i went on a photowalk with the toronto women's camera club. it is an informal club established by toronto photographer nicole olds. today is the club's last meeting and they won't meet again until the spring.
we met up at the toronto evergreen brick works, an old quarry and industrial site located in the don valley east of toronto. it operated for nearly 100 years and provided bricks used to construct many well-known toronto landmarks, such as Casa Loma, Osgoode Hall, Massey Hall, and the Ontario Legislature. the quarry has been converted into a city park which includes a series of naturalized ponds, while the buildings have been restored and opened as an environmentally-focused community and cultural centre by evergreen, a national charity dedicated to restoring nature in urban environments.
we walked up a rather steep hill (oh, my aching back!) and ended up at a place where we had a really cool view of toronto's skyline and a view of all the changing colours around the city. nicole suggested to us to focus on a certain colour rather than shoot at everything. this forces one to see and create a perspective more carefully and decide what should go into the shot rather than doing it in post processing. it worked in a way for me as i only took 151 shots during the whole walkabout which lasted about two and a half hours.
i still suck but never mind.
i have engaged her services for the winter for me to learn one-on-one some decent photoshop skills.
thank you for your kind views and comments; know that they are truly appreciated.
Nice skyline, the reds are beautiful, that chimney stack/sign/whatever with the letters on it on the right is bugging the hell out of me! Maybe a higher vantage point or shift to the left....or getting rid of it in photoshop! ;-))
It's great that the old quarry and site have been turned into such a lovely area. I love this photo, the red in front, then the lovely autumn trees and the skyline all look wonderful!
