Toronto Downtown Photo

Photographer’s Note

This is TO downtown as viewed from the Ontario Palace (amusement park in Toronto). The yellow/blue tent on the bottom right corner is that of the Le Cirque du Soleil, the famous circus group from Montreal.

The tallest structure is CN tower, it is the tallest free standing structure on land earth and the pride of Toronto.

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Paolo (40755) 2005-09-13 11:51

Wonderful image Sarju!
a very high quality, a great POV to caputre that fantastic skyline and also a perfect timeing to have a deep blue sky and fantastic light reflection!
a perfect image!
thnaks, ciao

Jafer (14) 2005-09-13 12:35

Very flashy. Well captured. Thanks.

ndb1958 (9249) 2005-09-13 13:58

Hi Sarju,
beautiful skyline and nice nightcapture.
The nightblue sky is great.
I like it,
Nino

Quentin (5278) 2005-09-13 14:05

Hi Sarju
A great picture with a good perspective and beautiful colours!
The CN tower is so big ! I really like " le cirque du soleil" too.
Well done!
Regards
Quentin

toni_al (15476) 2005-09-13 17:00

Salut Seju
Belle image de la ville. un joli contraste entre le ciel bleu et les lumières des batiments.
@+Toni

rbcy1974 (20746) 2005-09-13 18:56

Hi Sarju,
Nice skyline very well framed, great night blue. I like the stars around the streetlights.
Well done
Regards
Daniel

maphoto (8076) 2005-09-13 21:29

Hi Sarju, nice city scape from Toronto at the begining of the evening, the sharpness is excellent. I remember to have seen the tent at the begining of summer in Montreal, it adds colors to the scene, Thanks for sharing.

t0mmm1 (5434) 2005-09-14 8:14

Hi Sarju
excellent evening shot. Great POV

cessy (13647) 2005-09-15 3:28

beautiful capture of the city at night, Sarju
excellent control of exposure, love the stary lights and beautiful colors too. You took it at very nice time
very well done

PLD_images (7143) 2005-09-15 7:49

Bonjour Sarju,

Wow, I really enjoy this great skyline shot of TO. The colors are great and the light is very well managed. You have chosen such a good place to take this photo.

When I was young, there was a battle between Montreal and Toronto as to determine wich was Canada's best and biggest town. With this image, I now know who won!!!

Amitiés, Paul

feather (50480) 2005-09-15 10:56

An excellent night shot of the Toronto skyline. You have captured it really well and the Cirque du Soleil tent makes it different from others I have seen.
Kath

Drom (1165) 2005-09-15 12:28

hello Sarju,
Bravo pour cette photo trés graphique de Toronto superbement éclairé.
Amitié
Dominique

DLM (6447) 2005-09-15 17:13

HI Sarju ,you have captured this vibrant city so well ,It is on my list of must see places,great colours and detail.
Well done.
Dave.

dsidwell (9745) 2005-09-15 21:45

Toronto is a quaint little city, and this shows the magic of it. Did you use a star filter to achieve the stars on the lights? It's very pretty. Overall, I enjoy also the lighting here and the levels.

udijw (392) 2005-09-16 3:31

Hi Sarju,
A god Toronto skyline, with great details on the tal buildings and a great deep blue color to the dky.
Very good timing to the picture, the sky is not totaly dark and the buildings still reflect some sunlight.
Friendly,
Udi.

Galmeida (12559) 2005-09-16 4:50

Hi Sarju,
Sorry for my near four weeks delay in critiques and posts to TE members, but life is life. Fine horizontal enquadrement and view perspective of the Toronto downtown. You handled very well the light conditions in a evening moment. Excelent colors, contrast and light capture. Splendid contrast between the blue sky and the buildings.

Very well seen, done and composed.
Best Regards.
Fernando

thebig_d81 (777) 2005-09-16 8:55

Great timing with this shot Sarju. The colours from the deep blue in the sky to the reds from the buildings work great. Toronto makes a great subject for photos and you have executed this well.

weswang (18223) 2005-09-16 10:40

Hi Sarju, This is a beautiful city shot. You have well made use of the day light and the electrical light in this well taken picture with clear view of the city, beautiful outline, and impressive highlight. A very well taken picture.

leonorkuhn (14351) 2005-09-16 13:55

Hi Sarju,
Very good night shot! You captured the beauty of the cityscape at nightfall perfectly. Nice contrast of colours. Good job.
Greetings,
Leonor

ajcsousa (1804) 2005-09-16 18:28

Hi Sarju,
Very beautiful nightshot. Very good composition. Great colors, light and exposure. Well done
Regards, António

oochappan (22032) 2005-09-16 22:01

Golden light at sunset I believe to a deep blue sky, coloring town while streetlight loosing pale, nice moment you captured this garbarit of the towers to the life in the street Sarju.

suru (1018) 2005-09-17 15:12

Just perfect...

