedding photography if the weather outside does not cooperate.

87/365: Churchill LRT station wall art

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This is an art piece by Peter Field back in the early 90′s (please correct me) to celebrate the First Night Festival to chime in the new year with a grand celebration and fireworks. The piece can be found at the south entrance to the Churchill LRT station in downtown Edmonton.

Another parkade?

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Holy cow … I didn’t know that Edmonton went on a mad architecture spree of building spiraling parkade ramps. This is the 3rd one I found in this city all within 3 blocks of each other. This one was shot at midnight and before I left the scene, I took a shot of the Baccarat Casino with a view of the old CN tower building in the background and construction cranes of the new EPCOR tower being build. Take note, this casino may become part of Edmonton history if it is demolished to make way for the new hockey arena being proposed.

Lunch Hour Walk

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For lunch this afternoon, I brought my camera with me since the skies were nice and blue. You can tell from the series of pictures how far I walked in 45 minutes. The walk started at Churchill Square across to the pyramid of Edmonton’s City Hall. Then a walk down 104 Avenue towards Grant MacEwan College turning south at 109 street. On the way back on Jasper Avenue, ‘apparently’ the sideway is closed by the new Rexall Place on 108th street. And finally back through the City Center East doors at the CBC radio station.

Today, I was practicing ‘Exposure To The Right’ technique where the photos are intentionally overexposed without blowing highlights and then recovering the exposure during post-processing.