The Great Canadian Skyline Thread!

[The_Architect]

Toronto at night from a good distance (at least Mississauga):


From Empty Quarter @ UT.

I love how it has the clear peak at the CN Tower/Financial District, but a plateau keeps going all the way back past Bloor, with a few standouts like Aura and Four Seasons (and soon to be One Bloor).

[Nouvellecosse]

Originally Posted by FrAnKs

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54652095@N00/3368491195/sizes/o/

Originally Posted by sa230e

That's a great photo but man, they don't give you a lot of room to merge in Montreal, do they?

Wow, what a blast from the past! I thought it looked really familiar so I checked my computer and it is the exact same photo I've had saved on my HD since Sept 2009! That's probably my favourite angle of Montreal.

[harls]

Originally Posted by The_Architect

Toronto at night from a good distance (at least Mississauga):


From Empty Quarter @ UT.

I love how it has the clear peak at the CN Tower/Financial District, but a plateau keeps going all the way back past Bloor, with a few standouts like Aura and Four Seasons (and soon to be One Bloor).

This pic is f'n nuts.. Love it.

[Chadillaccc]

Amazing, that photo just spells "alpha city" to me. Definitely.

[MolsonExport]

Originally Posted by The_Architect

Toronto at night from a good distance (at least Mississauga):


From Empty Quarter @ UT.

I love how it has the clear peak at the CN Tower/Financial District, but a plateau keeps going all the way back past Bloor, with a few standouts like Aura and Four Seasons (and soon to be One Bloor).

Really interesting shot.

[ssiguy]

Those are really great Vancouver shots from angels you usually don't get. Bravo!

[csbvan]

Originally Posted by Metro-One

It would be a shame for this first pic to go by without the comments it deserves.

Awesome shot (too bad about the window reflection though) It shows how layered in height / style downtown Vancouver actually is, which adds a lot of interest to the urban form.

Looks very organic from this vantage point.

Also looks much larger than a metro of only 2.5 million.

I don't think I have ever seen this angle before. It's fantastic. I had to do a double take to realize what city I was looking at.

Also that Toronto night shot at the top of the page is epic. The city is really lending itself to mega city type shots.

[isaidso]

Originally Posted by The_Architect

Taken from FIVE it looks like?

Yes, it's from 5ive.

[cyeg66]

Originally Posted by ssiguy

Those are really great Vancouver shots from angels you usually don't get. Bravo!

Lol, they're great shots but I'm not sure I'd go as far as to suggest that angels delivered them .

[Ashok]

Wow, that Toronto photo is beautiful!

[TorontoDrew]

Would love to see a high res of that shot. Perhaps the photographer will supply us with more at a future date.

[TorontoDrew]

This guy has some awesome T.O shots, too bad I can only share the link here. https://www.flickr.com/photos/gvfx/14835327140/

[Boris2k7]

Some recent Cowtown


Calgary at night by rexp2, on Flickr


Lights on the Bow by John Andersen (a Calgary Photographer), on Flickr

[Prometheus]

Photo by Jerry Meaden: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sworldguy/15112928267/in/set-72157626991399818/


Photo by Jerry Meaden: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sworldguy/15382980215/in/set-72157626991399818/

[MonkeyRonin]

Originally Posted by TorontoDrew

Would love to see a high res of that shot. Perhaps the photographer will supply us with more at a future date.

There's a higher res on his flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/empty_quarter/15718078662/sizes/h/


(can't post the picture though 'cause he's one of those wankers who doesn't allow people to save or share their photos)

[Brizzy82]

Cityscape Through Glass Cloud by Garry9600, on Flickr

[SignalHillHiker]

Great pic, Breezy.

So, start on the left side, that second building with the revolving restaurant on top. Directly across from it is the Fort Garry Hotel.

On the building with the revolving restaurant, there is an elevator on the exterior, surrounded by glass, that goes up. You get in, and on one side you see the building, on the other side it's all glass and you see out across to the Fort Garry.

As it goes up, and goes above the roofline of the Fort Garry for many floors...

It just takes your feet out from under you. There's something about the effect.... it feels like you've been launched into the air without safe landing.

I've never experienced anything like it anywhere else. It's a quirk of the interaction between those two buildings.

Highly recommend it to any visitors to WPG.

[Trans Canada]

Originally Posted by MonkeyRonin

There's a higher res on his flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/empty_quarter/15718078662/sizes/h/


(can't post the picture though 'cause he's one of those wankers who doesn't allow people to save or share their photos)

2048x1367 is available from the link you provided

Light Pollution by Empty Quarter, on Flickr

[Brizzy82]

Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

Great pic, Breezy.

So, start on the left side, that second building with the revolving restaurant on top. Directly across from it is the Fort Garry Hotel.

On the building with the revolving restaurant, there is an elevator on the exterior, surrounded by glass, that goes up. You get in, and on one side you see the building, on the other side it's all glass and you see out across to the Fort Garry.

As it goes up, and goes above the roofline of the Fort Garry for many floors...

It just takes your feet out from under you. There's something about the effect.... it feels like you've been launched into the air without safe landing.

I've never experienced anything like it anywhere else. It's a quirk of the interaction between those two buildings.

Highly recommend it to any visitors to WPG.

Hah.
I know that exact feeling. It always takes my breath away (literally) for a second when the elevator starts climbing.

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