Never give up!, a photo from Ontario, Central

Photographer's Note

Guildwood, often called "Guildwood Village", is a neighbourhood in Toronto and located along the Scarborough Bluffs. The Scarborough Bluffs are an escarpment in Scarborough, Ontario along the shoreline of Lake Ontario. The Guild is a unique facility encompassing several historic buildings including the Guild Inn inside a public park. Guildwood Park forms a naturalized frame around the formal Guild Inn Gardens and several other historic structures. Surrounding these buildings are more than 70 architectural fragments and sculptures within the formal gardens.

And happy Canada Day today!

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ben4321 (9875) 2006-07-01 4:27

That sky is really amazing, and your low viewpoint adds to the dynamism of this image.
Excellent.
Ben

pasternak (15185) 2006-07-01 4:30

Alana, you're an artist!...

A fabulous title for a fabulous photo! POV, crop, your PP treatment are really great here. Very very dynamic composition, thanks to these three components. And your title idea... you really have a very good imagination :))

Great stuff!
Have a nice weekend
A.

Xplorator (667) 2006-07-01 4:43

Very original angle and point of view. Colors even though oversaturated they have meaning. Good job!

quetzal (3665) 2006-07-01 4:46

Hi Alane,
Great and amazing landscape. THe POV is well choosen.
It is a dream or a nightmare ?
Regards
Jean-LOuis

samrat_roy1 (701) 2006-07-01 4:53

WOW, look at the sky. its very rare that we come across such natural colours. great capture and great clarity. i love the shot. great work indeed...

partha (14023) 2006-07-01 4:56

Excellent skyview. nice composition and u have used the wide angle so effectively.
partha

Ina (2687) 2006-07-01 4:56

Wow what a dramatic sky... I love it... The low point of view works very well for the composition too... TFS... Ina...

blue-velvet30 (6524) 2006-07-01 5:11

Hi Alana!
WOW! Fantastic efect! Wonderful colors and excellent POV! Brawo!
thanks for sharing
regards
Dorota

dvlazar (6662) 2006-07-01 5:37

A stunning photo Alana! Beautiful textures and patterns in the sky - amazing strong colors.
Interesting persepective - top shot all round.
Regards,
dave.

xavshot (69835) 2006-07-01 5:50

Superbe Alana !
C'est vraiment une photo que j'apprécie. Les couelurs et le POV sont excellents.... Elle rejoint mes favorites. Bravo
du beau travail
Xavier

peter1892 (1681) 2006-07-01 6:25

The sky is amazing here - fantastic cloud formations & colours. Your POV & choice of wide angle is perfect here, well done!

flashlight (579) 2006-07-01 9:26

Very well done HDR. I like the POV.
The sky is amaizing.
Cheers!

adrost (2378) 2006-07-01 9:54

Hi Alana.

Amazing photo...
This sky, this clouds, this plants...
Congratulation.
All its a perfect here.

Best regards
a.

delkoo (68) 2006-07-01 10:00

hi alana
again a great photograph,unbelievable sky and odd POV.

c'est du grand Art

ddidier

gibbsy (1376) 2006-07-01 10:11

Dramatic saturated colours from a wierd perspective, but it works and draws you in. Excellent work.

Angelillo (9374) 2006-07-01 11:28

Hi, Alana. This sky is really lovely, and the point of view here is perfect to let the sky to be itself. Great contrast! Take care.

Angel.

capthaddock (28790) 2006-07-01 13:53

Hi Alana - wonderful use of polariser, and congratulations for making Toronto appear like a tropical paradise, great work.

rosaline (0) 2006-07-01 14:10

Hi Alana
Firstly, happy Canada Day. I remember spending Canada Day in Montreal in 2003 when I attended the Annual Jazz Festival there. What a time that was!
Great shot and a dramatic sky. The angle of view is very dramatic and the slanted flowers are a great feature. I've been to Scarborough many times and know this location well. Thanks for bringing back good memories.
Cheers
Aubrey

danyy (0) 2006-07-01 15:55

Bonjour Alana,
des photos toujours très artistiques, des couleurs et des contrastes magnifiques, qu'il soient naturels avec l'usage de filtres ou en PP, c'est fabuleux.
Quel ciel !!
Un excellent week-end.
Daniel.

chrisnet (23062) 2006-07-01 17:29

Hello alana
Voilà une photo extraordinaire!
Encore mieux qu'une toile de peintre,c'est du grand art!Les couleurs du ciel sont splendides!
Bravo pour la composition
Regards
Christian

pierrefonds (103465) 2006-07-01 20:27

Hi Alana,

A good POV of this garden and a very beautiful sky, the photo has a good composition and nice colors. Thanks for sharing. Happy Canada Day.

Pierre

Cuba-Junky (2817) 2006-07-02 4:58

Well ... what can I add to the posters above ...
Amazing awesome picture!
Love it and into my favorites
An

sebinho342 (19329) 2006-07-02 13:32

Hi Alana,
i'm discovering your gallery today, and i have to say you that it's awesome !! Your pictures are marvelous !!! Just keep posting like that and how lucky you are to have the chance to visit so much countries !! :))
I chose this picture but i hesitated a lot given the fact that there are all at 90 % excellent !!
:)))
Congratulations and very happy to know your gallery :)

jrj (34843) 2006-07-02 14:17

Hi alana
I like very much pp work myself - as this one must be with an essential part of postwork - still the final result is most impressive and with a great total - splendid result!

