General Photos of Calgary

[Surrealplaces]

Wow that's a great shot. You really managed to capture the mountains. It must have taken a heck of a zoom. I really wish they could loom like that all the time.

Yeah, the lens compression works wonders on mountains

I wish I had my tripod that night.

 

[googspecial]

It's from Crescent Hill, but fairly close to Centre Street.

I recently acquired a zoom lens that is for a film camera, bought an adapter to use on the DSLR. Would love to try out this shot too

 

[Surrealplaces]

I recently acquired a zoom lens that is for a film camera, bought an adapter to use on the DSLR. Would love to try out this shot too

I may have been mistaken on the location of the shot. It's probably more from this area....
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Ca...d3bb1b652b63a!8m2!3d51.0486151!4d-114.0708459

What's the range of the lens?

 

[Surrealplaces]

 

[Surrealplaces]

Calgary Skyline by Surrealplaces, on Flickr

 

[Beltline_B]

It was a beautiful weekend, good time to get out and walk around, and check out the action.

 

[Oddball]

As requested here, I went and took some pictures from Patina Drive and Patina Hill (which is the road where Broadcast Hill is). Even though I only have a phone camera and lack the lenses to do the views total justice, I think they turned out pretty good. Maybe I can put in a request for SP someone else with a better camera to take some followups. There was one particularly amazing vantage that may not be around for too much longer. There was an empty lot with some stunning views that looks like it's set to be developed.

Here's some skyline views and views of the North end of the city from Patina Drive.



Here's some views of the general area around Patina Drive. It's actually a nice little green space. If it wasn't for Bow Trail rushing by you might not think you were in the midst of a city. This was one of the spots I imagined connecting up with "wildlife overpasses" in one of my crazy dream ideas.



These ones are further up at Patina Hill.



This one was my absolute favourite!

Here's a few bonus shots. The Heart House and a new construction project in Paterson which is surprisingly sizable for the area. It's being built on land which was a farm within the city for the longest time.

 

[Surrealplaces]

There are some sick vantage points up in the Patterson Heights area!

 

[Surrealplaces]

 

[Oddball]

Alberta at its generally most Albert-iest! (View roughly SW from the Tuscany Springs Blvd. NW soccer fields.)

 

[Surrealplaces]

Happy Birthday Canada by Surrealplaces, on Flickr

 

[Surrealplaces]

From Patrick Baillie https://twitter.com/courtdoc?lang=en

 

[Surrealplaces]

iPhone pano

 

[Oddball]

Pretty decent. Before the smoke choked everything.

 

[Spudski]

Calgary with Smoke

Here's a pano from yesterday with the smoke in full force.