Canadian Riviera Photo

Photographer’s Note

Back from holidays and tons of pictures to share with family and friends. Here is one taken of the Empress Hotel in downtown Victoria. This city is truly beautiful and a paradise to enjoy just about anytime of the year, or so I heard! Being a small city, the 15th largest city in Canada, is not a factor in the amount of attractions the city has to offer. From whale watching tours to little and large museums, this city seem to offer anything to anyone. The views are awesome! Cheers :-)

bakes888, mikolaj_kawa, snunney, PixelTerror, dareco, danos, gary91, westozman, jlbrthnn, Emile, AiresSantos, axiotea, shevchenko, anducina, Docarmo, plimrn has marked this note useful

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bakes888 (18055) 2009-06-01 0:26

Hi Roberto. Looks like you had great weather also! Nice photo, well composed with good diagonals and depth. Thanks for sharing.
Have a good week, Paul.

mikolaj_kawa (29406) 2009-06-01 0:44

Hello Roberto! Wonderful POV and capture. Very interesting place, amazing architecture. Marvelous colours. Superb shot. Good luck!

snunney (34146) 2009-06-01 0:54

Hello Roberto,
A pretty composition of this lovely city harbour. I like the point of view and the diagonal placement of the path and grassy embankment. Very surprised to see a palm tree in that part of the world. The image has a pleasing summery atmosphere with very good lighting and natural tones.

PixelTerror (86032) 2009-06-01 3:15

HI Roberto
An easily identifiable landmark, not sure the palm tree was already there when I visited but it makes the whole image look exotic.
Have a nice day JY

aadilj (17950) 2009-06-01 3:46

Nice, well lit and lively capture of this colourfully crisp and neat place Roberto. I like the elements that have been combined so beautifully in this capture

dareco (17024) 2009-06-01 6:05

Victoria is such a beautiful city! Always lush and green!! and the Empress Hotel is beautiful! My ancestors actually did the brick work :) Nice pov and detail. TFS

vmf-214 (1620) 2009-06-01 8:29

Hi Roberto,

As soon I saw this thumb nail photo I new it was Victoria B.C., Lovely view of the Empress Hotel with the green veins climbing the wall, A wonderful POV looking out over the section of the harbor. Excellent colors and sharpness Roberto.

Best regards
Jason.

gneufeld (15007) 2009-06-01 18:12

Hi Roberto,
A very familiar scene from our provincial capital. Always a place full of activity but one of the most beautiful inner harbours around. I always enjoy wandering the lower promenade. Great shot, Roberto, and TFs. Gerald

jjcordier (24158) 2009-06-01 21:48

Roberto
Une très jolie photo, bien composée,très lumineuse et très agréable à regarder.
Amicalement
JJ

danos (31740) 2009-06-02 7:41

Hello Roberto,
a very well known place for me of BC, the Columbia island and especially this one that i visited the last month.A great place that in combination with the famous Fairmont Empress hotel make the scene as a dream.Excellent the light as the colours too.Well done.

Regards,Danos
PS have you visited the miniatureworld that located near the Empress hotel? There were unreliable constructions in it.

gary91 (15319) 2009-06-02 23:18

Hello Roberto,
The palm tree in the middle make a difficult guess of being in Canada! Nice point of view on this beautiful harbor. Seems like you begin to experience summertime there.
Have a nice day.
Best regards, Christian

westozman (2863) 2009-06-03 0:48

G'day Roberto!
I'm ruing missing out on Victoria and Vancouver Island when I was last over your way ('07): this lovely shot of yours convinces me I must see it for myself next time. Great colours and sharpness, and a wonderful piece of architecture, too.
Best wishes,
Jeff

jlbrthnn (37000) 2009-06-03 1:34

Hello Roberto,
Description is perfect thanks to this point of view and with framing. Light and colors are excellent. A beautiful image of Canada accompanied by an interesting note. congratulations.
Have a nice day
Cordially
Joël

Emile (19807) 2009-06-03 13:42

Hola Roberto.
Precioso lugar, la altura de tu POV ayuda mucho tu foto al crear una buena perspectiva pudiendo disfrutar de la palma y la farola con la magnifica vista de la marina y el área del hotel. Muy buenos colores, foco y marco.
Abrazos.

Graal (57292) 2009-06-03 23:27

Hi Roberto,
beautiful place, good Canadian reportage. Amazing hotel and spring green nature. I like it a lot.
Gr., Aleksander

barrufeto_77 (25619) 2009-06-04 14:34

Hola Roberto.

Ahhhh...que estupenda vista. Los colores son realmente bonitos. Me encantan.

Además, el POV con el agua en diagonal te ha quedado genial.

Un saludo!

AiresSantos (41418) 2009-06-05 1:31

Hi Roberto
Wonderful POV and colours in this beautiful picture from Canadian Riviera.
Excellent details and contrast
Very good daily life picture
Have a nice weekend
Aires

axiotea (15929) 2009-06-05 20:01

hello Roberto
I like how you have built up and framed this attractive image - the palm tree makes for a good starting point and leads nicely the eye to the other side of the harbour. The empress hotel looks quite impressive and the plants climbing on the facades are a nice detail to look at!
Light and colors are superb!
Cheers
Marilyn

ChrisJ (69588) 2009-06-07 14:25

Hi Roberto

I know this place! I spent several days in Victoria last year. The Empress Hotel is bedecked in green ivy, rather than red, as I remember it. Good pov & sharpness. Tfs!

shevchenko (9756) 2009-06-08 21:55

Hi Roberto,
I like the gardening here especially climber grasses on the walls of castle like architecture, the surrounding environment is colorful full with poetic flavour and realxing feel, good pov to show it, thanks for sharing a nice corner from the city.
Ally

anducina (8070) 2009-06-08 22:45

Hi Roberto,
Beautiful cityscape, with those old, ivy-covered building, the sea and the white boats, the promenade with the passers-by, the nice park and that unusual tree on the FG. I must admit that I prefer those old, historical buildings to the sky-scrapers...
TFS,
Andreea

dvlazar (6468) 2009-06-08 23:03

A really nice vivid scene here... i like your wide angle fitting so much into it. Great clarity.
Dave

rikko77 (5582) 2009-06-11 0:42

Hi Roberto
I will be in Canada next August so I am expecting much from this trip...Victoria will be one of the sights we'll be visiting and by looking at your pic I think I'll be happy to walk around these green gardens...SO NICE!
You chose a good POV here, anyway, I like the diagonal line made by the footpath and people walking on it. Well done!
Have a nice day,
Rikk

mkamionka (4226) 2009-06-11 2:06

Hi Roberto,
very nice place it seems.
I didn't know that you may grow palm trees in Canada.
Really pretty composition with nice colors, interesting diagional lines andboth architecture and palm tree of course.
TFS
M

Docarmo (8814) 2009-06-11 21:31

Hi Roberto,
I don't underestand how this palm tree survived there. Incredible!
It makes a strong contrast with the architecture.
Docarmo

sacavem (8092) 2009-08-07 3:54

Olá Roberto,

Is a pretty postcard of this place.
The definition is not best, because it seems to me that of f/ chosen was too short and the point of focus was not the ideal. This is my honest opinion.
Regards,
Filipe