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Sharing one #Picaday of some of my favourite photos from my 30+ years of picture making.
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2024-06-23 #Toronto #On

Ok, yet another edge of #liminalspace

Also denoted by a colourful warning...

#picaday #photography #streetphotography
2024-06-23 Toronto, Ontario, Canada - View up towards scaffolding with a bright orange red cherry picker lift center, coming up from bottom of frame. Scaffolding fills the whole frame, fading into shadows. Canon R6 - 28mm f4.5 1/100s iso250
August 26, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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2026-05-09 #Toronto #Ont

Slowly explaining that the #RoadClosed sign are for a reason.

#streetphotography #picaday #photography #street
2026-05-09 Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Color photo taken on Queen street outside the construction site for the Ontario Line subway expansion. A rental van is parked infront of the access gate adorned with 4 'Road Closed' signs and several other danger warning signs. A high visibility vested working is standing next to the van, talking to the driver. Canon R6 28mm f8 1/125s iso160
June 15, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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2021-07-17 #Ontario

just a red marker, denoting the edge #LiminalSpace

a perilous #calm to contrast again the last #picaday

#photography #travel
2021-07-17 Ontario Canada - Nearly empty photo with a single red boye in extremely calm water. There is no horizon line as fog has covered everything past 100 feet with only a slight ripple beyound the warning marker revealing any hint of water or space. Canon R - 105mm F5.6 1/1600s iso100
June 10, 2026 at 5:38 PM
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2026-01-11 #Toronto #Canada

#longexposure on #yongestreet to really give you the sense of pace in downtown.

#picaday #anonStreet #streetphotography #bnwphotography
2026-01-11 Toronto, Ontario, Canada - black and white photo of the back of a blonde person in a heavy dark winter trench coat waiting at a cross walk in a medium shot. Streaks of people and cars move in front and behind the stationary person. Canon R6 50mm f14 1/8s iso160
June 8, 2026 at 11:46 AM
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2026-05-31 #Toronto #Canada

Just a fun little scene...

#Noparking #nospace #bnwphotography #picaday #photography #streetphotography
2026-05-31 Toronto, On, Canada - Black and white photo of a back alley brick wall, with a strong diagonal shadow. A security camera is watching a space between a dumpster(with city of Toronto logo) and a shipping crate style metal box. The only sign on the brick wall is a 'No Parking' any time due to the 'Fire Lane' access required. Canon R5 28mm f2.8 1/125s iso200
June 2, 2026 at 12:14 PM
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2022-09-01 #Toronto #Canada
There is just too much fun to be had with #longexposure #photography

What's the best long exposure you've done?
#streetphotography #picaday #CNE #OSHAviolation
2022-09-01 - Toronto, Ontario, Canada: long exposure shot of a tilt-a-whirl fair ride. The ride is blurred into a fast movement effect, while a bright red shirted man leans toward the ride in a dangerous appearing fashion. Canon R6 24mm f22 1/8s iso50
May 20, 2026 at 1:04 PM
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2024-10-14 #Hikone #Japan

Just the #cutest #publictransport that makes sense for tight streets.

And just think, without adverts, what that bold colour design could have been.

#street #photography #travel #picaday
2024-10-14 Hikone, Japan - Colour photo of a miniature bus used in local public transit. It's a soft rounded design with large prominent windows and lower sitting donut tires. Powerlines bisect a slightly cloudy blue sky. Canon R6 37mm f11 1/320sec iso250
November 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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2025-10-08 #Saint-Irénée #Quebec

always fun to catch the #golden #fallcolors in isolation

#picaday #photography #landscape
2025-10-08 #Saint-Irénée #Quebec - Colour photo of a field of corn gone golden in the fall season, with white pillowy clouds in the background. Canon R6 70mm f8 1/800sec iso200
November 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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2025-08-23 #Toronto #Ontario

Just a #flower to brighten the #picaday with.

#photography
2025-08-23 Toronto, Ontario, Canada, A close up photo of a yellow flower with multiple layers of acentric peddles, falling off into a blurry dark background. Canon R6 50mm f2.5 1/800sec iso200
October 29, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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2025-10-08 #Saint-Irénée #Quebec

Still recovering from a #roadtrip up north, but to celebrate the fall colour wonders, enjoy this #monochrome of the #StLawrence

#picaday #photography #landscape #canada
2025-10-08 Saint-Irénée, Quebec: Black and White photo of a jetty going into the St Lawrence seaway. Large rolling clouds fill the sky with the northern shore line darting into the water. Canon R6 42mm f7.1 1/320sec iso100
October 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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2022-06-16 #Halifax #NovaScotia

Just a Song #Sparrow sitting on a fence

#picaday #photography #wildlife
2022-06-16 Halifax, Nova Scotia - Colour photo of a Song Sparrow staring directly into the camera sitting between barbs on a security fence with a soft focus background, looking particularly hard Canon R6 600mm f11 1/640s iso800
September 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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2025-08-27 #Toronto #Ont -

There's been so many hateful things lately,

but there is usually a #hiddensmile somewhere to brighten the day.

#photography #picaday #BnW #monochrome #architecture
2025-08-27 Toronto Ontario - Black and white photo looking up in 'The Atrium on Bay' at the skylight ceiling of glass as it reflects off the varied interior office windows. A small hidden smiling face can be found in features on the ceiling. Canon R6 50mm f4 1/400s iso50
September 16, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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2025-08-23 #Toronto #Ontario

Was hoping for a bit more #scale in the background... but it just felt so comedic... the slow grinding sound as it dragged... and now such a #dramaticpose like a bored teenager.

