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Flickr Forum - December 7th, 2007 - LIGHT

Posted by Jerrold Litwinenko / December 7, 2007

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blogTO Flickr Forum light
The blogTO Flickr Forum is a weekly sampling of themed photographs taken by Torontonians and aims to not only feature the talent they possess, but also spur dialogue and reveal the stories behind the images.

Today's collection of Toronto photographs is made up of responses to our call for photos that fit the theme "LIGHT". These images were all recently submitted to the blogTO Flickr pool.

To the photographers: we'd love to hear about your photos. A little info on where it was taken and the story behind the photo is always a great start.

To the rest of you, feel free to ask questions to the artists, submit photos to the blogTO Flickr pool for next week's consideration, or just sit back and enjoy our weekly mosaic.

Continue for links to larger versions, and to check out the next theme.

1. Bokeh Tree by Rey__
2. I See Who You Are by UrticaDioica
3. Chevy Passenger by Torontogal Photos

4. Toronto Skyline by swilton
5. blackout. by hellembry
6. Untitled by ayndroid

7. Girl on Ceremonious April Walk by ceribria
8. 2007 Holiday Train by sjgardiner
9. snowy night by Harald Benz

The next theme is "RETRO", and as always, is open to creative interpretation. We're looking forward to featuring some of your images again, on December 14th.

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Nancy Paiva / December 7, 2007 at 09:50 am
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Chevy Passenger, third in the top line, involved a long story...as usual!! I wont go into great detail but basically I had met four young guys with a broken down 57 Chevy in Yorkville during the film fest. They managed to get the beast started and gave me a lift downtown to find Brad Pitt. I never found Mr Pitt but instead had a great time getting to know the Chevy Boys.
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Stephen G / December 7, 2007 at 11:19 am
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Holiday Train 2007 - Middle of the Bottom Row. An annual event to raise funds for Foodbanks across North America from the Canadian Pacific Railway. Their staff decorate two trains, and barnstorm across Canada and the US with musicians to entertain and raise funds/food donations. This shot is a long exposure of the locomotive of the Canadian Train at its stop north of Toronto in York Region. The lights all down the train when combined with the weekend snowfall and the layer of ice on it create a reflective surface, that distorts the reflected light and creates the warm glow all along the train. The best part is at the end of the show Santa makes an appearance for all the kids who have braved the cold to see the festive light show on the train!!
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Rey Crisostomo / December 7, 2007 at 02:30 pm
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Bokeh Tree - top, left. We were watching a musical play called "The Legend of the Flying Pigs" performed at the Port Perry Town Hall. A friend of mine was in the cast.
During the intermission, I walked down the steps leading to the main entrance. It was dark and a cardboard cutout of a Christmas tree with lights on it caught my eye. I took a few shots and none turned out to be too interesting. Then I remembered the cool looking "bokeh" (Japanese for blur or fuzzy) shots I saw in the various pools at Flickr. So I switched my camera to manual focus and started shooting at various levels of "un-focusness". I chose to post this one...
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hellembry / December 7, 2007 at 02:43 pm
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Thank you so much for including my photo! What a wonderful assortment this week! Mine (blackout.) was taken during a rolling blackout on November 17. We had to rely on candles for a few hours, but the power returned just before it started to get chilly inside. I swear I don't usually read the Sun, though!
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rotenblog / December 7, 2007 at 04:41 pm
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great mosaic this week!
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Harald Benz / December 7, 2007 at 07:23 pm
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snowy night - bottom right. Thank you very kindly for selecting one of my photos. It was taken during the mini snow storm we experienced here in Toronto last weekend, at around 1:30am on Sunday night on King Street East.
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richelle / December 7, 2007 at 07:40 pm
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Untitled is my photo (thanks for choosing to include it!)

My friend was in from Wales for a week and we just had to do a photo shoot together. Ironically he was staying around the corner from this uninhabited tenement i had shot the week before and wanted to shoot again with a 'model'.

We wandered from room to room playing with techniques and lighting and this was one of my favourite photos.

I still can't get over the fact that this place has power, or that photos of people's children still decorate some of the refrigerators...
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sniderscion / December 7, 2007 at 08:09 pm
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Absolutely fantastic group of images this week. Great curating.
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Urtica / December 10, 2007 at 05:00 pm
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Hello ! Thank you for featuring my photo "I see who you are" it was taken during Toronto Nuit Blanche near UofT. This was supposed to be crash of alien ship and therefore installation featured smoke and actors in uniforms. :)
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