Congratulation :)
Posted by Pooya Karimian at March 31, 2005 01:20 AMMany congrats Sam! Well deserved!
Posted by PhilB at March 31, 2005 01:41 AMStunning photo! The perspective is awesome when the picture is seen in whole.
did you really take all 3 pics handheld?
and Congrats for the well-deserved wins!
congratulations.
you deserve the it. Ü
Congratulations! I have your blog on my Desktop and it's still my first call every day. I'm not surprised you won the awards.
Posted by Margaret Roberts at March 31, 2005 02:26 AMCongrats! Happy to hear that. You earned it.
Posted by SlicesOfLife at March 31, 2005 02:38 AMWhat a creative concept, i wiil take a pic like this in a comercial place in MExico if you allow me to do it, i love this way of perspective, 3D in 2D, congratulations, you are a genius.
take care
Posted by rageforst at March 31, 2005 02:42 AMCongrats on the victory! I love this photo your panoramics are flawless. You should post a "How To" in the Forums.
Posted by Jmiller at March 31, 2005 03:01 AMCongratulations! What can we say... we like this place!
And this picture is very good, as usual. It reminds a bit of one of those Where's Waldo? books... Lots of things to look at. :)
Supreme champion! Top honours indeed, I am on my way to see the real thing.Best wishes.
Posted by Steve at March 31, 2005 03:11 AMCongratulation! I'm so glad to see the results of the Photobloggies. Its your right.
It is my first comment in this website, although I surf it everyday for about one and half years ago... be lucky in your whole life.
So much roof and then so much floor!!! Great images and big congratulations on the awards! I come here everyday and don't comment enough, as I'm sure many people do/don't, if you see what I mean. Anyway, I love your photography and have followed your site for some time, keep up the good work.
Posted by Andy (SensorChip) at March 31, 2005 04:01 AMCongrats. :)
You deserve it.
Posted by JJ at March 31, 2005 04:04 AMCongratulations for the awards, and work as you have worked until now. Your photos are excelent !!!
Congratulations!!
Posted by erral at March 31, 2005 04:14 AMتبریک بابت برنده شدنتون.اگه امکان داره اون سه تا عکس رو هم بطور جداگانه یه جایی بذارید تا بتونیم مقایسه کنیم .ممنون
Posted by مجید at March 31, 2005 04:17 AMIndeed a lot of scrolling and a huge mall ! and congrats on the photobloggies.
Your photolog has become one of my daily musts. Thank you!
Posted by Koro Castellano at March 31, 2005 06:01 AMSam, your photography is great, and your site is a joy to use, but your spirit and attitude remain humble and generous. That's why I voted for you.
Posted by Richard at March 31, 2005 06:23 AMgood on you, sam. keep up the excellent and inspiring work.
Posted by bud at March 31, 2005 06:48 AMYou deserve it, silly :p
I voted for you with great pleasure.
Posted by Tatou at March 31, 2005 07:33 AMCongrats Sam! We're with you all the way. Winning that Nikon CoolPix has me drooling. You are so going to love it! Linda
Posted by linda at March 31, 2005 07:53 AMCongratulations.
Look forward to seeing more at Contact in May.
Hugh
Posted by Hugh Crymble at March 31, 2005 07:54 AMGreat site... I just came across this photoblog while randomly searching blogs and saw some1's link to this site. I've only been coming for the past week and agree that you deserve all your accolades. You are a great photographer. I used to live in TO only to finish up my uni in the UK and your pictures bring me a taste of home all the way here. I love the way you are able to bring mundane stuff to life. The amazing way you photographed the Global Village Backpackers on Spadina. It looks so much nicer in your pictures than I remember it! Keep up the good work!
Posted by Christopher Kueh at March 31, 2005 08:31 AMWhat impresses me is the difficulty in finding the stitching... it'd be interesting to end up with half a person stitched. ;)
Posted by Matt at March 31, 2005 08:33 AMcongrats! you deserve it.
Posted by blu at March 31, 2005 08:48 AMCongratulations!! I have enjoyed studying your "eye" for a photograph in the everyday things and was happy to vote for you in the photobloggies. While you give credit to those who voted for you, it really is YOU that does the work and gives the rest of us inspiration to improve our own work. So, THANK YOU!!
Posted by Bob Foss at March 31, 2005 08:50 AMYes, you deserve this award. Congratulations.
I've only followed your blog for a few weeks, but you have quality here. And also, you are helpful to others through your forum and your descriptions of your PhotoShop processing.
Thank you.
Posted by John Farnsworth at March 31, 2005 08:56 AMWell this picture documents how Americanized our Eaton's Centre(ahem should have I said Sears Center?) become with 'our' Starbucks, Tristan America, Sawaroswski. Too bad you didn't catch the water when it was in highest position though (ahem I know it is impossible).
Well-deserved! Your photos bring joy to my days at work and display a wonderful appreciation of our city. Please keep it up. Incidentally, this is a cool shot of Eaton Centre.
