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August 16 Potpourri

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These are random photos captured throughout the day. I was all over Edmonton with the bike and wherever I ended up, the camera came out. I started the morning parking at the Stadium LRT station and taking the train all the way to South Campus looking for the nicest station. Grandin (Government Center) station was the nicest where I stopped for a bit.

Then off to Stratotech where Echo Cycle was having a track day. Richard was racing today so I spent most of the time taking photos of him. I don’t like track shots because they always look the same. I prefer to snap the actions off track like in the pit area.

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Rob and I went to Stratotech this weekend to crash a private function hosted by the Corvette club. There were Corvettes from all across western Canada. We saw cars from BC to as far east as Manitoba. I took 195 pictures and picked this one as my favorite from the day. This owner loved his car so much that he planted his lawn chair behind it and stared at it while eating breakfast. I like how the blue chair and bag on the ground provided some contrast to the very white/gray colors of the surrounding.

As much as I like adding fake vignetting, this one was actually naturally produced by the lens. During post-processing, I black-balanced and lowered saturation to make the rest of the scene less colorful to bring out the blues. I think it works.