Post a Random Photo Thread

[coalminecanary]

Thought it might be fun to have an ongoing thread of single images - as much as Il ike the tours, sometimes a little randomness is enjoyable!

So post a random hamilton photo.

I'll start - I snapped these today with the sticky snow on the trees on James North:

http://neenerneet.net/images/snowyjamesnorth.jpg
http://neenerneet.net/images/snowyjamessouth.jpg

[emge]

Great idea for a thread!

[Jon Dalton]

Great idea. I have randoms.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4068/4255979540_a4d0c2a2eb_o.jpg

[coalminecanary]

http://neenerneet.net/files/armourieshadow.jpg

[willyflyboy]

Here is a shot I took at the Beach Strip


http://www.rcperspective.com/images/aerialView%20%28Large%29.jpg

[holymoly]

Cool shot, willyflyboy. It looks almost like a model.

[willyflyboy]

Thanks, here is the ground view I did first.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/ve3bnw/Aerial%20Photography/BeachStripGround.jpg

[willyflyboy]

I was at the Home and Garden show and I took this one of the new Care Port.


http://www.rcperspective.com/images/CarePortPano%20%28Large%29.jpg

[adam]

gorgeous

[Pearlstreet]

http://i45.tinypic.com/2vv95oh.jpg
Downtown on King St...

[lucasmascotto]

Is it wrong to want to make love to a building? Because, if I had the chance the old Federal Building on James Street North would be it.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A_T70whCUAAt8V9.jpg:large

[thomax]

.

[Dr Awesomesauce]

Is it wrong to want to make love to a building? Because, if I had the chance the old Federal Building on James Street North would be it.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A_T70whCUAAt8V9.jpg:large

Well, I certainly wouldn't judge you for it but then I'm not the best role model.

Did you know the Federal Building is currently in its third incarnation? It started primarily as a post office, though it served myriad other functions, upon completion in the mid-1850s. In the late 1890s Sun Life Assurance bought and renovated the old girl in stunning fashion. I think the last reno was done in the 20s or 30s. I really hope we get a fourth version because she's looking a bit tired.

You can see the Sun Life building in the lower left. The original Lister and Thomas buildings are in the foreground.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa121/the_dude1974/jamesnorthfromkingwilliam_zps0c953123.jpg
(courtesy Postcards of Hamilton)

[lucasmascotto]

The Federal Building on James Street North was built in 1856. It was first home to a post office which eventually moved to the corner of King and John Streets. It was then the temporary site of the Hamilton City Hall between 1888 and 1890 while the new structure on the corner of James and Market Streets was being built. In 1897, the Sun-Life Assurance Company totally renovated it for their own district offices. In 1920, it went through another major renovation which saw the addition of two more storeys. Currently it is home to the Hamilton City Ballet which takes up the entire top (5th) floor and the rest of the building is used up as residential apartments.[12]

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Street_%28Hamilton,_Ontario%29

[Dr Awesomesauce]

Bloody wikipedia - what doesn't it know? Anyway, pretty much nailed that one. ;)

Anywho, somebody needs to scrape that bloody stucco off the ground floor facade and treat her right.

[Pulkvedis Pods]

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2805/9482345368_5ca2a52f01_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/daviskaneps/9482345368/) DSCN2652 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/daviskaneps/9482345368/) by Pulkvedis Pods (http://www.flickr.com/people/daviskaneps/), on Flickr
Random distance. Random industry. Random excellence.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7321/9482352964_2150a9f5a7_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/daviskaneps/9482352964/) DSCN2630 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/daviskaneps/9482352964/) by Pulkvedis Pods (http://www.flickr.com/people/daviskaneps/), on Flickr
Guess where I was today.

[Dr Awesomesauce]

Good question. I was gonna say the old Camelot Towers on Main W but it might be a much greater distance that that.

Great photos regardless.

[Pulkvedis Pods]

Good question. I was gonna say the old Camelot Towers on Main W but it might be a much greater distance that that.

Great photos regardless.
Appreciate the kind words...but I'm far from decent. Yeah, I took these with max zoom from Syndeham street overlook above Dundas. Nice spot! Love Hamilton! I get downtown now and then, so if I have my camera along, it would fun to snap some pix of construction, etc. Maybe someone has pointers on where to shoot from, choosing angles, etc.

[Dr Awesomesauce]

Ha! Never would have guessed that location.

[Beedok]

I really like that second shot. It does a good job of showing some of the non-downtown highrises.

