simply amazing!!

And a again a great shot! Thanks for the every day inspiration. Kind regards from Holland.

thats the coolest city hall i've ever seen!

Hey,
I like the circularity in the picture, the way it completes itself. It seems somewhat musical in its waves and reflections. Just a quick question: do you post the technical info. for the pictures you take? Keep up the good work!

beautiful.. those reflections are amazing, look like painted with light :) and the scene looks so dynamic too.. I like it

this is amazing, i'm going to have to call it one of my favourites. you are so skilled at capturing such familiar buildings and scenes in such new and beautiful ways.

Is there any word but breathtaking for this photograph........ WOW

wow! Great picture. It has alot of style and elegance.

wow... you're killin' me Sam! Superb! Other-words-in-the-Theasurus-for-superb!

absolutely stunning

Wow great picture! Il like the reflextion.

Wonderful!

نگاه یک عکاس به مناظر و وقایع دور و اطرافش واقعا نگاهیست بی نظیر و منحصر به فرد. عکس بسیار زیباییست . سبز باشید.

Only one word will do.

Beautiful.

Wow is the word Sam. Great prespective !!!

rad idea

awesome shot, great clearity and sharpness, light is good and B&W is great here.

what a nice pic it's great job you did

Your photo's are absolutely exquisite.
Yours is the first site I visit each morning.
Many blessings to you and yours.
Jeanne
Ontario Canada!

What a dazzling composition. It's so eye-catching!

Its a lovely picture.Well done. Its a little bit sad i can't see that nice lineplay in one view and have to scroll down.

Great composition and lighting in this unique shot.

wow! when you get back from NY (may your eye+camera remind me what's best there), might you post on flickr, please? thanks for your art

Another amazing shot. You've been on a roll lately. Keep it up. Wish these were all wallpapers.

Lucas

Very nice photo, i like it a lot.

Beautiful image. I like the contrast between the still top and lively bottom. It's probably nice in colour too. Cheers.

fantastic lines.

Very nice lines! And a beautiful conversion.

Wonderful composition! Rich dark values. Thanks for the dramatic image.

Really pretty. I like B&W.

Oh I like this one :) If there was a foot of mist over the water then it'd feel like a '50s detective murder mystery :P

I enjoy most of your photos immensely. But this one shocked me into saying "Holy Cow..." the moment the browser window opened. Well done!

You've really been on a roll lately! The lights shining on moving water turned out to be a really neat effect. I'll prob try this out someday!

I haven't felt the need to comment here for quite some time, but today, i had to.

What a wonderful image Sam, I really like the lighting and the sharpness of the entire image.

cheers,

robb

Fabulous.

That's a great shot, very effective in black & white. Thanks!

I am really getting jealous of your photography. I simply love this photo!

Great perspective, makes you feel like you're about to jump in. Anyone hire you for cinematography work yet? ;-)

Nice. I like how the picture is black and white except for the little bit of red in the water.

Amazing shot. You've chosen very good point of view.

Fantastic! I've been loving these Toronto night shots. Your post work is really fabulous as well. Right on inspiring.

Ok this one REALLY rocks! Awesome composition. I like what you did with the color, making it almost black and white.

I found your website a few months ago while killing time. It is now one of my favorite sites that I frequent.
I took a quick trip to Torronto in October of 2003, and fell in LOVE! the city. What a great place to live in.
You shots are wonderful. You have a great tallent and look forward to a new image eachday.
Keep up the good work!

One of the things I love about your photos is the intense 'Toronto-ness' of them. I live in downtown Toronto but I am regularly given a fresh view of the city by your pics. It's delightful to see something I have seen a million times but to look at it in a new way. So thanks for that.

This shot of city hall is very glamourous. I find the actual space grim - except for the people skating in winter or strolling in summer, maybe gathering for a demonstration or looking at a (usually) bad painting in one of those giant art shows. The building was designed and built as a statement about how wonderful and lively our cities could be. But, somehow, the 'futuristic' shape now looks a bit sad, like a promise we haven't quite lived up to.

Your pic is a reminder of the building's genuine dramatic beauty. It is a glamourous promotional shot that captures that feeling. But what I like about the photo is the slightly 'ghostly' feel of the building - like the lighting of the spaceship in The Day the Earth Stood Still.

Like Professor Barnhardt says in that movie: "It isn't faith that makes good science Mr. Klaatu, it's curiosity." True for photography as well, I think.

To my way of thinking,"City Hall Reflected" is a superb example of a most important aspect of photography. All of us who visit "the blogs" regularly must have seen dozens, if not hundreds, of images featuring Toronto City Hall. Many, no doubt, have seen the actual structure.
This is the first time I have really had any reason to think about it; or to have really seen it. The "normal" approach presents this unusual building simply as a venue; a setting for whatever is seen to be happening around it.
Your choice of black and white, isolating the subject from its surroundings, of the angle, of the well planned abstract basis of the image makes a picture of a well known building a different and more important visual experience.
I expect Toronto City Hall has not been seen this way before, except in the mind of the architect before putting it on the drawing board.
I wonder what the architect might have to tell us regarding this particular image of his work. I would really like to know.
I think, personally, that this image is one of those that introduces a whole new way of seeing and of thinking; which may be the ultimate of what "art" can do for us.
Bravo, Sam, well seen and well done; and thanks for sharing.

Having just offered a really long-winded comment on Toronto City Hall, I feel compelled to apologize for the excess.
Perhaps: "Wow, man!" or "that's totally awesome!" should have sufficed :)

Really nice!MashaAllah.

