i luv ur work this picture is definetly one of my favorites keep takin good pics really good job thanks for keepin my spirit high
ali
another one of those 'war of the worlds'ish shots. very nice and incredible
Posted by rich at August 19, 2005 01:49 AMThat's crazy! Looks like the aftermath of nuclear fallout.
Posted by Aaron Schmidt at August 19, 2005 01:54 AMnice
Posted by nom at August 19, 2005 02:23 AMWow... this is simply amazing (and i think i'm the first one to post a comment !!!)
That photo is just incredible... there's so much Photoshop in this ???
Posted by Tousiger at August 19, 2005 02:27 AMHoly-------cow. Hands down, best picture on the website. Awesome awesome job.
Posted by Tommy at August 19, 2005 03:04 AMGorgeous!
Posted by JamesK at August 19, 2005 03:36 AMFine shot, given the circumstances.(If you were driving the car, I'm doubly impressed!)
Posted by John at August 19, 2005 03:58 AMI love the way the streaks of orannge sperads across the picture from the left side. The fog/mist just adds to the calm. Great capture.
Posted by Srijith at August 19, 2005 04:07 AMDramatic. Really nice. Looks a bit like a giant robot invasion too.
Posted by Andy at August 19, 2005 05:13 AMAbsolutely beautiful!
Posted by David July at August 19, 2005 06:09 AMMein Englisch reicht leider nicht aus, um meine Begeisterung über dieses Foto auszudrücken! Deshalb in meiner Muttersprache: Dieses Foto wirkt fast wie von einem anderen Stern. Irgendwie gespenstisch und doch freundlich. Wunderschön!
Posted by Liz at August 19, 2005 06:34 AMCool. Alien-like pylons.
Posted by James at August 19, 2005 06:40 AMThis is awesome!
Posted by ams at August 19, 2005 07:07 AMBrilliant shot. I lobe the lighting.
Posted by Navin Harish at August 19, 2005 07:37 AMThis shot is awesome! You wouldn't happen to have some wallpaper sized ones laying around, would you?
Posted by Jay D at August 19, 2005 08:24 AM"The horror", "the horror". This looks like one of those humid days we had. This is one of my favorite photos of yours. Lots of drama.
Posted by JasOn at August 19, 2005 08:24 AMAh the beauty of 500kv hydro lines of the Gattineau corridor. Lots of fun experiments you can do under those lines.
Surprisingly sharp photo for the conditions.
Posted by Sean Galbraith at August 19, 2005 09:14 AMCheck this out everyone!! This is so amazing! I just discovered Google maps.
Go into Google home page, choose "more", then look for the link titled "maps". type in Caledon and navigate your way in using the zoom and scroll buttons, then you can see an actual satellite image of the badlands area (Look for Olde Baseline (Hwy 12), west (left) of Chinguacousy Rd.) as well as any area in the world!!!! Pretty amazing. Some are capable of pretty close satellite shots.
hmmmm, reminds me at the 1950s, 1960s scifi-films.
you know the giant walking robots sorta ;-)
btw: "hydro-tower"? (non-native english speaker) reminds me of a "water-tower"?
Posted by Jim at August 19, 2005 09:22 AMGorgeous
Posted by Babak at August 19, 2005 10:16 AMIt's all about timing. You are amazing with picking the right time, taking the right shot. You are my hero~ Keep shooting, I will keep loving... (^_^)
Posted by JacQ at August 19, 2005 10:19 AMOh my God!! This is overpowering!
Posted by neowenyang at August 19, 2005 10:34 AMHi,
Awesome abstracted photo!
Sky is so beautiful.
Wow, this is beautiful. This one screams for Desktop wallpaper version. :)
Posted by Ian at August 19, 2005 10:47 AMOuch! I've tried to capture this photo of the hydro towers on a few trips to Toronto now. *Damn* you're good, Sam.
Cheers
Posted by Paul W. Hays at August 19, 2005 11:00 AMLiz's (German) message above would read in English :
Unfortunately my English is not sufficient enough to express my enthusiasm about this photo! Therefor in my native language: This photo almost appears from another star. Somewhat spooky and still friendly. Wonderful!
I hope it's close enough what Liz wanted to express.
somehow i stumbled upon your website (maybe through apple) and i've been so excited every day to open my browser and see a new picture. i live in tennessee (USA) and i have fallen in love with canada as each days comes and i see another beautiful picture of such a great country. there's so much in each picture that i tend to stare into them and feel as if i'm there. great pictures, really crisp imaging and i look forward to tomorrow and each day after that!
Posted by brad mclaughlin at August 19, 2005 11:09 AMAbsolutly Stunning Sam,
What a nice foggy sunset/rise
I totally love this shot. Is that reflection from the window i see?
Posted by vincent at August 19, 2005 11:52 AMthats ridiculamous! you got that from a moving car.....jealous. jealous!!
Posted by nothere at August 19, 2005 12:07 PMamazing
Posted by blu at August 19, 2005 12:10 PMWallpaper version please? :)
And about the wallpapers you make availble from time to time (Which are greatly appreciated), could it be possible to make a widescreen one as well?
One of the best pics to date ;)
Posted by Hitesh Sawlani at August 19, 2005 12:46 PMAmazing.
Posted by Ayan at August 19, 2005 01:10 PMBIG FAN....GREAT PICTURE.
can anyone answer this question for me...are all these pics. shot in RAW. I am starting to pick up photography is having a camera that supports RAW formats a must. I am looking to buy a Canon S2 IS..please advice.
