Sunrise over CN tower
Sep
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May
16
The GoodLife Fitness Toronto Marathon 2011
So, as some of you may know, I’ve started to enjoy running. Like anything else in my life, once I start to be interested in something, I tend to start to take photos of it a lot more. So, don’t be surprised to see many more posts about running in my new category cleverly entitled Running.
This weekend, on May 15th, was the 37th GoodLife Fitness Toronto Marathon. I was lucky enough to watch the men’s winner coming in before i had to go (and before it was too wet for us to handle!). You can get the full results here.
Comme certain d’entre vous savez déjà, j’ai développé une passion pour la course dans les dernier mois. Et comme toute autre chose dans ma vie, lorsque je commence à m’interesser à quelque chose, je tends à prendre beaucoups de photos de cette chose! Ne soyez donc pas surpris si vous commencez à voir plus de photos de courses dans ma nouvelle catégorie: Running.
Ce weekend, le 15 Mai, était le 37ième Marathon GoodLife Fitness de Toronto. J’ai été chanceux de pouvoir voir le gagnant arrivé à la fin (ainsi que le deuxième!) avant de devoir partir (et avant que la température soit vraiment trop moche!). Vous pouvez aussi voir tous les résultats içi.
Men’s Marathon Top 3:
- Branden Kenny (2:27:20)
- Josephat Ongeri (2:29:19)
- Terry Gehl (2:30:49)
Women’s Marathon Top 3:
- Melissa Begin (2:54:51)
- Nathalie Goyer (2:58:20)
- Katrina Cripps (3:00:34)
May
13
Photowalk 2011 #1
Last Saturday, I went out for my first photowalk of the summer with my friend, Le Pat. It was the first real summer day of the year and we had a blast. We visited the following places:
- Corktown: The oldest part of the city of Toronto.
- Allen Gardens: A large green house right downtown – open year-round!
- Cabbagetown: The highest density of Victorian houses in North America. What a lovely neighborhood.
I’ll definitely go check out those places again this summer. There are so many cool things to photograph. This time around, I was looking for details and textures.
Samedi passé, j’ai fait mon premier photowalk de l’été avec mon ami, Le Pat. C’était la première vrai journée d’été et on a eu du gros fun! On a visité deux quartiers assez cool et un jardin intérieur:
- Corktown: Le quartier le plus vieux de Toronto;
- Allen Gardens: un petit jardin intérieur (au centre-ville!) ouvert à l’année longue;
- Cabbagetown: Le quartier avec la plus haute densité de maisons Victoriennes en Amérique du Nord;
Je vais sûrement revisiter les quartiers au courant de l’été. Il y a tellement plein de choses à prendre en photo. Cette fois-ci, je m’attardais au details et à la texture.
* click an image for larger size (cliqué sur une image pour la voir en grand format).
Mar
23
Super Moon in Toronto
Apparently, the moon on March 19th, 2011 was a super moon, which just means that the moon appears bigger and brighter than usual (about 20 percent brighter and 15 percent bigger in this particular instance). The actual reason is that the moon was the closest to us it will ever be (happens every 30 years or so). As it turns out, the orbit of the moon is not a perfect circle and, on average, it is at a distance of about 385,000 kilometers, but this past Saturday, it was only 356,700 kilometers away.
I’m not perfectly happy with the result of my photos, but i wanted to share them anyways. Through this experiment, i have learned that to take an interesting picture of the moon, you need a very long lense (600mm and up, or 300mm with a converter) in order to make it look extremely large against a cool foreground (a cool example of this from someone else on flickr).
Make sure you check out some of the National Geographic’s shots and some of the shots on flickr too. Very cool!
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Mar
01
Tour de Bloc 8: True North – Women Finals
The True North competition was pretty awesome. It was the first time this year that eight women went to finals (thanks to the 24 women competing in the qualifying rounds). Pretty cool! Dustin and his crew of setters put up a really good show, with some technical climbs (featuring brand new friction holds – ladies’ problem #1) and some simply spectacular (See my next post for men’s finals)! Even though the final problems were quite hard for the girls, they were all sent except for problem #3. The competition was stacked with strong climbers. It almost looked like nationals!
Stay tuned for the men’s finals photos. They should be coming up soon this week. Let me know which ones you like!
Check out my photos for the women finals. You can also visit the Tour de Bloc site or my flickr photostream for more pictures.
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