Underneath the pool in The Beaches, Toronto. A rather forbidding structure from this angle
Nikon N90s, 17mm/3.5 Tamron SP lens
Rollei Retro 80s Film, developed in Rodinal
Author: johnmeadowsphotography
An amateur photographer in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Toronto Harbor Commisson
On Saturday morning the light was bright and sunny, and my eye was caught by the Toronto Harbor Commission building. I like the way the sun was hitting this proud old building, surrounded by modern steel and glass.
Rolleiflex 3.5E3 (Xenotar lens)
Ilford HP5+ film developed in HC-110, Dilution H
Three Kinds of Boats
Back to Toronto Harbour; my eye was caught by three different kinds of boats: he tall ship in the background, the utility boat in the foreground right, and the kayaks on the left, stored and waiting for spring.
Nikon F4S, 20mm/2.8 Nikkor lens
Kodak TMax 400 film
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Patience
Another Whistler image. It seems to me (a non-skier) that a large part of skiing (at least at a busy resort) involves waiting in line. It was a very long line, but these skiers seemed to be taking it patiently.
Hasselblad 500C/M, 80mm/2.8 Planar lens
Rollei Retro 400S film
Winter Creek in Whistler
Hard to get the contrast and tone right; hope I’m close. This is a challenging negative.
Hasselblad 500C/M, 80mm/2.8 Planar lens
Ilford HP5+ film developed in LegacyPro MicX developer
Winter by the Lakeshore
Another image from the meet-up last Saturday. at the lakeshore. Winter is monochrome.
Nikon F4, 20mm/2.8 Nikkor lens
Kodak TMax 400 film
Grimy
Today, an image from this past Saturday’s Toronto Film Shooter’s meet-up at the Lakeshore. The winter so far this year in Toronto has been grey and grimy from a photographic point of view.
Nikon F4, 105mm/2.5 Nikkor lens
Kodak TMax 400 film
Superwides Were Made For This
Last Saturday at the Skywalk between Union Station and the Rogers Centre. Super-wide lenses were made for this 🙂
Nikon F4, 20m/2.8 Nikkor lens
Kodak TMax 400
Improvise
When I was in Whistler last week I did not bring a tripod, so when I saw the night scene from my hotel window I had to improvise. A side table, and a couple of books were pressed into service as a makeshift tripod, and luckily I did have my cable release with me, so I was able to complete the 45 second exposure with little or no camera shake. Shooting through the window did make for some weird reflections though.
Hasselblad 500C/M, 150mm/4 Sonnar lens
Rollei Retro 400 film
Contrast
I don’t do a lot of flower photography, but when I went to Allan Gardens last weekend in addition to my film gear  I brought my Nikon D7100 DSLR with my 55mm/3.5 Micro-Nikkor lens. What stuck me about this scene was the contrast between the beauty of the flowers and the grimy background.
My Third Eye 