Ah, my place of employment. So lovely! Gorgeous shot.
Posted by David Topping at May 30, 2007 02:29 AMReally nice composition! I like the big blocks.
Posted by Photos of flowers from Sweden at May 30, 2007 05:04 AMIsn't that nice ??
Posted by mad at May 30, 2007 07:29 AMSome great textures in this one.. I love it. Man I want that lens!!
Posted by Brian at May 30, 2007 08:35 AMI like the ivy growing up the side of the building. Lots of interesting lines in this shot. Nicely captured.
Posted by Alice at May 30, 2007 09:41 AMis this by chance
a Frank Lloyd Wright
creation?
(not that i expect an answer from you Sam)
but someone might chime in.
Let's grow ivy on everything, especially gas stations and the CN Tower. In Paris they could do the Eiffel Tower, et voila - world's largest topiary!
Posted by gordito at May 30, 2007 12:21 PMBeautiful Picture! Love the contrasts. Awesome stone work! Another great one. =)
Posted by Douglas at May 30, 2007 12:26 PMThis building will always be memorable to me. It was where my first class at university was. And we were also the first class to use this building.
Till, now I don't think I've ever noticed the different coloured squares used for that little wall. I've always been too busy to notice it and assumed it was another gray/brown slab found all campus.
While an excellent grab shot - any real use of an architectural shot like this should definitely be corrected for perspective. On this 10-22 lens at the wide end the distortion is so severe. You may want to try that out. If you have PS CS2 it has a filter for that purpose.
Posted by Chris at May 30, 2007 08:49 PMAccording to U of T, it was designed by Peter Smith of Lett/Smith Architects of Toronto.
It's a gorgeous building; I love taking lectures and watching films there. It makes a beautifully subdued and elegant backdrop for the glamour of TIFF.
Posted by Gloria at May 30, 2007 09:35 PMExcellent - love it. The Style...! Or "De Stijl", I mean.
Posted by Michael Willems at May 30, 2007 09:51 PMI liked it very much. This picture is very real as I was looking I wanted to enter and discover inside.
Posted by vahideh at May 31, 2007 01:06 AMnice as alwaus. Though the roof angles seem a bit distorted beyond what my mind is willing to accept as naturally occuring vision. Something feels a bit out of place. However it presents a sharp engaging image not dispite but because of this discrepancy. The strangeness of the angles actually engages my mind more deeply than I believe an undistorted version would.
Posted by scott at May 31, 2007 01:13 AM