Sunset at Selman Ranch

Sunset - Selman Ranch

Harper County, Oklahoma

Skywatch Friday

Highlights from the XXI Olympiad in Vancouver

Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games

À la Vitesse de la Glace

Hockey - At the Speed of Ice

The Russian Olympic Hockey Team

photographed at a low exposure

like an impressionist painting

using life as a canvas

light as a medium

and a camera instead of a brush

I believe if you can make lemonade out of lemons

you can make art out of a hockey game

Life imitates art

here

at the

Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games

Russia v. Latvia

Morning Commute at the XXI Olympic Winter Games

Sunrise from Downtown Vancouver 

I love getting to work the Winter Olympic Games and these games in Vancouver are no exception.  The days are long but the rewards are many.  It's a ten minute walk form my lodging in Downtown Vancouver to my secret hiding place where, under lock and key and the shadow of a gargantuan safe, I disseminate event tickets to some of the good folk who generously sponsor these Games.

Here's a few shots from my morning commute.  All ten minutes of it.  If I linger just long enough and that Pacific Coast weather is feeling generous - I get a little shot of sunrise - the only light I usually see the entire day.  When I finally emerge from my ticket cave - the sun has long set.

As breathtaking as it is here - I am already longing for my prairie views and looking forward to coming home soon!

The Olympic Flame lights the early morning at Canada Place on the waterfront in downtown Vancouver

Street art near Canada Place Way

Coal Harbour - flushed with boats of all kinds.  Many people attending the Olympics either commute by boat are use them as a hotel.

Crowds gather at a Live Site near Robson Street

all photos©trryan February 2010

The Bird Sellers of Pak Ou

 

The  children of Pak Ou caves

Along the Mekong River

Selling finches for a dollar

I wanted to set them all free

Both Child and Bird

Now I know why the caged bird sings
for his supper