PJE (19575) 2005-09-19 18:30

Well Sarju this posting of yours has great lighting in the background and a good balance in the frame showing the city landscape here. Nice shapes on the lights tops it off. A pleasure to see Sarju.

nmess (2289) 2005-09-19 18:53

I'm not ususally a fan of skyline shots, but this I have to say is outstanding. I was also wondering if you used a star filter, but see from your reply to David that you did not. The sharpness is outstaning for 4 second exposure; I assume that you did use a tripod.

smartins (1967) 2005-09-20 7:06

Sarju, this one is wonderful!
Great light and colors, sharpness and details!
I like it a lot! Very well done!

TFS and take care,
Susana

mumek (17528) 2005-09-20 16:41

Good afternoon Sarju!
Very good composition, beautiful skyline of the Toronto's downtown, great colors. Thanks for sharing
regards
ziggy

cloverstar (0) 2005-09-27 16:27

Amazing shot Sarju. The colours are magnificant. Well done on the composition and point of view.

PixelTerror (87159) 2005-09-29 5:49

Hi Sarju,
Great downtown sunset with the culminating CN Tower landmark, I like the light differences on the various buildings bringing variety and the deep blue sky, the circus is a pleasant additional detail.
Have a nice day,
Jean-Yves

jwmunro (6273) 2005-09-29 8:56

Good morning Sarju -

Wow, this is a very colorful image of Toronto. Capturing the last rays of the sun on the towers as well as the nightime lights of the amusement park and the trafic flow on one of the major streets. Well done!

Thanks for sharing

John

agerrard (338) 2005-09-29 20:48

This is one of the best 'Torontoscapes' I've seen - really nice!

danielswalsh (13330) 2005-10-02 21:38

Great shot Sarju;

Great timing and angle to capture this shot. The skyline lights up reflecting the sunset against the dark sky.

Interestngly enough. We have a Cirque du Soleil, passing through Singapore right now as well. There are always quite a few different Cirque shows travelling the globe at different times.

Have a great day!
- Dan

jbweasle (9294) 2005-10-09 6:55

Hello Sarju. A classic night time shot of Toronto. The CN Tower makes this skyline unique and it never fails to impress me how it so dramatically dominates the other buildings around it. You have captured this scene with good colours and exposure for a very pleasing shot. A bit of post processing in NeatImage would reduce the noise in the sky a bit but the effect here is not so bad as to be unpleasant.

banyanman (7739) 2005-10-21 21:16

Great colours and lighting, Sarju. Your exposure is spot on and the positioning of the tower in your composition is just right. Cheers . . . David

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capthaddock (28640) 2005-10-27 10:13

Hi Sarju - wonderful light and skyline, I like the way the fading sunset light is reflected on the buildings.

ArtLook (2332) 2005-10-31 13:36

Hi Sarju,
Great colors and contrast. I like the lights very much here. Very good composition with tower, BRAVO!
With BEST regards,
Arthur

joseelias (367) 2005-11-23 8:55

Amazing buildings and colors. Here’s an image I will never be able to get in Portugal…

The details in the buildings as well the colors in them and in the sky are very nice, even if the image is a bit soft. The positioning of the tower is very nice as being off-centre balances the composition.

Still, the dark bottom part disturbs me a little, especially with all those lights popping out of them. A crop of the bottom and a little of the right could make an interesting composition.

Made a WS. Hope you like it.

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clic (4065) 2005-12-04 19:08

Bonjour Sarju
Now I understand why you know so well Toronto!
The tower is right on the tiers line and that makes a great composition. Vertical perspective is perfect and so is the lighting.
Wonderful!
Robert Deschênes

rabani (9429) 2005-12-08 1:25

Sarju, I wished I was the one who took this.Impressive almost magnetic, with the scrapers' outline, textured with the thousands of lit/relected windows. against the blue backdrop.

aznegrao (10246) 2006-03-24 17:28

Hi Sarju!!
Otima atmosfera criada pelos tons escuros e o ceu limpo. Gosto desse clima.
Greetings.
aznegrao.