Toronto Skyline from Tommy Thompson Park - Peter Verboom

Shot this with a 7 exposure tonemap. There was slight ghosting from the flying birds but I retouched those out. I really liked the rays of sun coming through the clouds.

Sunset Lake Shore Boulevard - Peter Verboom

This week I snapped a few shots through the windshield while driving on Lake Shore Boulevard into the sunset. I was in the passenger seat so it was safe to shoot while driving. I'm noticing a trend in my photos lately as they all seem to be at sunset/dusk/night. I should contrast some of these with sunrise pictures for the future to bring in some balance, so stay tuned!

View my other candidate photos for this week on my Flickr

Tugboat Crew in Fog - Peter Verboom

Tugboat crew heads out to heard in the ships at Hamilton Harbour. I was photographing the HMS Haida in the fog when these two crew members arrived for their shift. I kept shooting towards the ship but looked over my shoulder and saw this frame happening. I only snapped one photo which was overly orange from the Sodium-vapor lamps, so I colour corrected the scene to resemble what I saw.

Sunset Chopper - Bill at Bmcvisuals

Boy what a week!  A week filled with excitement and great news.  One of our best friends has come to stay with us for a month, and after 5 very long months of looking for employment since being laid off, I received an offer to join a fantastic organization.  Which by the way only took 5 interviews.  Suffice it to say, the week didn't provide many opportunities to shoot.  However, given that we now have 3 Boston Terriers running loose through the house ( 1 is ours, 2 our best friends, 1 of which is the sister of ours ), there was this opportunity to catch Chopper sitting on the floor in our bedroom, lit by the evenings sunset.  It's like there's someone in there wanting to talk to me!

Foggy Nuke - Peter Verboom

I was driving home on the 401 Monday night and saw a large patch of fog just over the lake. I grabbed my gear and rushed down to the Pickering Waterfront to capture some images but by then the dense fog had moved eastward. This photo shows the tail end of it travelling between the reactors of the nuclear plant. The water was rough from the high winds so I did a long exposure of 3.2 seconds to smooth the waves. I would have tried a longer exposure to increase the effect, but I was at F32 and ISO 100 already and do not yet have any ND filters in my kit. If my girlfriend is reading this, my birthday is coming up ;)

Bridge Through Wheat - Peter Verboom

This photo is of the Burlington Skyway at sunset. It was taken from a low angle on the beach looking up through the wheat growing in the sand. It was very cold near the water and took a lot of effort to steady the camera from my shivering hands.

Frankenmuth Special - Bill at Bmcvisuals

This week sees not just one image from the week, but 5!  What's the occasion?  Our yearly trip with our best friends to Frankenmuth, Michigan.  Home of Bronner's, the worlds largest Christmas store, chicken dinner from Zehnder's, and a whole lot o' shopping from Birch Run outlets.

One extremely large ornament ball in Bronners

My favorite village piece, the Diner.  I love that you can see the customers and staff inside.  This is in Bronners as well.

Another little village piece, the Poolhall.  I liked this one for the speed limit sign and the fact that the man is twice the size of the car.

This trash bin caught my eye as we were leaving Bronners because the light from the sunset hit the icycles at just the right angle, which caused them to stand out.  I was not prepared for how cold it was there this year, and it made my morning training sessions shorter than normal.

The Frankenmuth covered bridge.  A 239 foot, 230 ton covered bridge made completely of wood which spans the Cass River.  It was great running over this Saturday morning with no one around and everything being entirely quiet.