A very inspired shot!! Love it!

goddamm that is one mega wide angle!!! great reflections :D

The reflections of the lights in the water are great. Like the squiggly lines they draw in the water.

oh my GOSH. This is just STUNNING. Truly, one of the best DDOI *ever*. Great work, man.

oh my gosh. I just have to comment again. *Everything* is just right about this photo, the placement of City Hall, the arches over the fountain, the reflections, the amount of water in the foreground, just everything. A new personal fave.

I love how the lights are turned into swirling lines in the water. If only Nathan Phillips Square looked this good in reality!

HOLY sh!t....I dont comment often, but that is exactly what I said when I saw this pic today...the reflections are amazing.

that's the city hall ??!
i thought it is a hotel ... until i saw your caption

awesome... it looks so majestic

Finally! A fresh take on Nathan Phillips Square.
Great shot.

Beautiful composition, lighting, and tones. It's amazing that you can continue to come up with fresh subjects and ideas after photoblogging for so long in TO. Very nice, Sam!

fantastic! i love the way the lights reflect off the water and the way city hall looks. You make it look so beautiful. i spent a year there as an intern and I've never seen Nathan Philips Square look so great.

Special point of view,so beautiful night cityscape,beautiful foutain,lovely reflection.

wow... no other word.

Magnificent! I love the way the reflections look here, very "electric".

gorgeous reflections you captured there. the photo almost looks sepia...

WOW. I love this one.

this is really nice.
great depth.

What a totally fabulous image. Really outstanding. You managed to find an original way to capture the hall and add some interesting elements such as the reflections on the water.

Electric!

Very nice :) I love how detailed everything is in both the foreground and the background, and it never loses sharpness

Amazing. The more I visit your blog, the more I want to take artistic photos again.

Nice composition and excellent reflection. Beautiful lighting and color tone.

amazing take! lovely reflections.

Amazing! Took my breath away. Thanks for all your brilliant shots. Maureen Scotland.

why has no one commented at this picture, is it because is too good?
sam one of your best

Wierd - no questions or comments yet on today's photo?

It's the best one I've seen in a couple of weeks.

Oh. Nevermind. I think there were no comments because of comment moderating.

I'll see myself out.

well done as always sam. i was waiting fo ran image like this from you, great eye. i'm jealous you're in the big apple. i cannot wait to take a trip there, photo playground!

i look forward to the shots you bring back! get some gritty dirty stuff for me

Wow... Nice work. Finally an inspired photograph again. The abstract nature of the reflected light on the pool in Nathan Phillip's sq. is an interesting contrast to the "concrete" (figuratively and literaly) city hall buildings in the background.

wow. what a cool shot. it looks great black and white.

Absolutely Gorgeous!

secksi!

Wow. Absolutely stunning shot of city hall. The reflections are gorgeous and I love the super wide angle.

For me, it's one of your best shots. Everything is in place and the composition is perfect. Good choice on the tone and love the mooving lights in the water. :-)

I lived on Bloor and Bay but Toronto was never this beautiful to me. It was wonderful but your photos make it seem more beautiful than Paris sometimes. I lived in Paris for a while and Paris in my heart is unbeatable. :) Fantastic effects! What would you do with Paris, Sam? Makes me shiver...

awesome.

Looks just stunning in monochrome and those rippling reflections are too delicious!!

Oh so beautifull! I love black and white

wow this is really pretty. black and white was a good choice. the reflections are so awesomely interesting and abstract looking. keep it up

that is phenominal!

Do you imagine how pleased and amazed I am? I know you do. Keep sharing this wonderful moments.

stunning!

Cool symmetry there. Love how the reflection of the lights seems to be dancing on the water surface.

so gorgeous !

Simply stunning. Beautiful B&W.

Wow! That is an absolutely awesome photo. Colour, composition, everything! I like the contrast between the defined lines of city hall/ the arches, against the wavy abstractness of the water.

I love that...I love love love that...great work sam...you're really something

the reflections are phenomenal!

amazing!!

reminds me of miami vice - maybe we will see something similar in a future installment of GTA

amazing pic. like the refelections.

This is a marvelous shot Sam, ... the tones in this image are beautiful. Very nice.

cool pool

wow !! that's a good photo you have taken there !!

You have an amazing eye. Excellent shot!

That is an absolutely amazing photograph. It's almost as if the new city hall was built there -just so- this shot could be taken. It's just so perfect.

Man, everything I see or hear of Toronto makes me want to move there more and more (stuck in Athens, GA, USA at the moment).

oh my gosh! my mouth just dropped open when i saw this one. this is one of the most beautiful photos ive ever seen. is there any way you can make it a wallpaper?

simply AMAZING!

incredible shot! great work. best photo I've seen in a while!

i know ill never get a remark on myphotos but..

shimmery brilliant image..

Great point of view.

More than anything else - as an amateur photographer - this photo makes me want to go and look at my world in a whole new way and see what I can capture! This photo has INSPIRED me!
Like everyone else - I don't think I have ever pictured city hall quite like this... GREAT eye, Sam.

Love it! So much I want to yell it out in uppercase! I like most of your photos but this is the first one I've felt like commenting on. Black and white for this was a good choice.

Here I love the reflexions it seems chinese ideograms! Great work!

amazing.

simply stunning....nice work

I'm kinda late, but this photo is truly startling. Bravo, Sam, this is your masterpiece!

Wow! Now that is a beautiful shot!!!

gorgeous, gorgeous. black & white = always has been my love. so much depth in them.

Great point of view.

Definitely awesome.

Really like your photo!keep shooting

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