Comments: the rooftop

Great wide angle photograph, and it was clever to include your hand on the rail into the composition. I love all of the detail in the city below.

Posted by Beau at September 30, 2006 02:32 AM

Excellent way to finish this serie (for now). Here, It's not possible to have the chance of experimenting with renting lens at the top of tall buildings like you did. :-)

Posted by nferreira at September 30, 2006 02:43 AM

Fabulous technique. Sin that I suffer from vertigos

Posted by Fabio at September 30, 2006 03:41 AM

Ah, good memories. I walked around down there during my 1 and only visit to Toronto. This is a great cityscape, but surely that's the arm of a werewolf! ;)

Posted by Jon at September 30, 2006 03:50 AM

Hi,

I've not been bored with this series at all. For someone who's not fron Toronto, I appreciate the different architectural views.

Also in general, I think the site's ace!

Don't stop.

Iain, London. UK

Posted by Iain at September 30, 2006 04:41 AM

I'm glad you did not fall off that rooftop ;)

Posted by Susie at September 30, 2006 06:17 AM

You know Sam, the one thing I admire most about you (despite seeing you in person only once at York U when you were speaking along with Shahin) is that even with all of this fame you're still very down to earth and humble in the way you present yourself. I've seen other people who let it get to their head and get high on all the attention and that (I think) is their downfall.

Kudos to you.

(by the way, when will forums be open again?)

Posted by umar at September 30, 2006 06:28 AM

nice shot, good technical knowledge ;)

Posted by Ali at September 30, 2006 06:45 AM

This is a bit scary Sam. It just shows what kind of courage you had to go there and shoot those pictures. I mean being on a roof top is always brilliant and would give me a lot of joy, but since there isn't any tall building in Manchester apart from a new Hilton Hotel it's out of question that I haven't had the experience for a long long time. Mentioning Hilton, you should be hired to do the same thing for MAnchester and every sinlge city in the world, I think. Your photos rock and they can show how great some cities are. I hope somebody will notice this and give you a big project like this, so we can see other cities like nobody else has seen before.
By the way, who is bored to see your magnificent pictures?
Keep snapping.

Posted by Payam at September 30, 2006 07:47 AM

I thought this was a great series. When I first saw it I thought it was a series on miniture settings. GREAT JOB.
Daniel

Posted by Daniel Michaels at September 30, 2006 08:20 AM

Not boring in the least. I was born and raised in Toronto, and I worked downtown in the film industry for over 30 years. I've experienced most of your shots from different vantage points, but I can say, from my perspective, each and every one of your images is a new and interesting experience. Keep them coming.

Posted by Robert at September 30, 2006 08:42 AM

harier than Robin Williams!

Posted by Ed at September 30, 2006 09:25 AM

This is my favorite of all photos in the series. The hand gives it a different nuance.

Posted by Lida at September 30, 2006 09:28 AM

Crazy! Makes me dizzy just thinking about it...

Great shots btw. I wasn't bored at all! I love the way to capture our city. I hope it's caused others to stop and look around more.

Posted by MizzMonsta at September 30, 2006 09:58 AM

Fuzzy...

Posted by Boreo at September 30, 2006 10:20 AM

Oh you little bugger! I've been looking at the 10-22 for months now (to compliment my 24-105) and now you post this. Nice.
Then, you also reminded me about TS-E. DOH! What is a poor broke guy like me going to do?

Was this one handheld or on a tripod? The top left and right seem a little soft and look somewhat like motion blur. If you were holding with one hand, I guess that would explain it.
Do you find the 10-22 to be soft in the corners normally?

Nice shots.

Posted by Richard Houtby at September 30, 2006 10:43 AM

I haven't been bored with this series at all. I've quite enjoyed it (and chuckled inside at the comments like "it's blurry, I don't see the point"). I love urban photographs, and it's not often that we get to see a city from above; usually it's from below, among the dirt and grime. This way it really is quite beautiful.

Terrifying height, however!

Posted by Ash at September 30, 2006 10:50 AM

Looks like end of day final shot. That ledge is sure short at about 6-8 inches from this view. Nervous spot to be, especially with wind.

Posted by Hugh Petrie at September 30, 2006 11:06 AM

nice perspective and scale...the hand rocks my cradle...

Posted by otilius at September 30, 2006 11:43 AM

Next time, Please wax before taking any photo!!!!!

Justin

Posted by Negar at September 30, 2006 11:56 AM

I wish I had a lens that could do that!

Posted by Andrew at September 30, 2006 12:46 PM

Sam the photos arent boring, but they just need to be spaced out with other content, as they are all similar in nature.... :)

Good work anyway ! as usual..

It would be nice to see some shots looking down from the CN Tower also.....

Posted by Dan at September 30, 2006 01:48 PM

Don't jump!

Posted by moosio at September 30, 2006 02:23 PM

look at all the pollution...

Posted by Kelvin Chan at September 30, 2006 07:15 PM

I love it!

Posted by emily at September 30, 2006 08:13 PM

This is my favorite picture of the series. Mostly because of the human element.
I've never been one for heights, and I've seen my own hand in similar situations (Seattleā€™s Space Needle).

Posted by Jeremy at September 30, 2006 09:05 PM

Bonjour,
Wonderful PDC as we say in French! I have not been bored! Again and again!..

Posted by jelb at October 1, 2006 11:11 AM

Great shot. I lke how you have included your hand hre as well

Posted by navin harish at October 2, 2006 06:47 AM

I was not bored with the series for the past week, and kudos for you because I would have trouble with my 'fear of heights' thing that I have going on.

Awesome shots baby.

Posted by John at October 2, 2006 09:57 AM
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