Mistral (15402) 2006-07-02 17:48

Hi Alana,
welcome on TE!
Excellent framing with great colours (polarizer, yes?).
I didn't know that Toronto was in the tropics! lol
A smile
Luca

magdaj (1111) 2006-07-03 9:05

Hello Alana:)
Wonderful, amazing colors!
Pretty view!
Lovely composition.
Regards & smile:)
Magda

sabyasachi1212 (19779) 2006-07-06 1:44

Hi Alana,
I was having a look at your gallery today and came away thoroughly impressed. Your images are spectacular to say the least and I was spoilt for choice. This one is exta special though. Its more like a painted canvas with the wonderful colours.
With Greetings from India
Sabyasachi

DLM (6479) 2006-07-06 13:32

Hi Alana,stunning gallery full of wonderful compositions,well done,
TFS
Dave.

Dis_Account (0) 2006-07-08 18:37

Alana,

Dramatic shot - what a sky! The low angle really highlights it. Did you use a polariser?
I have to admit that the title goes over my head - sorry!?!

...tim

oochappan (4880) 2006-07-10 15:02

Surprisong clarity and depht all extremely well defined to this dramatic deep blue cloudy sky, big sized thanks to your low POV.
An outstanding shot Alana.
Henk

placombe (7715) 2006-07-10 21:44

Hi Alana
Simply WOW. What a pov and remarquable dof.
Bravo
Pierre

benkrut (2407) 2006-07-13 20:56

Hi
The point of view is unusual but the most incredible issue here is the sky. I wish I had this kind of sky in each my picture and I'm sure I wouldn't be bored.
Great picture.
Henryk

rmatthews (945) 2006-07-24 21:09

Very impressive...what do you do to get such wild skys? Are you burning them in? Very nice and interesting perspective. How do you like your Sigma lens? I've thought long and hard about getting one...I'm stuck in a loop comparing it to the Nikon 12-24mm version.

Nice picture...very stunning.

tabora (0) 2006-07-30 16:01

Bonjour Alana,
Splendide composition,le ciel est magnifique ainsi que les couleurs.
On dirait une peinture.
Amitiés Joseph

corsicastorm (3236) 2006-08-01 7:38

Quel ciel!!!!!!! j'adore!!! je tire mon chapeau!!

dcawker (5717) 2006-08-02 10:58

HDR again, I'd suspect! And I love it!! (some people are weird about tone-blending but not me.. it's the future!) Regards, Doug

Click3 (1886) 2006-08-04 22:04

Alana...this pic is absolutely stunning...what viewpoint, what fantastic treatment - colours, texture, detail, depth...just goes to show what marvel you can obtain with combination of photographic sensibility & technical expertise. Must carry on learning...thanks for the lesson. Best regards, Robert

hizbul (171) 2006-08-04 22:15

When my heart starts beating, It means I have seen a great picture, like this picture of yours, thanks for sharing

Budapestman (82620) 2006-08-12 15:23

Hi Alana!
AMAZING natural photo! Great impression and beautiful mood! What a sky! Perfect shot! Fabled!
Thank you, nice days,
George

hoorge (1434) 2006-08-15 21:17

Good imagination, good creativity, fantastic colors and composition.

plimrn (21344) 2006-08-16 23:30

Hi Alana,
Your POV emphasizes the stunning sky well. The angle you've chosen makes it seem like the clouds are streaming out a small palm tree.
Regards, Pat

rajhema (1873) 2006-08-17 6:14

Very dramatic presentation here Alana. The sky looks like straight from a scifi movie. Excellent framing and vibrant colors. Very sharp too!

tfs
Rajesh

vts_ch (2624) 2006-09-30 16:15

I discovered your gallery and I am just amased by the way you represent and, thus, work on the skies...

Well done

Vince

mhoule (260) 2006-12-23 16:41

Hi Alana,

I like your photographic work very much. All your shots are awesome in terms of composition, color and post-processing. You're an artist for sure. I choose this one for the dramatic sky and for the unusual point of view. I am glad to see the image quality you got from your Sigma lens...I will probably buy one soon.

But the equipment here is second, what amazes me more is your talent as a photographer and the originality of your shots. You're one of my favorites !

Best regards.

Marcel

japiey (10163) 2007-04-08 18:30

Alana.
Nature at its best in frame. There's nothing to be cropped. Outstanding. congrats.

jean paul

jirivrobel (542) 2007-04-20 4:33

As I said before, dramatic and brilliant!

waseemkhan (1099) 2007-06-24 11:00

Hi Alana ,
That sky is really amazing, and your low viewpoint adds to the dynamism of this image.
Excellent.....................
well don,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Tfs,
waseem khan

fijiphil (1355) 2007-07-04 12:15

Alana I love your work and the amazing sharpness and strong colours you achieve. However I'm deducting a point here for the very clumsy PP work to the left there, where the sky abruptly changes from a dark blue to a light blue where you've obviously lightened up your foreground. Amazed nobody else has pointed that out. But then, I shouldn't be, because, after all, this is Trekearth...

humayun (3129) 2007-12-01 18:43

Hello alana.....................
wow great compo.........
noce dof.........
weldon...............

Khattakphoto (686) 2008-06-16 3:27