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The Olympic Cauldron shines across the harbour in Vancouver, BC from Jack Poole Plaza to the 9 O'Clock Gun in Stanley Park, to celebrate Brian McKeever's gold medal in the 2014 Winter Paralympics.

I'd been looking for some unusual vantage points to capture the Olympic Flame, and had tried to take this shot in February, but the weather conspired against me, with cloudy skies that were lit up by the flame, giving a strange appearance. When I saw the forecast was clear and the cauldron was due to be lit, I had to try again.

Even though the flame is quite distant here, I was amazed by how much it lit up the surrounding buildings, give them a warm glow. The flame also reflected beautifully on the water, highlighting its location despite it being quite small in the overall photo.

On the left of the photo is Canada Place, with the Convention Centre centrally framed, and the buildings of downtown Vancouver beyond. The floating Chevron station is sitting at a slight l...

Born in the UK, I moved to Vancouver, BC in 2011. My career in photography has grown from a long-held passion for capturing the beauty of the world, aided on the technical side by my background as a software developer. I specialise in fine art photography of landscapes, seascapes and cityscapes in and around the Pacific Northwest, with work exhibited internationally. Many of my photographs feature the beautiful city of Vancouver, but as well as capturing its iconic cityscapes, I can often be found exploring the BC and Washington coastline for new photographic opportunities, as well as developing my portfolio of night sky photographs featuring the Milky Way and the Aurora Borealis.