The Photography Thread (cds, albums, member, quote, 2007)

[Burning Down]

These are some pictures I've taken over the years at Don Valley Brick Works, an old brick quarry in Toronto and now a park. The Brick Works was in operation for over 100 years, and is responsible for supplying the bricks for several important landmarks in the city. This park holds so many memories for me as a kid as it is not far from where I grew up. Please excuse my lack of photography skills.

The main building and smokestack:


A quarry pit converted into a marshy area:


I have no idea what this is but it's between the two main buildings:


I can't remember where this is exactly, I think it's the entrance to the park:


Boardwalk paths over a swamp pit, looking towards the buildings:


Just a slice of Toronto that a lot of tourists don't get to see, unfortunately.

[captaincaptain]

Originally Posted by Burning Down

Just a slice of Toronto that a lot of tourists don't get to see, unfortunately.

Toronto is a beautiful city. I grew down the road in Buffalo. Even though I hate the Maple Leafs, Toronto is in my top 3 foreign cities.

[Burning Down]

Originally Posted by captaincaptain

Toronto is a beautiful city. I grew down the road in Buffalo. Even though I hate the Maple Leafs, Toronto is in my top 3 foreign cities.

Although I can drive to Buffalo within 3-4 hours, I've only been there maybe 3 or 4 times in my life. For a short time there was also a ferry between Toronto and Rochester, and I was on it once. They don't have it anymore because it cost too much money.

And for the record, I'm not the biggest Leafs fan either. The team looks promising for next season, but I sort of lost faith in them after they failed to make it into the playoffs for a few years in a row.

[The Virgin]

Originally Posted by Burning Down

These are some pictures I've taken over the years at Don Valley Brick Works, an old brick quarry in Toronto and now a park. The Brick Works was in operation for over 100 years, and is responsible for supplying the bricks for several important landmarks in the city. This park holds so many memories for me as a kid as it is not far from where I grew up. Please excuse my lack of photography skills.

The main building and smokestack:


A quarry pit converted into a marshy area:


I have no idea what this is but it's between the two main buildings:


I can't remember where this is exactly, I think it's the entrance to the park:


Boardwalk paths over a swamp pit, looking towards the buildings:


Just a slice of Toronto that a lot of tourists don't get to see, unfortunately.

wow. these places are so beautiful. is this from US or Europe?
it's so clean to look at.

[Burning Down]

Originally Posted by The Virgin

wow. these places are so beautiful. is this from US or Europe?
it's so clean to look at.

Canada. More specifically, Toronto (which is where I live). All those pictures are from the same park.

[Zaqarbal]

Originally Posted by Burning Down

These are some pictures I've taken over the years at Don Valley Brick Works, an old brick quarry in Toronto and now a park. The Brick Works was in operation for over 100 years, and is responsible for supplying the bricks for several important landmarks in the city. This park holds so many memories for me as a kid as it is not far from where I grew up. Please excuse my lack of photography skills.

The main building and smokestack:


(...)

I like to photograph old industrial buildings too:



That's a former brewery, built in the 1910's. It's been refurbished and nowadays it is a public library. I've been in there several times and never saw them, but, if there are ghosts there, they surely smell of pilsner beer.

[Zaqarbal]

More ducks. Yesterday:

Handsome drake, isn't he? I guess he'll find a pretty "wife" and then they'll have ducklings. Like the ones I saw at a pond yesterday. Using the zoom, I photographed some of those tiny hairy creatures:

So cute! Not even the Good Gremlins were that cute.

The parents. Mum (left) and dad (right):

[Kevorkian Logic]

Originally Posted by Zaqarbal

More ducks. Yesterday:

Handsome drake, isn't he? I guess he'll find a pretty "wife" and then they'll have ducklings. Like the ones I saw at a pond yesterday. Using the zoom, I photographed some of those tiny hairy creatures:

So cute! Not even the Good Gremlins were that cute.

The parents. Mum (left) and dad (right):

Oh dear. Cute overload.

[Zaqarbal]

Originally Posted by Kevorkian Logic

Oh dear. Cute overload.

I'm glad you liked the pics. I think cuteness and beauty may be anywhere. And if you have enough sensitivity, curiosity and a certain sense of aesthetics, you can capture nice moments. For instance, two days ago I saw a street cat, and I didn't mind spending a few minutes taking some photos of him, using the zoom:

Then I tried to get closer, but he ran away and I didn't see him anymore. I hope he's fine. According to an unwritten urban principle worldwide, the number of street cats is proportional to the number of lonely old ladies who feed them. In fact, I saw some food remains by there.

And yesterday I photographed this cute dog in a park:

[djchameleon]

Originally Posted by Zaqarbal

More ducks. Yesterday:

What type of zoom lenses do you have? what's the x on it?

I was trying to do something similar to that but my camera is awful so I had to tip toe closer to them and I ended up stepping on a pebble that scared them off a bit so the pics that I do have aren't as good as I would have liked them to be.