We all know that red means stop, right?
What you may not realize is that’s only part of the story…
because red also means stop and take a picture!
And so I did.
Early Saturday morning was cold but beautiful –
brilliant blue overhead with the sun still low in the sky.
below: Striped grass
below: This is the Bell building from the Simcoe Street side. The blue glass, vertical lines in the concrete, blue sky and strong tree shapes made for an interesting few minutes while I experimented with different angles and views.
below: The ghostly look of reflected light
below: A single pole and its shadow, alone on a wall.
below: Three reflected windows reserved for the president.
below: A half house, a fun find. Once this was a semi-divided house where the shared wall created the peak at the front of the house. With its partner gone, the remaining house looks incomplete.
below: A tree in silhouette seems to dance in front of the other buildings.
below: Phantom balconies, mirages on the concrete.
From a vantage point over Nathan Phillips Square, we looked down on the people as they passed by. It was late in the afternoon so the shadows were long. Although we were looking for interesting characters, we were also creating compositions with people, concrete lines, and shadows as elements.
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Not all involved shadows. Sometimes, just people in the shadow.
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