this place by northy

this place

this morning i had to take one of my boys to Downsview Park for a lacrosse game... this place has a fabulous industrial wasteland feel to it and i spent a nice half hour wondering around... and shooting some selfies for my hatter gig tomorrow...

this isn't my usual sort of shot, but definitely a spot i want to return to for a more atmospheric shoot :)
Very nice! I love all the texture - think I need to stop by. Where do you enter that area - off Downsview? Never been there before.
April 27th, 2014  
Oh wow!! I'm jealous!!!! Love this shot!!
April 27th, 2014  
@kass tx Kass... the entry is at Keele and Sheppard... you turn south onto John Drury Road and then left-ish onto Carl Hall road (i think those are the names)... and you end up in this crazy wasteland place... it's all still in use - there's a circus school, and airplane museum i think, a squash club or something... but the place has this fabulous abandoned post apocalyptic feel... my husband has said he'd go there with me at night sometime... i'm thinking maybe early July when the kids are at camp and it's a bit warmer out... not quite sure what the place will be like at night, mind you - but i definitely want to check it out...
April 27th, 2014  
This is so dynamic!
April 27th, 2014  
stunning .. love the textures and worn out feel here ...fav
April 27th, 2014  
Thanks for the info! I'm certainly going to go - if you want to meet up let me know. I'd be going on a weekend at some point....
April 27th, 2014  
@kass i'd love to do a meet up there... let me know when you'd want to go...
April 27th, 2014  
I'll email you - packing for the cottage at the moment. Sorry, also received your email - haven't had a chance to look at the contest. Will do everything when I return on Monday.
April 27th, 2014  
Great composition
April 27th, 2014  
Great shot - & will be a great background for your selfie
April 27th, 2014  
Love all the cool characters here-nice to see ur other side:):)
April 27th, 2014  
I too love the colors and all the window shapes and gritty feel!
April 27th, 2014  
Oh, what a fabulous place for selfies:). Or portraits. Love this wonderfully textured walls. Great find, friend!!
April 27th, 2014  
Mac
Gorgeous, shapes, colors and intensity.
April 27th, 2014  
Cool shapes, colours and textures!
April 27th, 2014  
LOve it. Fav.
April 27th, 2014  
Fabulous....fav!
April 27th, 2014  
Really nice
April 27th, 2014  
So many interesting details! Love the left side especially and that "x"
April 27th, 2014  
Nice find. Liking the composition.
April 27th, 2014  
This was really well composed. The color, the decay, and the repeating structural elements of rectangles and squares all make this a great image.
April 27th, 2014  
Great place to shoot, I love it. Those glass squares, the bricks and the color of the doors make a perfect composition.
April 27th, 2014  
Might be industrial wasteland but it's also interestingly artistic in its colors and shapes.
April 27th, 2014  
I love me a gritty urban scene like this:)
April 27th, 2014  
Great comp. I just love the 'worn out' look here. Great textures and colors!
April 27th, 2014  
Neat capture, love the different textures! :)
April 27th, 2014  
Excellent subject!! Well composed, great light and textures.. range of tones.. Fortunately, I can see it in b&w and it looks really good!! :-)
April 27th, 2014  
Excellent shot, perfectly composed
April 27th, 2014  
Kim
love your processing
April 27th, 2014  
wow that is an awesome shot!! Love the moody processing, it really brings out all the colors and decay! fav!!
April 27th, 2014  
What a great place
April 27th, 2014  
Excellent. Great decrepitude in those windows/
April 27th, 2014  
Nice tones
April 27th, 2014  
Really like this Northy. Would love to go inside it!
April 27th, 2014  
Love the composition, and the pattern made of various sizes of squares/rectangles! Great tones too.
April 27th, 2014  
I think the colour really works in this context - makes a really great shot
April 27th, 2014  
Love urban shots
April 27th, 2014  
I enjoy the gritty feeling.
April 27th, 2014  
I find industrial wasteland and abandoned places very interesting subjects to shoot. This is great!
April 27th, 2014  
Oh, how I wish I had been with you - but looking at htis great shot is nearly as good.
April 27th, 2014  
OMG! I don't see you for a couple of weeks and your shots have developed colour! xx
April 27th, 2014  
Cool shot, love the comp and colours.
April 27th, 2014  
I like the industrial feel of this. Nice capture
April 27th, 2014  
Great capture of the atmosphere.
April 27th, 2014  
Wow. Fabulous colour and subject. Sorry if I haven't been around
April 27th, 2014  
Nice drama. There are heavy and light elements along with the wondrous colors. Nice!
April 27th, 2014  
Great find! Look forward to seeing more from the area!
April 28th, 2014  
beautiful shot... lovely textures and colours.
April 28th, 2014  
nice bit of urban decay. love the colours
April 28th, 2014  
It more than kinda works, Mira. Great color, composition and a wonderfully gritty feel to it.
April 28th, 2014  
Very cool urban shot!
April 28th, 2014  
cool shot
April 29th, 2014  
Very cool and gritty, crunchy even!
April 29th, 2014  
Fav. Love this. The shapes and colours really work for me
April 29th, 2014  
So many textures, fantastic!
April 30th, 2014  
A powerful shot.
April 30th, 2014  
Gah...what a fantastic place! Love the shot.
May 2nd, 2014  
Well spotted. There's lots of variety here - colours, textures, shapes
May 2nd, 2014  
such an interesting shot! i grew up in that area and have been there so many times, this looks like a totally different place! great job
July 2nd, 2014  
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