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Ice – heath ofee dot com http://heathofee.com Mon, 10 Jan 2011 14:04:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.6 Mini Zamboni http://heathofee.com/2011/01/10/mini-zamboni/ http://heathofee.com/2011/01/10/mini-zamboni/#comments Mon, 10 Jan 2011 14:04:51 +0000 http://heathofee.com/?p=1549 Yesterday I went to the Calgary Flames Superskills Competition with my dad, sister, bro-in-law, and two nephews. It was the kids’ first time watching hockey live, so it was pretty cool to see them enjoy it, and was a great experience for them.

After seeing this shot from my buddy Jesse Pafundi a while back, I knew I wanted to see if I could get my camera in the door so that I could take a similar shot of the Saddledome. Surprisingly enough, I was able to get my gear bag in the door without any trouble…I guess security wasn’t too concerned about photography during the skills competition. So, after the warm up and before the action started, I made my way up to the top of the second bowl and fired off a few shots while the Zamboni was cleaning the ice. While I did make my way back up a little later to attempt some brackets, I was happier with this single exposure. As usual, I brought this shot into PhotoTools for a bit of tweaking and then I sent it to FocalPoint to give it the fun tilt/shift effect. I think this is a fun shot, and I’m glad I have a shot of the Saddledome in my catalogue now.

Canon EOS 50D, Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5, 10mm, F 5.0, ISO 800, 1/50 sec

]]> http://heathofee.com/2011/01/10/mini-zamboni/feed/ 15 Chateau Lake Louise http://heathofee.com/2010/04/20/chateau-lake-louise/ http://heathofee.com/2010/04/20/chateau-lake-louise/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:55:23 +0000 http://yycofee.wordpress.com/?p=698 I took yesterday and today off work and made a trip out to the mountains to nab some photos. I was really hoping that the mountain lakes would be thawed by now so that I could do some experimenting with mountain reflections in water…but that turned out to be wishful thinking as the lakes in Banff National Park are still almost completely frozen. My first stop was Lake Louise and after seeing the lake still frozen I decided to head into the Chateau for some interior photos. It had been a long time since I was last in the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise and it didn’t disappoint. Although it seemed a little smaller than I remember, the lobby and great room leading into the Lakeview Lounge are very impressive. Below is a shot looking from the lobby towards the Lakeview Lounge.

Canon EOS 50D, Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5, 10mm, F 8.0, ISO 100, 3 Exposures

The details: 3 exposure HDR (-2,0,+2) tonemapped in Photomatix, adjustments in Lightroom and Photoshop, noise reduction using Noiseware.

After my time at Lake Louise I hit Johnston Canyon on the way back to Calgary and made the hike all the way to the upper falls despite the semi-treacherous trail (still covered with ice in some sections). I’ve gone through a couple of those photos and it looks as though I’ve got some keepers. I’ll be sharing those sometime in the future.

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