Pixel Darkroom Photography

Here’s an image I made of the historic Burrard Bridge in downtown Vancouver, BC, during the festival of fireworks.

And here is what happened after the fireworks, when all the boats went home.

I got inspired by Maciek again. I also realized that it’s almost impossible to get an image like his, without a bit of post production. I wanted to make more images with fruits in water, and probably more will come. I like the way this one turned out, especially that I only used Lightroom to process it. Granted Lr had to do some heavy lifting but nothing that the program couldn’t handle. Initially I only wanted a grape. Then, after trying a few times and realizing it is hard to get them out because I had to dump the water and didn’t want to leave fingerprints on the vase, I let them all in. “I ate some…” – Forrest Gump, about the box of chocolates.

Lighting info: 580 EX x2 via PW CR and CL with red and blue gels, pointed at white paper behind the vase. I radically changed the color balance in Lr, which wiped out the blue. The rest you need to figure out on your own.

The old Portman Bridge, still in use today and shown below, will be taken down after the completion of the New Portman Bridge, still under construction. I cross this bridge over Fraser River at least once a week, when traveling from Coquitlam to Surrey on Trans Canada Highway 1.
I would love to shoot more (mega?) construction photography, and when I got into photography, this was one of my dreams. I’d love to shoot oil rigs, construction of dams, bridges, mines, cranes and other (mighty) machines, you name it.