Post some pictures of your city! II - Page 191

drawarc · #**3801** Posted **Jan 4, 2015, 10:36 PM**

Ottawa sunset by said_the_lorax, on Flickr

giallo · #**3802** Posted **Jan 4, 2015, 11:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

Yeah, Rousseau too. I don't think that's wrong, though - isn't it better to have a little colour, some story, with the pictures? I'd enjoy that more from other cities. I'd much rather a personal, Peter Easton-style post from a Montreal forumer than just a flat picture post with no context and multiple photographers. But I enjoy both - I just think the former is better, not worse. It's even somehow more fun to me looking at pictures people took themselves, even without any context - like Klazu's posts. It feels like you're getting to know the place a little more intimately.

I think what you posted is perfectly fine. I've always viewed this thread as the more casual, fun place to post one's pictures. I like the "anything goes" format. The Canada section is better for it.

lio45 · #**3803** Posted **Jan 5, 2015, 12:49 AM**

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Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

Signahillhiker, I appreciate your colorfoul pics of St.Joh's, but sometimes I get the feeling that you're mistaken this thread for Facebook. I know I come to this thread to look at urban and architecture pics of cities, not pictures of some strangers in a bar. Just sayin'.

Couldn't disagree more, that Peter Easton post was almost like a trip there in person!

The whole point (at least for me personally) of this thread is to be figuratively taken by the hand through (part of) someone else's city. The experience is a lot nicer when you have context and local color, not only a bunch of pics.

If all I wanted was a bunch of random pics of [enter city here] with zero explanations of what's what, I could get that on Google in a few milliseconds.

Martin Mtl · #**3804** Posted **Jan 5, 2015, 1:13 AM**

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Originally Posted by lio45

Couldn't disagree more, that Peter Easton post was almost like a trip there in person!

The whole point (at least for me personally) of this thread is to be figuratively taken by the hand through (part of) someone else's city. The experience is a lot nicer when you have context and local color, not only a bunch of pics.

If all I wanted was a bunch of random pics of [enter city here] with zero explanations of what's what, I could get that on Google in a few milliseconds.

Tthat's ok though. We can't have all the exact same expectations coming here.

By all means, carry on. Hope to see many more amazing pics here in 2015.

MonkeyRonin · #**3805** Posted **Jan 5, 2015, 1:44 AM**

Too much armchair moderating (and general petty whining). "You should only post your own photos". "That's not strictly a city photo". "Waah, too many pictures". "But those photos are a few months old". "That city has more pictures than my city". "Hey, that's not in Canada". Blah blah blah.

How about we just let everyone post whatever they want and leave the mods to deal with any particularly egregious violations of etiquette. Someone posting a few pictures of his friends at a bar alongside the urban photos really isn't a problem in the grand scheme of things (even in SSP terms). Especially in a thread that's about posting pictures.

Chadillaccc · #**3806** Posted **Jan 5, 2015, 5:48 AM**

From the top....

Olympic Skate by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

Elysium by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

Tower City by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

Rocky City Giants by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

Beauty and the Beast by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

Centre by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

No Telephoto, Bro

by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

Glass Floor Bow by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

Tough Terrain High Density by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

SignalHillHiker · #**3807** Posted **Jan 6, 2015, 4:27 PM**

New camera finally arrived.

Christened it today with a lunch-time drive up Signal Hill. I tried out the in-camera HDR setting and a few other ones. Awful. I could barely salvage what remained - but it's all good.

January 6, 2014

BTW - I've mentioned before that I have no idea where EC gets its snow-on-ground measurements. The above is what 14cm on the ground, officially, looks like.

lio45 · #**3808** Posted **Jan 6, 2015, 5:27 PM**

I've never been to St. John's yet I am already starting to recognize areas and street corners of it without even trying due to sheer familiarity...

Nice and sunny there, for a change.

Monolith · #**3809** Posted **Jan 6, 2015, 10:01 PM**

Peeking trough by MArroz, on Flickr

The sun sets behind Siwash Rock- Stanley Park by MiloVoschPhotography, on Flickr

Aerial silhouette. by atruwcdx, on Flickr

Vancouver BC Canada by Duncan R Blomfield, on Flickr

SignalHillHiker · #**3810** Posted **Jan 6, 2015, 10:01 PM**

I had to sneak out for a few night shots, despite the fact it's gusting up to 100 km/hr here and is -4C.

I'll need to play with the settings more. They're not quite the same as I was used to with the old camera.

