Rain at Night in Downtown Vancouver

[plangereis]

I was in Vancouver with a few friends and my wife, Mary, and took these shots as I was walking down the streets at night. It was raining quite steadily, but I was up for the challenge. This is the first time I had ever attempted night shots so be kind. The ISO setting was at about 800 most of the night, except in the Frosted Glass shot, which was about ISO 500. I have to admit that I was inspired by Paulete Matos in terms of ideas, especially the reflection shot. Check her work out as she is very creative in terms of use of natural lighting etc, and composition. Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you enjoy these, or at least get inspired to try night photography in the rain.

Yaletown (at about 4:00 pm so it is beginning to get dark)


Queen Elizabeth Theatre (main entrance)


Reflection in Polished Marble (Robson Street)


Frosted Glass (I was playing with depth of field, and trying to isolate the trickle down the glass: slight desaturation used in post)

[Gronygroovy]

Some lovely textures and dramatic lighting there, thanks for sharing these!

Greg

[beachcomber]

Glad you were inspired Paul, these are great mate, you've captured a feeling of quietness and loneliness in the street scenes and I like the b/w treatment and how you've presented them

[Angelb]

Great b&w shots of the quiet streets Paul. I especially like the shot of the frosted glass, you did great with the dof and the detail of the trickle.

[Preacherman]

Glad you took your camera along Paul. This is a great set of captures, esp the reflections in No3 which is my favourite. Consider me duly inspired my freind. PAUL

[audrey-g]

a great set of shots. especially the reflection in the marble. great b&w conversion

[Steves Shots]

I love these night captures Paul, especially the third shot with the reflections. We spent some time in this city about two years ago and loved the street life and the architecture, eg: lots of glass, thanks for sharing. Also look great in B and W cheers Steve.

[mpascal]

A wonderful set Paul, I like the mood set in the first shot and the reflections in the third. The bw treatment is also really good. TFS

Michael

[SoxAddict]

A lovely set Paul (but you forgot to convert the last one, I spy a bit of colour in there still...hehe). There's something about rainy scenes that gives off a very distinct mood in photographs and you've captured it so perfectly in yours. I especially love the 3rd photo - love the reflections, shadows, lighting and movement of the passers by. I did like how you used your depth of field to highlight the frostiness on the glass though.

[plangereis]

Originally Posted by Gronygroovy

Some lovely textures and dramatic lighting there, thanks for sharing these!

Greg

Hi Greg. The lightingwas fabulous, and like I said earlier in the original post, I was very inspird by Paulete Matos' work. She shooots with natural light in very high contrast llighting situations, and leaves areas totally blown out at times. Thanks, mate.

Originally Posted by beachcomber

Glad you were inspired Paul, these are great mate, you've captured a feeling of quietness and loneliness in the street scenes and I like the b/w treatment and how you've presented them

Hello my friend. You know me, always looking for inspiration. It was interesting using high ISO settings to shoot at night, and the challenge of trying to focus in relatively poor light. I may buy one of those focus screens with the split image etc. I have missed that feature of the old film cameras, and want it back. The only problem is that they cost about $200 CAD. Maybe next year.

Originally Posted by Angelb

Great b&w shots of the quiet streets Paul. I especially like the shot of the frosted glass, you did great with the dof and the detail of the trickle.

Hi Angelb. That was a fun shot and took me a number of attempts to get it right.

Originally Posted by Preacherman

Glad you took your camera along Paul. This is a great set of captures, esp the reflections in No3 which is my favourite. Consider me duly inspired my freind. PAUL

Hi Paul. Are you still traveling around Europe? Thanks for the comment.

Originally Posted by audrey-g

a great set of shots. especially the reflection in the marble. great b&w conversion

Thanks Audrey. My fav as well.

Originally Posted by Steves Shots

I love these night captures Paul, especially the third shot with the reflections. We spent some time in this city about two years ago and loved the street life and the architecture, eg: lots of glass, thanks for sharing. Also look great in B and W cheers Steve.

H Steve. Thanks for the comments, and I have really been enjoying your B&W work as of late, when I get a chance to break away from my teching work. Thanks, mate.

Originally Posted by mpascal

A wonderful set Paul, I like the mood set in the first shot and the reflections in the third. The bw treatment is also really good. TFS

Michael

Hi Michael. That is my fav of this set

Originally Posted by SoxAddict

A lovely set Paul (but you forgot to convert the last one, I spy a bit of colour in there still...hehe). There's something about rainy scenes that gives off a very distinct mood in photographs and you've captured it so perfectly in yours. I especially love the 3rd photo - love the reflections, shadows, lighting and movement of the passers by. I did like how you used your depth of field to highlight the frostiness on the glass though.

Hello Nicky. Glad you found something to enjoy in these shots. Thanks so much for your detailed comments.

I apologize for the quick reply to everyone's comments, but I am teaching full time again (no student teacher) so I must be brief.