Flickr Forum: March 21st, 2008 - Texture

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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 "TEXTURE". 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.

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1. Day 87 - Traintracks Near Dusk
2. what do you see?
3. 4 Floors Up
4. lamppost through the blizzard
5. Bathurst Street
6. Parking Available
7. Bananas
8. pit pump five
9. Light and texture.

The next theme is "FOOD", and as always, is open to creative interpretation. We're looking forward to featuring some of your images again, on January 25th.

To be considered for next week's selections:
- In Flickr, add the tag "food"
- Add to the blogTO Flickr pool
- If you have a photo already in the pool, and you would like it to be considered, remove the photo from the pool and re-add it. Only photos added in the past week will be considered.

If you have a theme suggestion, feel free to leave a comment.

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Bananas (#7) is my shot :)
It was taken on my last trip to New York City, actually... I met up with a friend of mine who I worked with here in Toronto, but has since moved to NYC. We strolled around the city, walking, talking... when she noticed a doorway and said "oh wait, I want to go in here" ... I figured she was just walking into a random storefront, but it actually turned out to be an art gallery.
As soon as we walked in, I could smell bananas (and I totally hate bananas... the smell makes me nauseous) ... but I couldn't figure out why. As we made our way to the back of the gallery... the wall of bananas stood there in front of me.
My first reaction was "ewww, gross." And it was promptly followed by "I have to take a picture of this... no one's going to believe me when I get home..."

Posted by: Katie at March 21, 2008 10:35 PM

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Posted by: ForSport at March 23, 2008 8:24 AM

Thanks for the feature; these look great together!

I took "Light and texture" in a private garden in the fall.
I loved the way the light was hitting the dried up flowers, highlighting the colours and veins.

Posted by: gardinergirl at March 23, 2008 7:42 PM

Thank you for the feature.

I took Traintracks near Dusk on the Bathurst bridge heading north from Lakeshore one day after work. I was trying to achieve a look with a passing GoTrain but found it more pleasant to look at without it. I've added the texture from NinianLif (http://www.flickr.com/photos/beapierce/sets/72157601574009156) in postprocessing to make the scene more dramatic.

Parking Available was taken I believe a week after one of our recent snow storms, south of College in the West end while the side streets remained unplowed. The same applies with the texture. Cheers!

Posted by: Chris B. at March 25, 2008 3:41 PM

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