Flickr Forum: March 14th, 2008 - Vanishing Point

I don't have a question, so much as I just wanted to compliment the art/artists..

9 different views,
9 striking images..
and I look forward to reading any story's about them.

@James

compliments to the artists are always appreciated and encouraged. thanks for dropping by!

Thank you for including my image (#5) in this week's samples.

Now about the photo. It's just a different take of a place which has been photographed by many before. So for those who do not recognize where this was taken, this is the Skywalk pedestrian walkway connecting Union Station to the CN Tower. I have no real profound insight as to the story behind the photo other than I was on my way home from the Canadian International Autoshow and this section of the skyway caught my eye. I've walked through it many times before but it seemed different this time and I somehow was just mesmerized by the top half; hence that's the image I photographed.

The top right one gives me vertigo. ☺

Thanks for including my Alighting photo (#7) this week. I have been trying to enjoy the endless snow by taking a lot of photos. This one was in Allen Gardens, and just out of frame to the right an old man was feeding pigeons, so there was a lot of serendipitous bird activity.

Thank you for including my photo (number five in the series). This is a view from the Summerhill rail overpass above Yonge Street taken on the so-called "Family Day" holiday Monday. I had wanted to take a shot of the street from this location for sometime, but thought that a holiday might allow for the least possible traffic. The idea here was to try to show Yonge Street, arguably our most popular and well-known thoroughfare, completely bereft of human activity. On the one hand, this gestures to familiar scenes from apocalyptic films, but I hope that this photo may also operate in relation to the other meaning of the term apocalypse, which is ?unveiling.? Perhaps the absence of the active human element in a landscape so obviously of human construction may unveil characteristics that encourage ways of thinking about the space that are less familiar and routine. Toward this end, the row of green traffic lights running down the empty street strikes me as symbolic of this urge for defamiliarization: something about them just doesn?t seem quite right given the wider context, and whatever that ?something? is, it engages me with the photograph. I hope it does that for you as well. Thanks again.

Thanks for including my photo 'Alighting' (#7).

I have been trying to feel good about this year's endless snow by taking a lot of photographs. This one was taken in Allen Gardens. There was an old guy feeding pigeons just out of frame to the right, so there was a lot of serendipitous bird activity.

Thank you for including my photo (number eight in the series). I took this shot while crossing Church Street on Dundas Street as you can see I'm a sucker for bokeh, and I really liked the way the lights reflected off the wet asphalt and streetcar tracks.

Thank you, MikeR & blogTO for including my photo in this week's Friday Flickr Forum.

My photo, Toronto Islands (15), is part of a set of images from a photo-expedition to the Islands during one of our seemingly unending series of snowstorms. I went there early on a weekday when I knew it would be free of people and I could concentrate on capturing the silence and emptiness that accompany such cold winter weather.

I am drawn to the soiltude & coldness of the season and many of my themes revolve around harsh temperture conditions.

I hope all have a wonderful weekend.

Thanks for selecting my shot(#9).
This was shot as I made by bleary way into work one morning and I noticed the seemingly infinite and empty sidewalk stretching off into the fog in front of me. The scene matched my anticipation of another seemingly infinite and foggy day at work :)

Congrats to the other photographers chosen as well; there are some really compelling images this week.

Thanks again for featuring my photo this week!

My photo is number 6 in the set for this week. I took this photo while looking for security cameras which was part of my subject for a photo exhibition i was doing. This photo is between two buildings with utility pipes running through the space. i liked the bright color of the yellow pipe contrasting to the overall dark space. the buildings are located on emily st. just off of king. http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=43.646611,-79.385104&spn=0.002768,0.004989&t=h&z=18

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