Category: FlickR Photos

These are images I originally had on FlickR, as user “thivierr”, that I moved to WordPress, using Rob’s FlickR Importer, a WordPress plug-in I created. You can also find images via my FlickR Tag Clouds.

Skating at Olympic Plaza

by Robert Thivierge
Skating at Olympic Plaza
A skater at Olympic Plaza in downtown Calgary on December 14, 2011. I decided to play around with filters on Photoshop and came up with this. There was a women next to her, who happened to have her tongue out for the shot, so I cropped her out, and then used the the "content aware delete" to remove what was left.

Lovely Leopard

by Robert Thivierge
Lovely Leopard
PETA held a publicity event on Steven Avenue, waving at cars going down 3rd Street SW, in downtown Calgary on December 14, 2011. The orignal plan was to have three nearly naked women appear with body painting as a leopard, cow, and snake. Due to the weather there were just two (the cow is off camera, and the snake did not come). The leopard, seen here, wasn't outside when I came, but came out so I could get a picture.

Missed it

by Robert Thivierge
Missed it
I got up early for me, but somewhat late, to try to catch the moon. As you can tell the photo didn't work out well, and this was my best shot. I made it prettier with boosted saturation, but it doesn't change the basic problems. I had a bad location and with obstructions and to much vibration to make the shot. I could have raised the ISO, but just wasn't willing to, relying on a slow shutter speed. Anytime, I needed to do some more planning for this one. I guesse I have lots of time before the next Lunar Eclipse.

The Heart of the Beast

by Robert Thivierge
The Heart of the Beast
I took this at Olympic Plaza in downtown Calgary on Friday, December 9, 2011. I came a couple hours in advance of the 2pm deadline for Occupy Calgary campers to leave. To my surprise, the tents were gone. Protesters left behind a signs with short messages. They also left this sculpture.

Andrea Slobodian

by Robert Thivierge
Andrea Slobodian
This is Andrea Slobodian with Sun News. Despite appearing on national TV, and covering other people, she feels that taking her picture violates her privacy. Please see the description of this image for the full story.

You wanna picture…here’s your picture

by Robert Thivierge
You wanna picture...here's your picture
This friendly guy is a cameraman with Sun News, a national cable broadcaster in Canada. He was annoyed that I took his picture, telling me I was not allowed to, despite being in a public place. After I persisted, he said something along the lines, that if I want a picture, then here's my picture. So, to him, I say thanks for the picture. Now, here's the long winded version:

Getting ready to take a shot

by Robert Thivierge
Getting ready to take a shot
This is one of the photos I took at Olympic Plaza in downtown Calgary on Friday, December 9, 2011. I came a couple hours in advance of the 2pm deadline for Occupy Calgary campers to leave. To my surprise, the tents were gone. I found since, the occupiers removed everything overnight, and left behind some signs and a new sculpture.

Merry Christmas in the OP

by Robert Thivierge
Merry Christmas in the OP
I found a few pieces of what I assume was a display set here. They were lying separate and I put them together for this photo. This photo can use some fixing. There's some blue in the snow that I need to remove. I tried using a "White Balance" spot fix, but I didn't really have a proper reference point. So, I just need to de-saturate the snow separately. But, I posted it now, because I still like it. It's probably my favorite shot of the day.

It’s all smiles with the police

by Robert Thivierge
It's all smiles with the police
This was taken on Monday, November 28, 2011 in downtown Calgary. It was the day after the big wind storm on Sunday, and many roads and sidewalks were still closed off while hazards were being cleaned away. I think this is probably the most cops smiling in a single picture of mine. So, that made me use it, even though it's not that sharp of an image.

If a tree falls in the city…

by Robert Thivierge
If a tree falls in the city...
This is some of the aftermath of the wind storm on Sunday, which I found on a walkabout Monday, November 28, 2011. This was in the beltline neighborhood. There was actually less visible damage than you would think to the house, which seems to have remained intact.

Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin

by Robert Thivierge
Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin
From the quick look I had, the Occupy Calgary at Olympic Plaza did pretty well. I didn't see any obvious damage from the wind. The tents, as you can see, are standing. Although, I'm sure they must have some difficulties. I did have a slightly unpleasant circumstance, since one lady was complaining about pictures being taken by me. She didn't bother saying anything to me directly, and another person said people are free to take pictures. No big deal. Just a bit annoying, when people demonstrate in public to get attention, but don't like the attention (again, this was just one person, so nothing relevant to the group as a whole).