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Sharing one #Picaday of some of my favourite photos from my 30+ years of picture making.
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2024-10-14 #Hikone #Japan

Just the #cutest #publictransport that makes sense for tight streets.

And just think, without adverts, what that bold colour design could have been.

#street #photography #travel #picaday
2024-10-14 Hikone, Japan - Colour photo of a miniature bus used in local public transit. It's a soft rounded design with large prominent windows and lower sitting donut tires. Powerlines bisect a slightly cloudy blue sky. Canon R6 37mm f11 1/320sec iso250
November 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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2025-10-08 #Saint-Irénée #Quebec

always fun to catch the #golden #fallcolors in isolation

#picaday #photography #landscape
2025-10-08 #Saint-Irénée #Quebec - Colour photo of a field of corn gone golden in the fall season, with white pillowy clouds in the background. Canon R6 70mm f8 1/800sec iso200
November 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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2025-08-23 #Toronto #Ontario

Just a #flower to brighten the #picaday with.

#photography
2025-08-23 Toronto, Ontario, Canada, A close up photo of a yellow flower with multiple layers of acentric peddles, falling off into a blurry dark background. Canon R6 50mm f2.5 1/800sec iso200
October 29, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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2025-10-08 #Saint-Irénée #Quebec

Still recovering from a #roadtrip up north, but to celebrate the fall colour wonders, enjoy this #monochrome of the #StLawrence

#picaday #photography #landscape #canada
2025-10-08 Saint-Irénée, Quebec: Black and White photo of a jetty going into the St Lawrence seaway. Large rolling clouds fill the sky with the northern shore line darting into the water. Canon R6 42mm f7.1 1/320sec iso100
October 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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2022-06-16 #Halifax #NovaScotia

Just a Song #Sparrow sitting on a fence

#picaday #photography #wildlife
2022-06-16 Halifax, Nova Scotia - Colour photo of a Song Sparrow staring directly into the camera sitting between barbs on a security fence with a soft focus background, looking particularly hard Canon R6 600mm f11 1/640s iso800
September 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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2025-08-27 #Toronto #Ont -

There's been so many hateful things lately,

but there is usually a #hiddensmile somewhere to brighten the day.

#photography #picaday #BnW #monochrome #architecture
2025-08-27 Toronto Ontario - Black and white photo looking up in 'The Atrium on Bay' at the skylight ceiling of glass as it reflects off the varied interior office windows. A small hidden smiling face can be found in features on the ceiling. Canon R6 50mm f4 1/400s iso50
September 16, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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2025-08-23 #Toronto #Ontario

Was hoping for a bit more #scale in the background... but it just felt so comedic... the slow grinding sound as it dragged... and now such a #dramaticpose like a bored teenager.

#picaday #animatorthoughts #streetphotography #photography
2025-08-23 Toronto Ontario: Colour photo of a bright yellow crane in from frame right. The hook of the crane is dragging along the road leaving a superficial scratch has come to a rest position revealing the extreme weight of the comically oversized pully attachement. Canon R6 50mm f3.2 1/640sec iso640
August 28, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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2021-10-01 #VictoriaIsland #BritishColumbia

I too like to #livedangerously...

#picaday #travelphotography #photography #landscape
2021-10-01 Victoria Island, British Colombia, Canada: Color photo of a couple sitting a balancing log in front of the pacific ocean with large rolling foamy white waves crashing into nearby rocky outcrops. Canon R6 105mm f9 1/500sec iso100
August 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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2024-10-22 #Uji #Kyoto #Japan

when that local #Trainstation just happens to be a #brutalist #architectural #masterpiece...

#picaday #travel #photography #street
2024-10-22 Uji Kyoto Japan: black and white photo detailing the surface of a brutalist architecture of the local train station. Large curved archways punctuated by blocky support structure with deep dark groove accents. Canon R6 70mm f4.5 1/50 iso250
August 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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2025-08-01 #macrophotography

Getting the hang of #stackedfocus shooting, and just automating the merging of 13 shots.

There are still issues, but overall a great results for the effort required.

#picaday #photography #botany #flower
2025-08-01 Toronto Ontario: Color macro photo of a thistly orange flower. Canon R6 100mm F2.8 1/200sec iso125 (13 stacked photos)
August 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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2025-07-31 #Toronto #Ontario

First #ikebana arrangement I made... also first #ceramic vase I've made...

#picaday #photography #flowers
2025-07-31 Toronto Ontario - colour photo of an beginner ikebana flower arrangement in a unique curved vase, feature wire berries, small grass stalk and a bundle of flowers. Canon R6 100mm F5 1/100sec iso640
August 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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2019-09-28 #Toronto #Ontario

This was a weekend of 3 #protests... this one I dubbed the #bigotbrigade. Fortunately it was shutdown properly by the community, and weather... and police...

#picaday #photography #streetphotography
2019-09-28 Toronto Ontario: Colour photo of 'Front, Church, and Wellington' intersection red brick flat iron building. Crowd control police line the intersection in an even spaced pattern. Canon R 24mm f4 1/640sec iso200
July 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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2024-05-09 #Ceramics #Sculpture

The fun of #photography and #pottery hobbies combining,

Form of #ForbiddenDonut

#PicaDay
2024-05-09 Toronto Ontario: Colour photo of a ceramic donut. A bright orange glazed icing lays atop a bright white bare clay 'donut' sitting on a red wooden surface.
July 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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2022-09-12 #Toronto #Ontario

#AnonStreetPhotography should be a stronger tag.