This is the last year for the Signal Hill Star. It's being replaced next year by a new one, which will hopefully be the compass-based option. Voting ended yesterday, I believe, but I haven't heard yet which won.

MonkeyRonin · #**3811** Posted **Jan 6, 2015, 10:49 PM**

It's cold out.

Toronto by Summer Leigh Photography, on Flickr

Bird's Eye Toronto by Summer Leigh Photography, on Flickr

Pride is Awesome. by Summer Leigh Photography, on Flickr

pedestrian sunday from the archives. by ronnie.yip, on Flickr

Toronto views from The Morgan condo by kylebap, on Flickr

Jungle by Victor Porof, on Flickr

Summertime and the living's easy by Fob Rord [imnotbanksy], on Flickr

Dreaming by Fob Rord [imnotbanksy], on Flickr

_DSC1385 by Kriztoper, on Flickr

_DSC2872 by Kriztoper, on Flickr

uncertainty. by jonathancastellino, on Flickr

Tilted. by ashtontekno, on Flickr

Look At Her Go by Kimycup, on Flickr

_DSC0453 by Kriztoper, on Flickr

_DSC0291 by Kriztoper, on Flickr

_DSC0292 by Kriztoper, on Flickr

MonkeyRonin · #**3812** Posted **Jan 6, 2015, 10:50 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

New camera finally arrived.

Christened it today with a lunch-time drive up Signal Hill. I tried out the in-camera HDR setting and a few other ones. Awful. I could barely salvage what remained - but it's all good.

January 6, 2014

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8658/...277d126e_b.jpg

Love this scene! The new camera looks nice n' sharp.

SignalHillHiker · #**3813** Posted **Jan 6, 2015, 10:55 PM**

Thanks!

Hey, Winners in a big city probably actually delivers as advertised?

uzi · #**3814** Posted **Jan 7, 2015, 3:01 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

Thanks!

what kind of camera did u get?

PhilippeMtl · #**3815** Posted **Jan 7, 2015, 3:51 AM**

Where is this exactly?

advance62 · #**3816** Posted **Jan 7, 2015, 5:54 AM**

Kitchener:

DTKLove by Matt M S, on Flickr

Projection by Matt M S, on Flickr

Queen and King by Matt M S, on Flickr

Neighbourhood Church by Matt M S, on Flickr

All the "old" stuff in the foreground is Kitchener while you can see a few of the disgustingly ugly student towers in Waterloo in the background

MonkeyRonin · #**3817** Posted **Jan 7, 2015, 7:06 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by PhilippeMtl

Where is this exactly?

I'm not sure where this shot specifically was taken, but there are a number of these sorts of concrete tributaries & buried streams that lead into Toronto's rivers, the most notable being Black Creek.

Monolith · #**3818** Posted **Jan 7, 2015, 7:55 AM**

Vancouver sunrise 2014 by Gord McKenna, on Flickr

SignalHillHiker · #**3819** Posted **Jan 7, 2015, 9:27 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by uzi

what kind of camera did u get?

Canon Rebel T5i. Still entry level (feels even more like a toy than I remember my last one being) but it's excellent thus far.

SignalHillHiker · #**3820** Posted **Jan 7, 2015, 9:16 PM**

A few from my commute home. Took the scenic route.

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When I was growing up, this public housing was all fake Tudor - white and brown. Now they've painted them or, worse, put on vinyl siding. You can't see them but just to the left of the red ones is a series of four more that are still original.

Forest Road by Rabbittownie, on Flickr

Southcott Hall and Dominion along the shores of Quidi Vidi Lake.

Quidi Vidi Lake by Rabbittownie, on Flickr

The Royal St. John's Regatta Boathouse.

Quidi Vidi Lake by Rabbittownie, on Flickr

Cabot Tower and Signal Hill behind some of the cooler, old apartment buildings along the lakeshore.

Quidi Vidi Lake by Rabbittownie, on Flickr

Upper middle class colour.

Circular Road by Rabbittownie, on Flickr

That was our moment of sunshine for the day.

Downtown St. John's by Rabbittownie, on Flickr

Fortis Building (the old one, our very first office tower) and TD Place.

Fortis Building and TD Place by Rabbittownie, on Flickr

The Anglican Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.

Old St. John's by Rabbittownie, on Flickr

The Imperial, formerly a tobacco factory, now condos.

Old St. John's by Rabbittownie, on Flickr