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Into the Mist

Heath OFee — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:10:47 +0000

Ever since I was a kid I’ve loved the fog. Something about how it makes the world feel smaller and seems to make everything just a little more quiet. We were treated with a good dose of fog a couple of days ago and I just happened to be downtown with my camera. Lucky me

Grand Scale

Heath OFee — Mon, 23 May 2011 13:10:35 +0000

I’m absolutely fascinated with architectural abstracts. Removing all sense of scale and context and just focusing on an interesting pattern can result in some very visually pleasing images.

Downtown Calgary Reflections

Heath OFee — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:56:59 +0000

I’ve always thought one of the coolest things about the downtown core of any city are all the reflections that play in the mirrored glass windows of office buildings. I really like the idea of being able to see a building within a building and there are a couple of these in this shot.

This was taken in February of this year and was on one of my very first photowalks with my (at the time) brand new Sigma 10-20mm lens and was also among the first batch of bracketed images I took with the intent of processing in HDR. I had kinda given up on this image after the original processing was done but recently went back to it. I converted it to black & white, masked in the original sky and I’m now much happier with the final product. So, don’t be afraid to go back through some of your old brackets…you never know what you’ll find!

Canon EOS 50D, Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5, 10mm, F 11, ISO 100, 3 Exposures

Iconic Reflection in Palliser South

Heath OFee — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:45:49 +0000

Anyone who has been to Calgary knows that the most iconic building (to date) is, of course, the Calgary Tower. Although not the tallest tower in the city, its distinctive shape and red cap make it instantly recognizable. While walking back to my car from work a few weeks ago I noticed that on a clear day the Calgary Tower produces an almost full reflection of itself in the new Palliser South building…I instantly knew that I had to come back with my camera to capture the scene. Conveniently, the deadline for the 2010 Buildex Calgary Photo Competition was swiftly approaching and I wanted a couple extra photos to enter. So on my downtown photowalk a couple weeks ago I made sure to capture this really cool scene…hope you like it!

Canon EOS 50D, Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5, 13mm, F 9.0, ISO 100, 3 Exposures

The details: 3 exposure HDR tonemapped in Photomatix, Lightroom for catalogue, color, contrast, clarity, Noiseware for noise control.