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November 4, 2011 – 8:30 am | 8 Comments

Cana­di­ans like pets, and in res­i­den­tial neigh­bour­hoods it’s com­mon to see peo­ple walk­ing their dogs after an early diner, no mat­ter the weather.
How­ever, unlike French, Cana­di­ans are well-behaved and they pick up after their dogs—streets here are not dot­ted with dog poop.

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Toronto By Night

Submitted by on May 5, 2010 – 10:06 am16 Comments
There is some­thing very com­fort­ing in walk­ing around in a city after sun­set. Con­trary to pop­u­lar belief, most of them don’t turn into cut-throat places and it’s not like you risk your life at every block. Quite the oppo­site actu­ally: peo­ple tend to be more relaxed after a stress­ful day.
 
I’ve been in love with night sky­lines since I lived briefly in a very tall build­ing in the heart of Kowloon in 2001. French cities are beau­ti­ful by night but rarely have sky­scrap­ers to offer a good van­tage point. Besides, elec­tric­ity must be more expen­sive in France because there aren’t as many night lights – good for the envi­ron­ment I guess, but ter­ri­ble for pho­tog­ra­phers. When I arrived in Hong Kong, I couldn’t take my eyes off the sky­line. I used to sit by the win­dow for hours in the evening — from the 33rd floor, we had a huge bay-window and we over­looked most of Hong Hum and part of Vic­to­ria Harbor.
 
When it comes to night sky­lines, Toronto has it all: tall build­ings, wide and busy streets, con­dos with lights at all win­dows, and good van­tage points. Throw in a clear sky, a warm night and the funky CN Tower (tim­ing to catch the lights is tricky though!) and the deal is done. It was pitch dark when I shot these pic­tures at the water­front, but thanks to long expo­sure and a laser beam (?!), the sky looks pur­ple and the clouds are like pieces of cot­ton candy.
 
You can see the full set of the pic­tures taken in Toronto here.

The Red Rocket

Yonge Street
 
 
 

Yonge Street

Con­dos

The Har­bor

Rogers Cen­ter and CN Tower

CN Tower and Condos

Across the Water

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