Been working on a Scanner Darkly style algorithm, but finding that creative ways are always more fun.

#picaday #street #photography #bnwphotography
2022-09-12 Toronto, Ontario: Black and white photo of short haired lady crossing King st in the mid afternoon. She is exhaling a large cottony cloud from a vape obscures her face. Canon R6 24mm f1.8 1/800sec iso125
July 22, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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2022-10-30 #Toronto #Ontario

Views always change,

#picaday #streetphotography #photography
2022-10-30 Toronto, Ontario: Colour photo of a man standing at the edge of younge street blocked by a metal fence with a sign reading 'Road Closed, Pedestrian Detour Map' with a large chaotic construction site with multiple cranes and a concrete structure slowly blocking the view of the CN tower. Canon R6 50mm f5 1/400sec iso100
July 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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2025-06-29 #Ontario :
FOLLOW LOCAL REGULATIONS
FOR DISTANCE FROM BUILDING

#picaday #photography #streetphotography
2025-06-29 Ontario: Large white diesel fuel tank nestled next to red metal building with small red text reading; "follow local regulations for distance from building" Canon R6 28mm f3.5 1/250sec iso 160
July 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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2025-07-08 #Simcoe #Ontario
The security guard said "you cannot take photos"

"No, I check, the camera works"

#liminalspace #photography #picaday
2025-07-08: Simcoe, Ontario - old wooden bench sitting in a Grey square lit by a skylight in a empty mall. Strong liminal space feel. Canon R6 28mm 1/80sec f4.0 iso400
July 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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2019-09-22 #Montreal #Quebec - Always jump at a chance for a #longexposure shot, even #handheldshot can sometimes impress.

#picaday #streetphotography #photography #travel #transit #STM
2019-09-22 Montreal, Quebec - A long exposure color photo taken in the Montreal subway system. Looking down the platform a shaft of light illuminates a relatively empty red brick platform lined with vibrant yellow safety strip. A fast moving train is blurred along the far track mirroring the long yellow strip with equally vibrant blue. Canon R 35mm f4 1/5sec iso125
May 30, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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2020-05-26 #Toronto #Ontario - Going back through the #photovault and entertaining a #photobook idea...

then I found the sign

#picaday #streetphotography #photography
2020-05-26 Toronto, Ontario, Picture taken outside of 'Scientology' center, angled to show a constructions sign stating: "A development is coming ---- LAME Development co--"
May 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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2018-02-22 #Vik #Iceland #Reynisdrangar #BlackSandsBeach

Our reward for braving a blizzard, 2 minutes of brilliant sunlight at each of stops. Winds were still crazy so had to get a #longexposure shot, and somebody had the same idea.

#picaday #travelphotography #landscape #photography
2018-02-22 Vik Iceland - Color Photo taken at the Black Sands beach, the exposure is extremely long showing many people darting along the beach as clouds smere in the background. A large arch of basalt columns raise out of the black sands in the background. Several figures stand idle amount the moving lines. Canon 6D 40mm f13 25sec iso50
May 21, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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2022-10-28 #Valencia #Spain

#GrapeDay for it.

#picaday #AnonStreetPhotography #photography #noapologies #sorry
2022-10-28 Valencia Spain - Color photo in the Central Market of Valencia an elderly couple is buying grapes from a produce vender that is displaying a large number of green and red grapes. Canon R6 35mm f3.2 1/320 iso320
May 12, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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2021-04-08 #Toronto #Ontario - #1bloorwest has been a cursed construction since pre-pandemic... Think they finally got the go-fund-me to finish it done.

#picaday #construction #photography #streetphotography
2021-04-08 Toronto Canada - Color Photo taken at the intersection of Bloor and Yonge Street looking south west at the under construction lobby of 1 Bloor West. A large yellow temporary support pillar is flanked by to massive rusting beams in the cavernous lobby. Orange tarps and blue concrete support forms line the top of the image. Canon R 50mm f2.8 1/640sec iso100
May 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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2023-04-13 #Kitakata #Japan - Bewilderments of #cherryblossoms are well worth the trains to the mountain city.

#photography #travelphotography #picaday #puppy #cute #kawaii
2023-04-13 Kitakata Japan - Color photo of a cute well groomed small dog standing in a blue quilted push cart, full bloom cherry blossom willows hang over his head in the background in soft focus. Canon R6 16mm f6.3 1/800sec iso250
May 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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2024-10-13 #LakeBiwa #Japan - The incredible luck of a clear #goldenhour atop the terraces, worth braving the crowds.

#picaday #travel #photography #canonr6 #meditation #zen
2024-10-13 Lake Biwa Japan - Color photo of a lady standing next to a shallow reflection pool lined with brilliant blue tiles, mountain ranges line the backgound. Canon R6 70mm f7.1 1/640sec iso200
May 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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2021-09-18 #VancouverIsland #Canada The #deafening beauty found on the ferry ride alone makes the trip worth while.

#picaday #streetphotography #travel #nature #photography
2021-09-18 Vancouver Island British Columbia Canada - Color photo taken in transit to Vancouver Island looking out over the water of a narrow passage. Large rock cliff line the shores with big green coniferous tree forest covering the top. On the ship, a man in purple hoodie and blue cap stand cupping his ear with hands tightly as though to block an immense sound. Canon R 24mm f4 1/1250sec iso100
May 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM