Beautiful.

OoO pretty! i like the colors...very nice picture...

You're kidding right? ;)

Wow!...how did you get sooo much of a gold color? Use a filter? PS? or simply camera setting. Beautiful!

wow i've been following your site via rss (thx), this picture really kicks ass!!

Beautiful sky, but i don't think you do Toronto buildings justice with the direction and building group you've chosen.

Sam, would you mind to share with us the original "negative" (photo as shot by the camera)? It will be very enlightening for many of us, I am sure.

Awesome. I was wondering what it looked like through your window without the beautiful and colorful water droplets. Now I know and it's just as stunning, if not moreso. Thanks! :)

re: the previous comment "...i don't think you do Toronto buildings justice with the direction and building group you've chosen..." On the contrary, I think you've done your duty well; if you were to take the previous comment to heart, I guess you might just have to move into a new apartment...in fact, I find the central singular tower among the non-descript skyline curiously compelling, both in form and its reflective qualities; I can't quite place it, and this familiarity/unfamiliarity adds to the photo's merit. What's more, that's a really cool orange...

you've got a breathtaking view =)

Now there is photographic proof of a black hole, you've got one in the top of the picture.

This photo is wicked. The colours are amazing. Simply breathtaking. Well Done

what a great light and color of sky. The lights in the sky scrappers even add to the shot. great work!

I love when the sky lights up that color of orange after a storm. I enjoy long exposure shots like this. Good job as always.

For everybody's who's asked about the "gold" color: It's most probably light pollution from all those disgusting lights. Most street-lights give off a somehwat orangish glow, and since most lights don't any shades on them, that glow ends up in the sky, or in this case, the clouds.

Of course, Toronto could be a magically light-pollution-free city and Sam just put that in in PS. :)

I'm probably not the only one thinking this but would it be possible to get this in a wallpaper??

Amazing shot!

That's the view from your apartment? Hot damn...

One of the nicest images you have made in quite a while... I think though that I would have panned the camera down a little more. Would like to see more of the city scape and less sky. The sky here is interesting, but doesn't add as much to the image as the buildings do.

That is stunning. And apparently you live several floors above me - the view out of my window certainly never looks like that! (although I have seen what you can do with parking lots, hehe)

wow, that's dramatic as all hell :)

every once and a while you pull something out of the bag and i'm at awe. this is one of those times.

Wooow, It's like fire in the sky

That is a great picture. I like how it appears that the clouds are moving from top left to bottom right in this frame.

If this is your view, the RENT must be astronomical! I know a man who wanted to sell a small condo. Its only redeeming value was the fact that it sat across from a golf course. He did something similar to you; he shot a picture of the golf course through his window and ran an ad in the real estate section with the golf course photo and the headline: "For Sale" with the condo price. It seemed like such a deal, it was sold within the first week.

You could be living in Mars, three hundred years from now!

thats your window huh? you lucky bastard.

OUCH! I burned my hand touching the sky.

hmm. Kevin, you're giving all the Kevins in the world a bad name, and I don't appreciate that. What does real estate have to do with an exceptional picture by Sam? > This had no golf course anywhere in it! And Sam isn't selling his flat. I know I'm sounding like a hypocrite, but aren't these forums for giving pointers, making suggestions, and just overall appreciating Sam's work?

Good job Sam :)

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life on mars after we colinize....

awesome shot.

that's the view from your apartment... I guess I shouldn't be suprised...

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This is awesome shot, I never saw such fantastic orange colour sky!! Great work!!

Wow. I agree with jvm a few comments ago. That center building is a worthy subject; and the sky is the icing on the cake.
I hope you don't mind but this is my new background.

Cheers.

I have the same question as the person above, can I use that as my wallpaper? Its beautiful, your site makes me love toronto more and more each day.

What did I tell you all... I said "Its all going to hell!" , but did anyone listen.... noooooo. of course not... well look at it now... the skys all on fire... and were all cast into the fire... and who is comming looking for answers... well dont ask me... cause i tried to warn you all.... but no ones got time to listen do they... well im tired of it... Thats it im out of here... weres my sun screen UB 5000000000

A wonderfully vibrant orange. Makes me want to revisit some of my long exposure night shots to see if this color is hiding behind a curves tweak or two :)

That is gorgeous! Amazing colors. :)

ab-so-lu-te-ly stunning!

i fucking love that.

absolutly magical!

Stark and scary and lovely.
Not to sound too dorky, but reminds me somewhat of Akira, how they chose warm colors for the buildings rather than the blues we're used to.

hi im olivia. thats an amazing view. how did you make it so orange?
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cute.....

this is such an awesome pic
no words would evver be able to decribe something like this

You know you've made it big when your photograph has been photoshoped on Fark. Truly an amazing picture.

oh.... this is so totally awesome for "PHOTO FRIDAY ORANGE",

stunning. mesmorizing. BRAVO!!

I can't seem to find any words to describe this...How about freaking awesome X infinate trillion

wow... echo all the posters here... amazing shot.. amazingly sharp and the orange just stands out... the cloud shading is also quite haunting... a very good shot...

Quelle belle photo!

Félicitation!

hi from Russia
Very nice sunset

Awesome! Very sharp and great exposure!

over exposure at it's best - wow

can we say polution?
Spelled right.
But it's still a nice picture.
:]

This perfect for a matte painting.

Wonderful picture, quite wonderful.

I'm new to photography so what does the long exposure bit mean? How do you achieve this with a camera?

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Very nice picture :)

Well its been said many times already, but WOW, absolutely stunning! Did you do any editing? Or it just came out that orange? AWESOME.