Posted by Prateek Sangal at August 19, 2005 01:18 PMEspero que puedan leer mi mensaje:
descubrì por sorpresa esta pagina web y estoy encantado con ella. Me gusta mucho la fotografia y durante mis peridods de vacaciones aquì en el sur de Chile, siempre estoy registrando los viajaes a las zonas de los lagos de la IX y X regiòn de mi pais.
Trabajè ademas, en una Hidroelectrica en el sector de Rapel, VII regiòn de chile, a unos 5oo km de santiago, asi es que estas imagenes de hoy me son muy familiares.
Bien, un saludo desde santiago de chile a tdos ustedes.
Wow, so many of your shots along with this one have repeatedly defined my definitioin of bliss. Keep up the good work.
Posted by Cody at August 19, 2005 04:49 PMwow! i someone above said(yes i do read all the comments:D) "i lobe the lighting"..i really do! and spelling mistakes too..hehe! anyway sam awsome picture..altohugh some might find it somewhat too crowded..im still impressed! "lobe" the clouds!
Posted by Andy at August 19, 2005 05:22 PMyou have a unique talent for taking the mundane and transforming it into something enchanting...this photograph being a perfect example of this god-given gift. please tell us, sam, before you snap the shutter can you actually picture in your mind what the actual photo will look like? i have seen rows of hydro pylons "millions of times" but never once so absolutely beautiful. i hope you realize how special you are.
Posted by martin at August 19, 2005 05:34 PMTo Jim who was wondering about "hydro" towers. Ontario generates a lot of its power using hydro-electric generating stations (i.e. dams). It's so prevalent that many power utility companies have "hydro" in their name. Most people refer to their electrical service generically as "hydro" as in "It's time to pay my hydro bill." or "Look at the cool picture of hydro towers that Sam took." In Canada, the use of the term is pretty much restricted to BC, Ontario, and Quebec because that's where all the big dams are located.
Posted by Bob at August 19, 2005 05:53 PMit reminds me of the movie BRAZIL.
Posted by siavash at August 19, 2005 07:27 PMwow, looks very interesting.
Posted by mamo at August 19, 2005 09:04 PMVery cool. This shot is somewhat similar to the photo posted today at www.downdream.org, although you might have to click "previous" to see it.
Posted by Jesse at August 19, 2005 10:31 PMIt looks great.I've always liked photos of dawn and fog
Posted by kikko77 at August 20, 2005 12:03 AMwow, that is an amazing shot.
Posted by kat at August 20, 2005 01:50 AMAbsolutely breath-taking shot!
The talent that you have with taking photos is a gift to us all. You undoubtly strive very hard everyday to come up with all these great shots.
We all truely enjoy your work.
Thank you for sharing this with us all!
I can't wait until tomorrow.
I'll see you then!
Marc
(in Toronto)
Where is the wallpaper version for this one?
Posted by Lucas Engel at August 20, 2005 02:21 AMThis is a beautiful picture, and it reminds me of home. but I was wondering why do they build the towers in such way. So the tower in the back makes sense, but look at the two front towers. The bottom two wire groups are suspended from the horizontaly extending structure of the tower - and that makes sense - but the top bundle of wires is suspended from a centre of a beam that looks uselessly too big and that sits on top of two arms, each of which seem to have an obvious weak point. Does that make sense? maybe the weak points are not really weak - there's a beauty in function. Maybe it's done so that people can take pretty pictures. That rocks...
Posted by Jiri at August 20, 2005 01:45 PMthis is great!
Posted by tee at August 20, 2005 05:11 PMNice! Shots like these make me wish I'd stopped and gotten a less blurred shot, but with the fog it's so blurry already. Looks good.
Posted by Viking054 at August 20, 2005 05:17 PMThis seems so alike to a video game art. its crazy cool!
i like how this was taken from a moving car and the blurs that come with it.
Posted by Hugh at August 20, 2005 09:14 PMawesome. one of my favourites!
Posted by maddie at August 21, 2005 06:45 AMcool colours.
Posted by Martin at August 21, 2005 08:45 AMThis would make a great cover for a techno compilation! I love all your photos.
Posted by Dan at August 21, 2005 11:29 AMStunning. The fog, the sky, the orange tone. Love it.
Posted by Raffi at August 21, 2005 12:24 PMamazing! i think the best pictures we take can happen when we've got a split second to take them. did you snap many shots? what a beautiful sky!!!
divine. simply divine.
Posted by Maria at August 21, 2005 02:22 PMIt`s great!! When I`m looking at your photos I`m starting to think about moving to Toronto...
Keep doing your job . You`re the best !!
Posted by Harry at August 22, 2005 05:08 AMBeautiful photo. I love the lines and colors. You've made the simplist scene into a breathtaking image.
Posted by Ariela at August 23, 2005 09:54 AMSam,
What can I say that hasn't been said before? I will say that beauty of one thing doesn't take away from the beauty of another... but damn!!! If you keep setting high standard like this shot, it might make the other good pictures ordinary by comparison.
Wow. Such incredible light in this foto. The lines and the mist are seductive. The trees in the foreground left provide great dimension. Wonderful, breathtaking shot, Sam!
Posted by Abe at August 24, 2005 01:36 PMlove every one and the way your site is laid out a true pleasure to look and dream
Posted by scott morgan at August 29, 2005 10:30 PMCONGRATULATIONS!
GREAT PICTURE...
Posted by Veronica at September 3, 2005 07:53 AMI love the colors and the fog. I wouldn't think it was shot from a vehicle.
Posted by Alicia at September 5, 2005 10:01 AMThe fog is great... and the color of the sky makes the fog more dramatic
Posted by SmileTO at September 13, 2005 02:19 PMYou were lucky to compose the shot so nicely in such fast pasted environment as a car. :)
Posted by Icefreez at May 30, 2006 01:05 PM