Wonderful perspective. Im really sucked into this picture.
Posted by Mr Finlandia at February 10, 2010 04:12 AMIt’s very beautiful. It seems life is very tranquil here. I just can’t stop imagining how the place will look like in night when those street lights will glow up.
Posted by Swapnil Shrivastava at February 10, 2010 04:18 AMWauw thoes clouds realy have a cool color. I like the way you used your 12-24 lense. :)
Posted by Catarina at February 10, 2010 04:22 AMstorm brewing at the end of the road, get out while you can!
Posted by Cat H. at February 10, 2010 06:03 AMvery beautiful !
it really motivates me to move to Oakville...
thx
Escape from the busy life into a calm environment. It is really a wonderful snap.
Posted by Clippingimages at February 10, 2010 07:17 AMWow, that is surreal!
Posted by Annie at February 10, 2010 08:29 AMMaking suburbia look very scary!
Posted by Dave Parker at February 10, 2010 09:11 AMIt's all so trite and repetitive. How depressing.
Posted by A.R. at February 10, 2010 09:44 AMGreat shot. Somehow a bit eerie.
Posted by Luis Gomez at February 10, 2010 10:06 AMTicky tacky houses,
All in a row.
And one standard noisy apartment block.
Looks like a good racetrack for fools.
But it beats the noisy hell of centertown Toronto or any other city.
Ominous clouds.
Who thought McHouses could look so good.
Posted by Steve at February 10, 2010 10:27 AM I'M GLAD YOU FINNALY FOUND THE DEPTH-OF-FIELD
BUTTON IS ON YOUR CAMERA .
MIGHTY FINE SHOT .
Looks like you live in Oakville? The other suburbs also are great.
Posted by Celia at February 10, 2010 02:41 PMI really enjoyed this shot. Nice work.
Posted by niko at February 10, 2010 04:17 PMThis photo bears a sriking resemblance to the setting of the Coen Brothers recent film, "A Serious Man".
The movie takes place in a quiet American Midwestern town circa 1967.
The streets have the same clean, sterile, almost lifeless appearance as this photo.
The cloud formation particularly resembles one of the movie's final scenes as a tornado approaches the town.
This photo evokes the same mood as the movie.
Tell us Sam: have you seen A Serious Man?
I really don't know what's so fascinating about this image. Sounds like a boring idea on paper: just a road and two rows of houses, but for some reason I can't look away! Never in my life would I ever think to take a shot like this.
Posted by Beck at February 10, 2010 07:02 PMA great shot, with much the same impact as the pastel suburb in Edward Scissorhands -- lots of conformity, some quiet peaceful vibes with an almost comically looming sky suggesting something heavy is brewing or being imperfectly contained.
Very clean -- the sharpness and depth of focus emphasize both the rectilinear treeless inorganic impact of the suburb and the swirling threat of the clouds.
I think that black box-thing is the cousin of your downtown postbox aliens.
Posted by molly at February 10, 2010 08:18 PMVery ironic image. Dry. Brittle. Stale. Delightful. It is also frustratingly boring and powerful in it's portrayal of the 'great life' in a 'great neighborhood' where everything is safe and uninteresting. And it is beautiful
Posted by matt at February 10, 2010 11:35 PMI would love for you to reveal what your typical workflow is for your wonderful imagery. Clearly this photo has had some post processing done (sharpening/WB correction). Is it Photoshop, Lightroom, ...? Which plug-ins do you prefer??
Thanks ...
Juan
Posted by Juan at February 11, 2010 12:04 AMremind me tim burton,s city!
beautiful
this is where i live.
this is a new way to see it.
odd.
strange.
i have to get out of here.
Eerie. It reminds me of The Shining.
Posted by Roberto at February 11, 2010 03:15 AMEerie.
Posted by Roberto at February 11, 2010 04:49 AMThe typical american neighbourhood
Posted by desfocado at February 14, 2010 08:16 AMThis really captures how horrible suburbs are. Terrifying to have to live in such a stale looking place.
I can't believe some people leave downtown Toronto for this.
I have had your photo blog as my homepage for close to 4 years (why, has it really been that long?). I enjoy every one of your photos. They all tell stories.
Thanks for depicting such stark images of suburbia.