#picaday #animatorthoughts #streetphotography #photography
2025-08-23 Toronto Ontario: Colour photo of a bright yellow crane in from frame right. The hook of the crane is dragging along the road leaving a superficial scratch has come to a rest position revealing the extreme weight of the comically oversized pully attachement. Canon R6 50mm f3.2 1/640sec iso640
August 28, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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2021-10-01 #VictoriaIsland #BritishColumbia

I too like to #livedangerously...

#picaday #travelphotography #photography #landscape
2021-10-01 Victoria Island, British Colombia, Canada: Color photo of a couple sitting a balancing log in front of the pacific ocean with large rolling foamy white waves crashing into nearby rocky outcrops. Canon R6 105mm f9 1/500sec iso100
August 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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2024-10-22 #Uji #Kyoto #Japan

when that local #Trainstation just happens to be a #brutalist #architectural #masterpiece...

#picaday #travel #photography #street
2024-10-22 Uji Kyoto Japan: black and white photo detailing the surface of a brutalist architecture of the local train station. Large curved archways punctuated by blocky support structure with deep dark groove accents. Canon R6 70mm f4.5 1/50 iso250
August 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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2025-08-01 #macrophotography

Getting the hang of #stackedfocus shooting, and just automating the merging of 13 shots.

There are still issues, but overall a great results for the effort required.

#picaday #photography #botany #flower
2025-08-01 Toronto Ontario: Color macro photo of a thistly orange flower. Canon R6 100mm F2.8 1/200sec iso125 (13 stacked photos)
August 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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2025-07-31 #Toronto #Ontario

First #ikebana arrangement I made... also first #ceramic vase I've made...

#picaday #photography #flowers
2025-07-31 Toronto Ontario - colour photo of an beginner ikebana flower arrangement in a unique curved vase, feature wire berries, small grass stalk and a bundle of flowers. Canon R6 100mm F5 1/100sec iso640
August 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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2019-09-28 #Toronto #Ontario

This was a weekend of 3 #protests... this one I dubbed the #bigotbrigade. Fortunately it was shutdown properly by the community, and weather... and police...

#picaday #photography #streetphotography
2019-09-28 Toronto Ontario: Colour photo of 'Front, Church, and Wellington' intersection red brick flat iron building. Crowd control police line the intersection in an even spaced pattern. Canon R 24mm f4 1/640sec iso200
July 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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2024-05-09 #Ceramics #Sculpture

The fun of #photography and #pottery hobbies combining,

Form of #ForbiddenDonut

#PicaDay
2024-05-09 Toronto Ontario: Colour photo of a ceramic donut. A bright orange glazed icing lays atop a bright white bare clay 'donut' sitting on a red wooden surface.
July 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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2022-09-12 #Toronto #Ontario

#AnonStreetPhotography should be a stronger tag.

Been working on a Scanner Darkly style algorithm, but finding that creative ways are always more fun.

#picaday #street #photography #bnwphotography
2022-09-12 Toronto, Ontario: Black and white photo of short haired lady crossing King st in the mid afternoon. She is exhaling a large cottony cloud from a vape obscures her face. Canon R6 24mm f1.8 1/800sec iso125
July 22, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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2022-10-30 #Toronto #Ontario

Views always change,

#picaday #streetphotography #photography
2022-10-30 Toronto, Ontario: Colour photo of a man standing at the edge of younge street blocked by a metal fence with a sign reading 'Road Closed, Pedestrian Detour Map' with a large chaotic construction site with multiple cranes and a concrete structure slowly blocking the view of the CN tower. Canon R6 50mm f5 1/400sec iso100
July 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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2025-06-29 #Ontario :
FOLLOW LOCAL REGULATIONS
FOR DISTANCE FROM BUILDING

#picaday #photography #streetphotography
2025-06-29 Ontario: Large white diesel fuel tank nestled next to red metal building with small red text reading; "follow local regulations for distance from building" Canon R6 28mm f3.5 1/250sec iso 160
July 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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2025-07-08 #Simcoe #Ontario
The security guard said "you cannot take photos"

"No, I check, the camera works"

#liminalspace #photography #picaday
2025-07-08: Simcoe, Ontario - old wooden bench sitting in a Grey square lit by a skylight in a empty mall. Strong liminal space feel. Canon R6 28mm 1/80sec f4.0 iso400
July 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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2019-09-22 #Montreal #Quebec - Always jump at a chance for a #longexposure shot, even #handheldshot can sometimes impress.

#picaday #streetphotography #photography #travel #transit #STM
2019-09-22 Montreal, Quebec - A long exposure color photo taken in the Montreal subway system. Looking down the platform a shaft of light illuminates a relatively empty red brick platform lined with vibrant yellow safety strip. A fast moving train is blurred along the far track mirroring the long yellow strip with equally vibrant blue. Canon R 35mm f4 1/5sec iso125
May 30, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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2020-05-26 #Toronto #Ontario - Going back through the #photovault and entertaining a #photobook idea...

then I found the sign

#picaday #streetphotography #photography
2020-05-26 Toronto, Ontario, Picture taken outside of 'Scientology' center, angled to show a constructions sign stating: "A development is coming ---- LAME Development co--"
May 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM