Toronto - Compressed

A different way of looking at Toronto's streets. These images were shot with a 520mm lens. The lens equivalent of the human eye is 50mm.



John St. looking north from Wellington


Avenue Rd. looking north from Bloor


Avenue Rd. looking south from Balmoral


Bay St north from College


Bloor east from Dundas


Queen West from Beverley


Dundas west from Beverley


College east from Spadina


Queen west from City Hall


Crystal Blu from College


Dundas east from University


Exhibition Grounds east to Fort York


Exhibition east to downtown


Front st. east from Spadina


Isabella east from Yonge


Parliament north from Queen


Polson St. north to downtown


Wellesley west from Church


Yonge north from Eglinton


Yonge south from Gerrard


Yonge south from Charles

MAGNIFICENT! Telephoto shots are my favorites.

Great shots androiduk!

Nice work! I love the feeling of sheer human chaos in a lot of these shots-- Queen West from Beverly especially.

I like these photos.

Does your lens also make all the people look short and stocky, or is that caused by another factor?

Android: This is a quite interesting group of telephoto pics in Toronto!
I'll comment on them at a later date...LI MIKE

If only Queen Street really did curve the way that photo makes it look like it does. Some gentle 401-style curves of our grid city could really have changed the way our streets look.

Android: As promised I will comment on these very interesting pics of Toronto in a condensed manner:

John/Wellington: Interesting buildings in background-what are they?
Avenue Road/Bloor: Interesting old building spire in background...
Avenue Rd/Balmoral-Ontario Parliament in background...
Bloor East at Dundas-The dip in the road under the RR underpass looks interesting...
Queen West at Beverley-quite a congested street scene..
Dundas/Beverley-A bit more open and the overhead wires look interesting...
College/Spadina-the TTC 506 streetcar looks neat here...
Queen West at City Hall-Nice view with the streetcar line...
Dundas/University-Back of CLRV 4059 on the 505 route looks interesting along with the lightpoles and wires...
Exhibition Grounds E near Fort York-Those lightpoles actually "frame" that gateway quite nicely... Ex E towards Downtown-Quite a contrast in these buildings...
Front E from Spadina-I like the old Toronto light brackets in this pic...
Isabella/Yonge-That vehicle is well-preserved from either the late 40s/early 50s era...
Polson/DT-The contrast with the Laker ship looks interesting...
Yonge and Charles looking south-A neat view of Yonge Street here-Attention: The Listener is watching...YOU!

Long Island Mike

Thanks Mike. The building in the background of the John/Wellington shot is the new south facade of the Art Gallery of Ontario by Frank Gehry.