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Images from Nuit Blanche 2008

Iain Myrans — 2008-10-06

I took my camera out and walked around the city for Nuit Blanche 2008 in Toronto. Nuit Blanche is an "all night contemporary art thing" (as it is billed) that is in its third year in Toronto. Because it involves walking all over the city I didn't want to drag along a tripod so I was a bit limited in the dark but I got a few interesting shots. I did this with Shannon last year. Shannon, if you're reading this I hope you're doing well over there in Korea. It was, of course, not the same without you. Top Left: An exhibit featuring 64-channels of independant audio. Each speaker produces a different sound. Standing in the middle gives you an overwhelming mashup of sound but moving near each individual speaker reveals a unique sound -- a type writer 'clack' or cash register 'ching'. Top Left: This exhibit was in one of the provincial government buildings. Apparently some of it fell down when someone tried pulling out a book. It was slated to have a rooftop and be almost twice as high but between vandals and time constraints I gather it never happened. It was still neat. Bottm Left: One of the coolest things I saw. Students of OCAD, the Ontario College of Art and Design, created this shadow light show. The 'rider' peddles a bike (behind the green lens flare) and their shadow is cast on the wall, blocking the orange light. Whe the peddles on the bike are turned it moves horse cut outs quickly through the light box on the left edge of the photo creating an animation of a horse racing on the wall. With the shadow and the projection lined up the results were really great! Bottom Left: An interesting light and fog exhibit at 'Lake Devo', a man-made pond at Ryerson University. Hundreds of rubber ducks were out for a swim.

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Sun Setting on Summer

Iain Myrans — 2008-10-01

Post Processing: basic dodging of the ferry since it was in shadow. Thanks to Dan C for pointing out that I caught the sky a bit with the dodge brush. I've fixed it in the original :) Thanks Dan!

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Raily Day in Old Montreal

Iain Myrans — 2008-09-30

In another very rare occurance I'm posting a black and white photo! I took this as the drizzle was coming down on a very dark day in Old Montreal near Vieux Port.

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Sailed Away

Iain Myrans — 2008-09-29

So you sailed away Into a grey sky morning Now I'm here to stay Nothing's quite the same now I just say your name now But it's not so bad You're only the best I ever had You don't want me back You're just the best I ever had So you stole my world Now I'm just a phony Remembering the girl Leaves me down and lonely Send it in a letter Make yourself feel better But it's not so bad You're only the best I ever had You don't need me back You're just the best I ever had And it may take some time to Patch me up inside But I can't take it so I Run away and hide And I may find in time that You were always right You're always right So you sailed away Into a grey sky morning Now I'm here to stay The best I ever had The best I ever Song lyrics by Vertical Horizon

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Lanes of Old Montreal

Iain Myrans — 2008-09-27

In one of the brief moments of sunlight while I was in Montreal I managed to get this photo in the shade! I actually quite like how it turned out in the end with the cart and the Montreal sign. Iain.

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The Tour Boat

Iain Myrans — 2008-09-26

A tour boat returns to Pier 6, one of the central peirs on the Toronto waterfront where a lovely little coffee shop resides. Toronto's famous Harbourfront Centre is just to the West of of the frame (left side of the image).

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An Exhibition Portrait

Iain Myrans — 2008-09-25

I think this will be my last photo from the Ex. I've posted a few now, incluing one yesterday. This is among my favourite frames from the evening. The colour, the rides, the stands, and the couple -- this is what the Ex seems to be all about. Iain.

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Round and Round We Go.

Iain Myrans — 2008-09-24

In a very rare occurrence, I am posting a black and white photo! The contrast was so extreme in this shot that I thought B&W was certainly the way to present it. This is another photo in my series of photos from the Royal Canadian Exhibition Fair taken at the end of August. If you look closely you'll see the swing trails. Other photos in the series: http://sparklite.shutterchance.com/photoblog/Exhibition_Lights_/ http://sparklite.shutterchance.com/photoblog/At_the_Ex_/ Iain.

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Making cycling safe

Iain Myrans — 2008-09-23

I was in Montreal a month ago and I was amazed by this bike lane. Toronto's Richmond Street should be rebuilt this way -- a one-way road with a full lane and buffer provided to cyclists with seperate signals. If you want to get cyclists on their bikes and out of their cars, a safe and quick set of bike 'highways' like this needs to be constructed. This is the urban planner in me talking at this point! Even if you're not interested in that dialogue hopefully you'll still like the picture. It was a challenge to take as I was in heavy shate with a very bright background but I think it works.

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Cardinal

Iain Myrans — 2008-09-22

Cardinal flowers by the shore of Georgian Bay.

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Lower Burwash

Iain Myrans — 2008-09-17

I took this photo last year of Victoria College, Lower Burwash Residences. Vic still feels like home when I visit, it was where I went for my undergraduate degree.

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Ward's Reflections of the City

Iain Myrans — 2008-09-13

While we're on night time photos I thought I'd post one from the Toronto Islands. This was taken over near Wards Island while I was out scouting for a wedding shoot -- of course I was scouting earlier in the evening, this was after dinner.

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