Posted by Josh Paterson at March 31, 2005 09:07 AMCongrats!!!
Posted by designguy at March 31, 2005 09:08 AMCongratulations! I'm glad you are getting the credit you deserve and please keep photoblogging!
Posted by A.S. at March 31, 2005 09:44 AMCongrats Sam! Why shocked? You are the best!
Posted by Arezoo at March 31, 2005 09:47 AMWell, what can i say,this is my first visiting this web and I was stunned by the first picture that I have seen. It is significantly stunning. I love your work at first sight.
Cheer !!!
Tay
Posted by Tay at March 31, 2005 09:59 AMthis shot is astounding. congrats on the photobloggies.
Posted by JLM at March 31, 2005 10:06 AMfor some one doing such a creative work i thought you would not care about the awards and other stuff. i saw you mention it so many days so i went and voted for you. you are the best do you really need an award to tell you that?
Posted by prasanth at March 31, 2005 10:19 AMCongratulations!
Posted by rod at March 31, 2005 10:49 AMHi! Congratulations! Your blog is the best, I was in Toronto last summer, and I loved the city, seing your photos makes me remember all places I visited there, I hope you still take photos of your city, because are incredible.
Regards, from Mexico City.
Well done, Sam!
Well deserved congratulations on a really impressive accomplishment...especially outstanding when one sees all the fine work of the other participants too.
CONGRATULATIONS ON THE AWARDS! :)
Posted by emily at March 31, 2005 11:20 AMcongratulations to you!
I started visiting your site last Year and Your site has been totally enjoyable and I’m happy for you!
you are one of my preceptor in photography and I think your photos are excellent and well done on the award!
This is soooo cool.
Sam, you are an inspiration to us all.
Congratulations - you deserved it!
Congratulations, Sam. I look forward to seeing your photos everyday. You're a real inspiration.
Posted by Alex at March 31, 2005 11:42 AMEnhorabuena por el premio canadiense.
Posted by Lucas at March 31, 2005 11:59 AMCongatulations for Photobloggies award. Beautiful shot.
Posted by ciro at March 31, 2005 12:23 PMi always found the eaton center kind of strange. you have office windows *inside* the mall.
Posted by woo at March 31, 2005 01:16 PMCongrats on you awards!!! Hooray! (i voted for you ^_^) i love the shots that you do like this one, it feels like im actaully there and they have this awesome effect of making me dizzy. great shot!
Posted by Bluemonkey at March 31, 2005 01:18 PMhey man!
congrats and cheers from Chile!
take care
bye
Posted by cristian at March 31, 2005 01:18 PMCONGRATULATIONS FROM VENEZUELA
GREAT SITE!!!
:D
Congratulations. Well deserved.
Loving your work all the way from the UK.
(Glad I voted, I am sure it made the difference!!)
this looks great! everytime i go to eatons (which is practically every week), i always feel like taking a picture of the glass ceiling. never got to it though. this inspired me to try the photostitch program too! works great..
congrats!
Posted by vanessa at March 31, 2005 01:40 PMcongratulations on the results.
I see lot of noise, specialy on the ads in the center of the picture.
Posted by behr.o0o.z at March 31, 2005 01:43 PMHey! How can you stitch pictures with people moving on them ? Is it difficult ?
Posted by mrflat at March 31, 2005 01:45 PMNo surprise here Sam! You are the best!! Congratulations!!!
Posted by Gemma at March 31, 2005 02:07 PMCONGRATULATIONS! You deserve them. Your photoblog is truely my daily dose of imagary. Keep up the great job.
Posted by Ninjaess at March 31, 2005 02:32 PMI am now following your site since chromasia listed the winers and the categories. i will have to trawl your archive to bring myself up to speed.
I am so used to the usual format of photoblogs that initially I disliked the potential blandness of this image because they usually fit a screen and the top seemed of little interest. only once I had scrolled down did i realise the grand scale of it.
very well stitched. difficult or does the program do the work?
are you male or female, just for perspective.
cheers
Posted by tobias at March 31, 2005 02:39 PMCongrats! You really deserved it :)
Posted by Khorshid Khanoom at March 31, 2005 03:50 PMCongratulations!
I just figured out how to stitch photos with my camera's software and I am having a great time playing with it. I like the vertical shots much better and this one is great!
Posted by kristal at March 31, 2005 03:53 PM*WOW!* three?? hehe well i have to say that I voted for you xD
but yea, awesome shot :D
It would be great if you started on oneside took three large shots, then looked the other direction and took 3 large shots, and put those two large images together xDD hah i hope you understood that.
CONGRATS~!
You have the best site for sure, and I was proud to vote for you.... I live in Toronto and I LOVE how you display the city.
Take care and enjoy your rewards!
Shannon Loftus CITYTV CITYLINE UNIT ASSISTANT
Wow, good job, you deserve it.
