Category: architecture

Dupont Station

A bright day on Saturday made for a lot of interesting reflections and distortions on the plexiglass at the entrance to the Dupont subway station in Toronto.

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Hasselblad 500C/M, 80mm/2.8 Planar
Rollei RPX400 film

Dealing With the Wires

I love the look of the old firehall in the Beaches, but I have never gotten an image of the entire building that I am completely happy with. If only all those wires were underground!

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Hasselblad 500C/M, 80mm/2.8 Planar lens
Rollei RPX 400 film, developed in Rodinal

Repurposed

This Yonge/Summerhill area high end LCBO (Liquor store for those of you outside of Ontario) used to be  a train station. I’m glad the architecture survived, but in this car dominated city I can’t helping thinking it would have been nice if it had remained an active train station.

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Hasselblad 500C/M, 50mm/4 Distagon lens
Rollei RPX 400 film developed in Rodinal

The Quiet Corridor

Even though I went early to the R.C. Harris Water treatment plant early on Saturday at doors open it got busy quickly, making it hard to keep people of out pictures when desired. This corridor was blocked off so I got right up to the barrier to take the image.

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Hasselblad 500C/M, 50mm/4 Distagon lens
Rollei RPX 400 film developed in Rodinal

Queen Street East

I love this old building on Queen Street East in Toronto, near the River St. bridge. Glass and steel just doesn’t do it for me the way an old building like this does.

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Hasselblad 500C/M, 50mm/4 Distagon lens
Rollei RPX 400 film developed in Ilfosol 3
Toned in post

Art Deco Exterior

I am a big fan of Art Deco, and I love the exterior of the GO transit station in Hamilton, Ontario. A fine example of this style.

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Kodak Medalist camera with 100mm/3.5 Ektar lens
Ilford HP5+ film respooled for 620 f0rmat, developed in Ilfosol 3

 

Dry Fountain

Another image from The Hamilton G.A.S. Meet up last weekend. After a brilliantly sunny morning, it clouded over at lunch time, but even the overcast light seems to suit the Polypan F film I used.

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Voigtlander Bessa R, 15mm/4.5 Superwide Heliar
Polypan F film, developed in Ilfosol 3

Garden Enclave

These two images are from last weekend GAS meet-up / Photowalk in Hamilton ON. As the group strolled around, we came upon this little enclave downtown. A lovely surprise location! In the first image walk leader Alex is taking a peek. The second image is a view inside the garden.

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Kodak Medalist, 100mm/3.5 Ektar lens
Ilford HP5+ film respooled for 620, developed in Ilfosol 3

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Voigtlander Bessa R 35mm rangefinder,
15mm/4.5 Superwide Heliar lens
Polypan F film @ E.I. 50 developed in Ilfosol 3