Silhouette And Shadows

A cheese grater? Kidding, it's just the Commerce Court (CIBC) building. The right amount of shadow and light made this happen. After a bit of editing, you can grate cheese, hahaha! One time I was standing at the very bottom of this building, that is at King Street and Bat Street, and looked up. Wow, amazing feeling seeing just how tall it is from that stand point. I have to admit that I had a bit of a creepy feeling in my stomach. Still I must say that this building has nothing on the original Commerce Court building just east of it. Old and beautiful.

There it is, just behind that building. The CN Tower does show up in many of my shots, it truly is a major landmark for me. In fact I would say that it is my favourite landmark. When I took this picture I was staying at the Grand Hotel with my boyfriend at the time. Kind of like a stay-cation. Loved how the tower showed itself right here. The air was really hat and humid that day too which gave my shot a hazy effect, and that is what made this picture the way it is. The hotel was pretty awesome as well.

On one of my days off I decided to walk around the Sherbourne and Bloor area. I walked down one of the streets named Huntley Street and located this. A normal looking house had this funky looking tree design on the side of it. It was so random, if I had not walked down there I would not have seen this. The way that the sun was shining through the trees and showing up as a shadow effect on the wall is what made everything complete. Sometimes when you take random walks in the city you come across things that you never really knew were there in the first place. I love doing this. Luckily this day I had my good camera on me, the weather was great, and all worked out in my favor. 

I'm so happy that Toronto is one of the cities that has a windmill right there for all to see. This thing is huge, but cool none the less. I always enjoyed taking these shots with the silhouette of an object. The sky was the perfect blue that day, the clouds all lined up well. Settings on the Nikon set perfectly as well. This is what I got, not much of an edit was needed either. Sometimes when I have a free day, I will go down to the Ex grounds and photograph stuff. I usually go when the Ex is not open, better chance for people-less pictures. I'm not sure why I like taking shots with the absence of people, because there are usually lots of people walking around me when I'm taking the photo in the first place. I want to bring the things out, I guess. This above shot makes me feel peaceful.