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This urban sector known as Gastown, consists of older buildings that represents the city roots as an important trade hub in the northwest.  Today, the architecture, combined with the cobble stones roads makes this location an attractive night spot for residents and tourists.

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This is the historic side of town in Vancouver.  Gastown is known as the commercial and trade hub as you can see by the cargo trains that wisps through this urban center.  Today this place is a busy hub for social night outs and great place to take in clean air by the sea.

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 The surrounding city illuminates with a contrasting background of moving cloud and fog that is lit up by a nearby sky resort.

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I would of regretted if I had traveled across border into Vancouver and not have taken this photo on a perfect spring day when the Cherry Blossoms have bloomed.  At this particular vantage point in the West End neighborhood, you can see the bay nestled in the background, all the while the blossoms harmonizes this urban setting with spring colors.  I shot this photo with a narrow aperture setting in order to keep everything in focus and to allow the contrasting Spring colors of the blossoms to permeate a typical cool toned cityscape scene.

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The feeling you get when you've finally arrived.  If you've never been to Vancouver, entering the city on Granville bridge is like a grand entrance into a scene.  A place unfamiliar can often feel out in the distance but that feeling can be absolved to greater heights during the first glance of a picturesque view that is just a moments pass from the bridge.  This place feels familiar, where the ideas of urban character have advanced into something positively fresh, safe, and promising.  I composed this shot to trace all the energy and directional space from the rail down the center core and using long exposure to generate streaking lights from passing automobiles.

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This is one of my favorite views of the city from Burrard Bridge, an entry and exit point into downtown Vancouver.  The look and feel of the city's modern presence begins at one of these entry points, and into a place that is neither complex nor simple, but perhaps desirable as you get closer to its modern high rise lifestyle.  Glassy, steele, and clean to make it simple.