[CaptainKirk]

https://scontent-yyz1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/12189179_1672506822963551_3006444751927363194_n.jpg?oh=1ea96fb046873f064bff4ebd54099da9&oe=56B845B9

Photo by John Piercy, facebook

[Dr Awesomesauce]

^Shiny!

[StEC]

Some of my random photos I've taken! :) :cheers:

https://preview.ibb.co/jxafCz/IMG_20180517_195959_733.jpg (https://ibb.co/fDpkee)

https://preview.ibb.co/bxi0Cz/IMG_20180603_202919_037.jpg (https://ibb.co/gD4U5K)

https://preview.ibb.co/gBXtXz/IMG_20180603_190936_776.jpg (https://ibb.co/kBjkee)

https://preview.ibb.co/jK2tXz/IMG_20180714_180604_519.jpg (https://ibb.co/evxSsz)

https://preview.ibb.co/iiGWKe/IMG_20170808_123158_996.jpg (https://ibb.co/kY2hQK)

https://preview.ibb.co/ntCtXz/IMG_20170705_212732_310.jpg (https://ibb.co/jSbbkK)

https://preview.ibb.co/iNnhQK/IMG_20170702_163906_043.jpg (https://ibb.co/b2yp5K)

https://preview.ibb.co/c0XhQK/IMG_20170611_125242_500.jpg (https://ibb.co/i3Byze)

https://preview.ibb.co/bUjqCz/20180828_115845_HDR_01.jpg (https://ibb.co/evL8ze)

https://preview.ibb.co/msvVCz/20180817_210437_EFFECTS.jpg (https://ibb.co/nHo6kK)

[CaptainKirk]

Some of my random photos I've taken!


Very cool! Looking forward to seeing more photos from you.

[StEC]

Very cool! Looking forward to seeing more photos from you.

Thank you, I'll post more soon! :cheers:

[Dr Awesomesauce]

Yes, very nice. More please.

[StEC]

Yes, very nice. More please.

Thanks!!! :D :cheers:

https://preview.ibb.co/jscxue/20180811_085214_HDR_tiltshift_1.jpg (https://ibb.co/bP56nz)

https://preview.ibb.co/j4NGkK/IMG_20180715_211509_674.jpg (https://ibb.co/bU7Ssz)

https://preview.ibb.co/k5d0Cz/IMG_20180805_170354_624.jpg (https://ibb.co/emYp5K)

https://preview.ibb.co/j8JNQK/IMG_20180726_200444_307.jpg (https://ibb.co/cgmWKe)

https://preview.ibb.co/kMDNQK/IMG_20170603_152759_256.jpg (https://ibb.co/byx5ee)

https://preview.ibb.co/k9ivee/20180812_174327.jpg (https://ibb.co/kdr3Xz)

https://preview.ibb.co/e1Hcsz/20180602_192514_HDR_01.jpg (https://ibb.co/cUg3Xz)

https://preview.ibb.co/hLM3Xz/20180602_191728_01.jpg (https://ibb.co/gokVCz)

https://preview.ibb.co/jAXACz/20180520_150937_01.jpg (https://ibb.co/i9oTze)

https://preview.ibb.co/b50WkU/20180905_173213_HDR.jpg (https://ibb.co/iXXNs9)

[ScreamingViking]

Steel mills from Eastport Drive (in The Spec, Jan 3 (https://www.thespec.com/news-story/9108750-photo-the-glow-of-arcelor/))

https://dynamicmedia.zuza.com/zz/m/original_/7/4/74b02ecc-ae10-4aae-b8bf-95dac531d4b1/B88525191Z.1_20190103204109_000_GHTEUDAS.2-0.jpg

[ScreamingViking]

Another from The Spec (Jan 4) (https://www.thespec.com/whatson-story/9110254-on-the-right-track/): "Bayfront Rail Yard" painted by Susan Outlaw, created for LIUNA Station... I had no idea they have an art collection.

https://dynamicmedia.zuza.com/zz/m/original_/a/a/aac9205b-6f65-4cdb-b67c-474a8848b5c8/B88514233Z.1_20190104142024_000_GIFETF5H.3-0.jpg

[jolene123]

auguta-street
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bay-street-s
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bold-street
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city-hall
https://rustedambitionphoto.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/city-hall-1.jpg
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go-bus-station
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hunter-street-w
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hurst-place
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james-street-tunne
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macnab-street-s
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macnab-street-tunne
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main-street-w
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park-street-s
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robinson-street
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summers-lane
https://rustedambitionphoto.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/summers-lane-1.jpg

