for some reason this reminds me of WTC.
Posted by tee at March 28, 2006 01:35 AMbeautiful image :)
Posted by ballet photographer at March 28, 2006 01:41 AMExcellent. What kind of lens did you use. Something extremely wide? Impressive stuff.
Posted by Tom from (Lucerne Times) at March 28, 2006 01:49 AMYes! this one's cool. lots of things in the frame and some good compositions. Have you ever tried rotating lenses? you can do some funky stuff with that. I find especially at night and with longer exposures, with flash combo.
That was kinda random, but I recently saw some photos with that technique and they look impressive, but I have never seen them in the context of the big city. maybe its something you would enjoy experimenting with.
I work in one of those windows during the summer!
Posted by EssPea | Photography at March 28, 2006 04:19 AMWell, walking to work is not work yet.....
Posted by Chantal at March 28, 2006 05:01 AMI love the wide angle of this shot. Just imagine the angle a 10mm lens would give you!
Posted by Jesse at March 28, 2006 05:32 AMSuperb!
Posted by Ashish Sidapara at March 28, 2006 06:17 AMJust like screen.
Posted by dollarH[CHN] at March 28, 2006 07:29 AMsam,
i never ask technical questions but i have to ask how you got this effect in photoshop?
its really fantastic looking and so subtle.
Awesome tones for the scenery here! As always, excellent shot again.
Posted by Nate at March 28, 2006 08:37 AMI took a glimpse at this picture, and it struck me as unreal for some reason. I love how you've taken this picture. Great as always, thanks!
Posted by Bhavin Patel at March 28, 2006 08:51 AMEvery time I take a photo like this one, I feel like a tourist, which is not necessarily a bad thing.
Posted by brian at March 28, 2006 09:16 AMGreat photo. It is about people going or coming from work though..:)
Sam I have a question. What kind of lens do you use for these kind of shots? or how do you get vertical subjects (buildings) to come out perfectly straight? I use an 18-125 sigma lens and when I shoot tall buildings they usually come out skewed. Do you fix your photos with photoshop (free transform-skew and perspective) or you use a professional lens?
Nice shot... the girl in the advertise seems to be waiting for the streetcar too...
Hugs from Brazil!
Gustavo
I love how the humans are dwarfed by commerce - the buildings and the advertisement. Lovely ironic shot.
Posted by Denise at March 28, 2006 09:55 AMWeird! Looks like a combo B&W and color. Interesting with the high contrast of early morning.
More photoshop fiddling?
Posted by Hugh Petrie at March 28, 2006 10:16 AMvery good composition and great perspective i like that one... small people big building :)
Posted by M4gic at March 28, 2006 10:56 AMGreat documentary style photo, and composition is perfect, as always.
Posted by Sanjin at March 28, 2006 11:38 AMWow. Amazing shot, almost gives me vertigo.
Posted by mel at March 28, 2006 01:00 PMHi Sam: Great shot -- yet again!!
Thought your viewers mite like some trivia about the BMO bldg. Its 72 floors, and is covered in white marble from the Carrera quarrie in Italy. THE SAME QUARRIE FROM WHICH MICHELANGELO GOT HIS MARBLE TO DO THE DAVID, ETC., OVER 500 YEARS AGO!! When they got to about the 32 floor work stopped for a while. Apparently the latest shipment of marble was the wrong shade and had to be sent back.
Certainly an interesting composition. I like the anonymity of the silhouettes of the people.
The EXIF, displayed with Panda IExif 2, says the focal length was 17mm.
Bob
Posted by Zeitgeist at March 28, 2006 02:02 PMWow thats a great tonal range...
Posted by Andy [fotopromenade] at March 28, 2006 02:04 PMI really like how you capture the light in each of your shots, especially the ones with the building. The sky looks like it was painted on, and not real. Gives the picture a surreal feeling. Living in a rural town, I don't get to see much of what the big city really looks like, no television shows or whatever, real life.
Posted by Mat at March 28, 2006 02:41 PMJust curious how you get that grey tone to everything..using a custom action in PS?
Posted by Kathy at March 28, 2006 02:43 PMCan only agree with the others; beautiful photo and wonder what kind of lens you used.
Posted by Ineke at March 28, 2006 02:53 PMi guess it seems pretty photoshopped to some people because of the unexpected lighting. the sun is coming diagonally from the upper left of- and behind the viewer. but the columns and the lower part of the picture are getting light from the upper right -- reflected from some glass building to the upper right, so they seem both lighter than they should (like as with ps levels-masking) as well as artificially lit. maybe there's still some p-shopping aside on top of that. when shooting a scene on location for a movie, you do this on-purpose with a big white, gold or silver card or expando-thingy. what building is reflecting that light, sam? (god, i've forgotten so much of t.o.!!!*sob*)
Posted by teod at March 29, 2006 11:01 AMDid you take this picture recently? If so, I think I saw you taking it!
It's stunning. Great work
Nice shot! And very clean colors. Everything matches together. I realy like it. The sky has a nice tone that fits the big skyscraper. very well done! And the wideangle makes this image realy deep. Good work.
Posted by marc at March 30, 2006 10:41 AMWow, I love the depth, I guess those folks may have said to you "Hi sam, shooting another photo for ddoi?" :)
Posted by mohsen rasoulov at March 30, 2006 10:46 AMI like the shadows here a lot. Another fun shot to scroll down on. Nice urban feel here. Fantastic scene and perspective!
Posted by Abe at April 1, 2006 12:48 AMNice,
That is my Streetcar stop at 1 King St West. I look at that stop from my work desk all day. Hayli gasheng :)
Posted by Yatko at April 1, 2006 12:48 PMI dont like this one because that red building next to is happens to be the location in which my daily dose of hell is endured..... in fact I can see my window and cubicle
Posted by Alex at April 2, 2006 09:15 PM