Posted by Tonia at March 31, 2005 07:01 PMWow congrats! I'm glad to see my vote helped you out. I can't imagine how it feels to win. Keep up the good work. Oh yeah terrific shot of the mall I love the scrolling shots :)
Posted by will at March 31, 2005 07:45 PMThe compression kills this! You should make vertical long posters and sell them :)
Posted by Lorin Halpert at March 31, 2005 07:55 PMWell done!!! :D
Posted by Lumeah at March 31, 2005 09:33 PMSam:
You really deserved the awards. As a lot of the people here, I also gladly voted for your photoblog. I think it's amazing. Keep up the good work.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!
Posted by Cesar Fandino at March 31, 2005 09:39 PMCongradulations man!
Posted by Ayan at March 31, 2005 10:02 PMCongrats on the awards, Sam. Well deserved. Cheers!
Posted by Sopwith at April 1, 2005 12:33 AMThis is one vertigo-inducing shot, Sam! Great stitch job.
Posted by Carrie at April 1, 2005 12:33 AMi love these images of the photos stitched together-- i just keep looking at them over and over.. theyre amazing
Posted by kandi at April 1, 2005 12:40 AMHe aqui otro chileno felicitandote por tu excelente sitio web y fotografias; un premio muy merecido!
Would be nice to see more of the Chinese, Portuguese, Indian, Italian, and other Toronto neighbourhoods if you get a chance.
Posted by chotno98 at April 1, 2005 01:57 AMSam, mille grazie per fotografie cosi grandi. Le congratulzioni sulle ricompense!
Posted by mle at April 1, 2005 08:22 AMMany Congratulations on your Photobloggies results - very much deserved :)
Posted by Rick at April 1, 2005 08:25 AMWow Sam.. congratulations! I think you're going to break the 100-comments barrier today!
The photo is beautiful, very well done. I do prefer the one in Scotia Place more, but this is still very well done. These images with people subject doing.. well, what people do is very interesting to look at. Everyone in their own little world... at once.
J
Posted by Justin at April 1, 2005 10:49 AMcongrats. first time commenting here but a regular visitor. I voted for you ya kno.
Posted by khotta at April 1, 2005 06:20 PMHey, congrats and all... but it's completely moronic to put a 360k 750x2610 pixel photograph on the front page of your photo blog. Sorry for the harshness, it's a nice photo and all, but not nearly nice enough to merit the bandwidth.
Posted by Jeff at April 1, 2005 11:31 PMI've been working long hours and so I don't remember if I've commented on this pic (would take about a day to read through here to see if I have) so .... thanks, once again, for another incredible photo-stitched shot. You really put together something incredible each and every day, and I and many I know here in Phoenix appreciate all of your efforts. And if I didn't already congradulate you on your photobloggies victories - I congradulate you now! So deserved, Sam. You inspire me and produce new ideas in me daily.
Posted by Abe at April 2, 2005 12:43 AMYour photos inspire me to love this city more and more each day. What a great tribute to Toronto and our neighbourhood. I recognize 'home' in many of your photos. We're probably neighbours!
Congratulations. I'm sure I'm only one of many that voted for you and have your site bookmarked.
Posted by toronto gal at April 2, 2005 01:01 AM
great capture! i guess that what you call the 'perfect night shot'. i did it once with my 35mm and the photos turned out so bad that i just have to hide em. i keep one of them on my desk thou to remind me to use a tripod since i'm no expert like you. i hope i bummed into you sometimes. i hope you don't mind autographs! :)
Posted by Karina at April 2, 2005 01:32 AMI never realized those "beams" on the ceiling were air ducts! wow
Posted by Emily at April 2, 2005 09:25 AMCongratulations, Sam. affarin!
Posted by saeed at April 2, 2005 11:33 PMBeen following you for over a year-- glad you finally are getting recognized for your great works!!
Posted by Magabe at April 5, 2005 03:15 PMyou make us torontonians proud.
Posted by Muhammad at April 6, 2005 11:16 AMWell done. I also have a Canon camera with stitch capabilities. I have never tried this ... thanks for stimulating creativity!
Posted by Ian at April 8, 2005 10:07 AMI had this photo opened in another window, and when I returned I only saw the bottom-part. My first reaction was: wow, miniature-puppets. And then I thought about recent photo's I saw with miniature-effect, and then I realised this was the incredible big stitched photo.
I really think you should post the bottom part as single photo. It's great and deserves more attention then only as a part of a big photo. It's seems almost like a plastic tableau. I love it!
(PS I didn't read the 84 comments, so forgive me if this has been said befpore)
Posted by Irene at April 10, 2005 06:41 AMWOW!
Posted by Shlomo at April 10, 2005 02:52 PMGood going Sam I am
Posted by James Bond at April 12, 2005 12:07 PMMy sincere contratulations to your awards, very well earned indeed. Have made a habit to go to DDOI and enjoy the marvellous pictures that you capture. Thanks, and keep up your amazing work! /a
Posted by Anders Aqulin at April 14, 2005 05:42 PMthis picture took my breath away!!
Posted by susan at May 24, 2005 08:36 AM