Vancouver False Creek Fog
It was a foggy afternoon and I decided to venture down to Granville Island to see if I could get any interesting shots. I couldn't get inspired, so I just watched a few street performers to pass the time. I thought the evening light would make a difference but again, things just didn't come together as expected. I took a few shots but didn't get anything great. After sunset, I walked around the seawall to Science World and took a few shots in the area. It was one of those nights where I went out to get a specific shot and just couldn't get it. Some people things you can just go out and get a good shot, but in reality I may have to visit the same site 10 times before I get a shot that I'm happy with. Here are a few shots from that night.
Vancouver Dragon Boat Festival 2012
Some shots from the 2012 Vancouver RioTinto Alcan Dragon Boat Festival. Saturday, June 16th was an absolutely miserable day with solid rain all day. I didn't even go down to the event as sitting in the rain watching is not much fun. Sunday was much nicer, and I did get out to watch the racing and take a few photos.
Heading out to race
Racing
One of the racers, a dragon boat team, and me.
Concord Pacific Flying Dragons One and Too (processed in the style of "300")
The Gong Show that is the Guts and Glory race. 16 teams race 4 legs of 500m, which means they need to make a three turns. These boats, with 22 people, don't turn on a dime and the turns are where the action is. A lot of fun to watch.
Looks like the geese are enjoying the racing too.
The Hastings Street Band providing entertainment for the fans.
I also found a very cool video, shot by the steersman for team "Kai Ikaika" of Portland, Oregon, winners of the 2012 Guts and Glory race. Looks like an exciting race.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxyRqJ8Xmhk
Dragon Boat Spring Sprint in Vancouver
What a great day for some dragon boat racing. Since my wife is on a team, I went down to take some photos and enjoy the nice weather. Spring Sprint is a warm up to the big Rio Tinto Alcan Dragon Boat Festival, which is in mid June. The boats are smaller, only 10 paddlers instead of the usual 20 and the distance is substantially shorter as well. Still fun to watch, especially when you can soak up the sun after the miserable April showers.
The races are held in False Creek with downtown Vancouver as the backdrop. Hard to find a nicer venue than this.
The staging area is right beside Science World.
Some shots of the action.
Organized chaos.
