Graffiti in the sky with diamonds

I am becoming enamoured of night photography. Here are a few of the ones I took on the trip to Strathcona Friday night.

From the first bus:

OPEN. A good place to start an album.

From the SkyTrain, the bumping, jerking, swinging, all-over-the-place SkyTrain. The camera was anchored. The sky graffiti is entirely the work of the train:

Down arrows. And a bridge over the Fraser.

Office building, MetroTown.

Ghosts of giraffes over New Westminster.

Leaving a station. With reflections of the train ceiling. This photo, especially in full size (click on it) draws me in, then makes me dizzy.

A pair of light-worms heads into town for a night of celebration.

Sign on the dotted line.

Almost there. On foot, now:

Jewel tones on Hastings, at my bus stop.

The lights fading: Lamp over a door at the corner.

Had to provide my own lights here.

And tomorrow, I'll be back to a daylit world. I like that one, too.
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The fast-retreating past

At the end of a long, long day (Laurie had his second cataract surgery), I travelled across town to house-sit in Strathcona.

I kept myself awake on the SkyTrain by sitting in the rear and taking photos of the receding tracks:

In between, I got some interesting shots of the city. I'll post a few tomorrow. 

And now, goodnight!

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At the SkyTrain station

Noon:

Waiting for the 319 bus


Not waiting

Evening:

Skyline from the platform


And SkyTrain line from below.

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Photos through dirty windows

We still haven't replaced the car that was stolen a month ago; while the weather is decent, it won't hurt to walk a bit more, and use public transit for longer runs.

We had to go into Vancouver on Monday, which entailed several hours on a series of buses and the SkyTrain. I entertained myself (and probably some of the other passengers) by taking photos through the windows. Here are a few of the least blurry:

Tipsy. No wonder: I was holding my the camera above my head on a swaying bus. A fragment of Delta, and blue sky above.


The Fraser River, from the SkyTrain bridge, looking west.


Apartment buildings, somewhere in Burnaby. The train is entering a station, so the track is fenced.


Rooftops, and beyond, on the other side of the river, Burns Bog. Looking southwest.


Somewhere in Burnaby, looking south.


A freight train parking lot. New Westminster.


The Port Mann Bridge, from the SkyTrain Bridge. New Westminster-Surrey. Looking east.


The first support of the Alex Fraser bridge, from the Scott Road Station, looking west.


Almost home again: window of a supermarket, Delta.

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