[ScreamingViking]

Very nice jolene123. :tup:

Post this on the Canada forum!!! This thread may be a good one for it: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=207340&page=370

[jolene123]

catherine street s
https://rustedambitionphoto.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/catherine-street-s-1.jpg
https://rustedambitionphoto.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/catherine-street-s-2.jpg
https://rustedambitionphoto.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/catherine-street-s-3.jpg

corktown plaza
https://rustedambitionphoto.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/corktown-plaza-1.jpg
https://rustedambitionphoto.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/corktown-plaza-2.jpg

ferguson avenue s
https://rustedambitionphoto.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/ferguson-avenue-s-1.jpg
https://rustedambitionphoto.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/ferguson-avenue-s-2.jpg

gore park
https://rustedambitionphoto.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/gore-park-1.jpg

grange street
https://rustedambitionphoto.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/grange-street-1.jpg
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hughson street s
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hunter street e
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jackson square
https://rustedambitionphoto.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/jackson-square-1.jpg

king street e
https://rustedambitionphoto.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/king-street-e-1.jpg
https://rustedambitionphoto.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/king-street-e-2.jpg
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king street w
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shamrock park
https://rustedambitionphoto.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/shamrock-park-1.jpg
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young street
https://rustedambitionphoto.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/young-street-1.jpg

[Pulkvedis Pods]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51544314179_c649687496_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mwN5Q4)Victoria Ave South (https://flic.kr/p/2mwN5Q4) by Pulkvedis Pods (https://www.flickr.com/photos/daviskaneps/), on Flickr

[King&James]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CWFEv5ZrYBu/

This is a very cool aerial photo - angle on downtown - highlighting old city hall and basically what was in place before "urban renewal" gave us Jackson Square

[Pulkvedis Pods]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51836432543_0e5275f2f8_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mYBgrz)Downtown Hamilton from Sam Lawrence Park2 (https://flic.kr/p/2mYBgrz) by Pulkvedis Pods (https://www.flickr.com/photos/daviskaneps/), on Flickr

[ScreamingViking]

The Kraken, apparently abandoned off Bayfront Park for months. Ice may end up doing her in, if Transport Canada does not seize her (and I can only groan at the vision of some government staffer yelling you know what (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SqC_m3yUDU) if she's sold off or even just cut free from her frozen anchorage when that part of the bay ices up)
https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2023/01/17/what-will-happen-to-the-mystery-sailboat-seemingly-abandoned-offshore-of-bayfront-park.html?rf

https://images.thestar.com/vzqd_Z_7j2kAz1I7LiHoMCWkeRI=/1086x710/smart/filters:cb(1673969298179):format(webp)/https://www.thespec.com/content/dam/thespec/news/hamilton-region/2023/01/17/what-will-happen-to-the-mystery-sailboat-seemingly-abandoned-offshore-of-bayfront-park/kraken_boat3.jpg


Pier 4 Park today. Also from the Spec (https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2023/01/16/slippery-morning-commute-freezing-rain-warning-issued-for-hamilton.html).

Now that these parks are approaching 30 years old, it's really great that the trees have matured. When I first walked through Bayfront after it opened (1993-94?) I remember thinking it would take decades for the trees to grow to substantial size. Yep, they did, and they're wonderful.

https://images.thestar.com/rdor8P-Bj2vIjgu4fYsX1VIwFRk=/1200x850/smart/filters:cb(1673992227150):format(webp)/https://www.thespec.com/content/dam/thespec/news/hamilton-region/2023/01/16/slippery-morning-commute-freezing-rain-warning-issued-for-hamilton/foggy_reflection_2.jpg

[ScreamingViking]

Nice picture from LaSalle Park marina. The compression from the telephoto lens really makes that ship and the steel mills loom large!

https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/thespec.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/0/1a/01a2c58f-63ca-5be6-890e-8069c53d725e/649f128682ca4.image.jpg?resize=1200%2C950
Source: the Spectacle's "Shipping News" for Jun 18 to 24, published July 1. (https://www.thespec.com/business/shipping-news-what-came-in-and-out-of-the-port-of-hamilton-for-june-18/article_ea16749a-5e0f-5740-b55b-6dfa8dbcce3f.html)

[akiraredacted]

Nice shot! I'm a fan of rainy skies