52 Week Challenge – Week 14

April 10, 2018Leave a comment

It was another weekend of racing, this time a “Roubaix” style race along the roads and dykes in Pitt Meadows. It rained for most of the day which helped to mimic some of the conditions often found in the Belgian spring classics.

Concentration, determination or despair…not sure which one of these he was feeling.

Fujifilm X-T1 | XF50-140 f2.8 R LM OIS WR @ 140mm | ISO 800 | f4.5 @ 1/1000 sec.

The weather and physical surroundings created a very Flandrian feel to the race.

Fujifilm X-T1 | XF50-140 f2.8 R LM OIS WR @ 102mm | ISO 800 | f4.5 @ 1/1000 sec.

52 Week Challenge – Week 13

April 2, 2018April 2, 2018Leave a comment

More long exposure experimentation at Vancouver City Hall. It was very windy and I wasn’t sure if my tripod would remain steady with a 406 second exposure. I used 19 stops of neutral density and some post in Lightroom to achieve this result.

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Fujifilm X-T1 | Rokinon 12mm f2.0 NCS CS | ISO 200 | f8 @ 406 seconds

52 Week Challenge – Week 12

March 30, 2018March 30, 2018Leave a comment

It was another weekend of bicycle racing, this time in Aldergrove, BC. The day was a mixed bag of brilliant sunshine and threatening clouds. The winds were strong along 0 Avenue, next to the US border and even forced riders into echelons.

More photos here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bronsphoto/albums/72157693156424291

Fujifilm X-T1 | 16mm f1.4 | ISO 400 | f5 @ 1/2000 sec.

52 Week Challenge – Week 11

March 24, 2018April 2, 2018Leave a comment

I’m getting a little behind in posting my weekly photos, but rest assured, I’m still creating one each week. This past week was my first chance to test my new Formatt-Hitec 100mm filters (an attempt to standardize my filters across different lenses). I shot this one at one of my favourite spots to capture the late afternoon light and the city skyline.

Technical notes: 10 stop ND + 3 stop soft edge grad ND, 30 second exposure, processed entirely in On1 2018 software. Anamorphic crop (2.39:1)

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Fujifilm X-T1 | Rokinon 12mm f2.0 NCS CS | ISO 200 | 30 seconds @ f8

52 Week Challenge – Week 10

March 18, 2018March 30, 2018Leave a comment

Another day photographing the Escape Velocity Spring Series, this time in Ft. Langley. The infamous Snake climb was on tap today and was the focal point of my coverage. This rider is looking at the climb just ahead as he rounds the switchback.

More photos here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bronsphoto/albums/72157691374313572

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Fujifilm X-T1 | XF50-140 f2.8 R LM OIS WR @ 140mm | ISO 400 | f4 @ 1/1000 sec.

52 Week Challenge – Week 9

March 6, 2018March 6, 2018Leave a comment

Escape Velocity Spring Series began on Saturday, typically the start of the road racing season in the Lower Mainland. A three-person breakaway for a large portion of the Elite Men’s race highlighted the action.

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Fujifilm X-T1 | XF50-140 f2.8 R LM OIS WR @ 106mm | ISO 400 | 1/1000 sec. @ f4.5

52 Week Challenge – Week 8

February 27, 2018Leave a comment

Snow in Vancouver, quite unusual. Picked a bright sunny afternoon and headed to Camosun Bog at the edge of Pacific Spirit Park with my X-T1 and Rokinon 12mm to get more comfortable with the manual focus of this lens. You’d think it would be pretty simple with a 12mm lens! The image below is the trail to the bog.

Fujifilm X-T1 | Rokinon 12mm f2.0 NCS CS | ISO 200 | f11 @ 1/180 sec.

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Top shot is the same afternoon with snow covering the carpet of moss in the bog. Bottom image is in that same spot last summer. (Fujifilm X-E2 | XF35mm f1.4 R)

Doug Brons Photography

Cycling and Travel Photographer