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Monday, March 21. 2011

Whistler-Blackcomb

Sipp found this little ad for Whistler-Blackcomb, and I'm sure our kids and the friends we skiied with there will recognize the spots. Best skiing I've ever had, with fresh powder daily.


After a couple of days, we tended toward the Blackcomb side, but maybe partly because they had closed the very top of Whistler for dynamiting for avalanches. Cool. We did have fun skiing off a cliff and landing in powder over our heads. Sheesh. That was good for some giggles (later), trying to find one's poles and hats, etc.


Sipp correctly identified the video as "tilt-shift." That's new term to me.


Posted by Bird Dog in Our Essays, The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 16:46 | Comments (11) | Trackbacks (0)

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I've experimented with this technique - its one of those old film days techniques that translated really nicely over to digital cameras and software.
#1 Tom Francis on 2011-03-21 16:58 (Reply)
Those, who've been to Whistler, know where "Shannon Falls" is. Eliminating Bd et al....

---'whom' knows where either "Whistler" &/either "Shannon Falls" is?

Xtra marks given 4 the correct; 2nd answer.
#2 Garry on 2011-03-21 21:26 (Reply)
Yeah, tilt shift. It was cool the first couple of times I saw it used but now it's imitated so widely that's it's really tiresome.
#3 Rick on 2011-03-21 21:27 (Reply)
Don't know "Shannon Falls," Garry, but I do know Whistler/Blackcomb. Skiied there for maybe a week or two in my life, and it's the place that took me (with some lessons) from a low intermediate to a near-expert downhiller.

Agree with you, BD... I ended up mostly on the Blackcomb side, jumping over the top onto the glacier pretty much the whole time.

It doesn't get any better... the skiing, or the town.
#4 Big___Al on 2011-03-21 23:31 (Reply)
Big__Al,

You've skied a beautiful part of British Columbia. If you drove Hwy 99 (to Whistler) you passed Shannon Falls. It's located close to Squamish, BC and is a site that attracts many Bald Eagles. Hwy 99 is known as "The Sea To Sky" highway.
#4.1 Garry on 2011-03-22 10:00 (Reply)
Well darn it, Garry... I lived in Seattle for 8 years, and I've been past that place a number of times but never stopped. Now I regret it! I did, however, live within a 5-minute walk of Snoqualmie Falls, so I had no lack of natural beauty around then.
#4.1.1 Big___Al on 2011-03-22 14:14 (Reply)
I just Googled Snoqualmie Balls. I see what you mean. Beautiful! I had never heard of it before. Thanx.
#4.1.1.1 Garry on 2011-03-22 16:02 (Reply)
I assume that was a typo, Garry?!

Still ROFL here!
#4.1.1.1.1 Big___Al on 2011-03-22 21:33 (Reply)
OOPS! "Edit then Send".
#4.1.1.1.1.1 Garry on 2011-03-22 23:01 (Reply)
Although I'm tempted to google "snoqualmie balls," just for the fun of it, I dare not. Some things are best left alone.
#4.1.1.1.1.1.1 Big___Al on 2011-03-22 23:38 (Reply)
The technique works better if the frame rate is held to 12 frames per second. It makes the results look more like a stop-motion animation.
#5 John on 2011-03-22 07:45 (Reply)

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