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Toronto Skyline
Technique/Processing
We planned to take the Ferry to the Toronto Islands to take shots of the skyline from there, but unfortunately (for us) the ferries were on strike during our visit (Reminded me of the railway strikes we had in Germany last year...), so we had to go to the Humber Bay Park instead.
I made a standard 5 exposure bracketing using the 70-300mm VR lens, taken at my night settings - most importantly ISO 160 which generates the least noise on the D700 ( ISO 125 and 100 are worse, as they are interpolated by software and thus result in a loss of dynamic range).
Blended in Photoshop using the ADRI technique and the result was manually blended with the darkest exposure masking everything but the highlights.
Info:
Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the provincial capital of Ontario. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. With over 2.5 million residents, it is the fifth most populous municipality in North America. Toronto is at the heart of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), and is part of a densely populated region in Southern Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe, which is home to 8.1 million residents and has approximately 25% of Canada's population. The census metropolitan area (CMA) had a population of 5,113,149 and the Greater Toronto Area had a population of 5,555,912 in the 2006 Census.
As Canada's economic capital, Toronto is considered a global city and is one of the top financial centres in the world. Toronto's leading economic sectors include finance, business services, telecommunications, aerospace, transportation, media, arts, film, television production, publishing, software production, medical research, education, tourism and sports industries. The Toronto Stock Exchange, the world's seventh largest, is headquartered in the city, along with a majority of Canada's corporations.
Toronto's population is cosmopolitan and international, reflecting its role as an important destination for immigrants to Canada. Toronto is one of the world's most diverse cities by percentage of non-native-born residents, as about 49% of the population were born outside of Canada. Because of the city's low crime rates, clean environment, high standard of living, and friendlier attitudes to diversity, Toronto is consistently rated as one of the world's most livable cities by the Economist Intelligence Unit and the Mercer Quality of Living Survey. In addition, Toronto was ranked as the most expensive Canadian city in which to live in 2006. Residents of Toronto are called Torontonians.
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Comments and faves
digger- on/off, Ovidiu H., fede_gen88, ThroughMyEye, and 459 other people added this photo to their favorites.
digger- on/off (46 months ago | reply)
absolut genial! schöne skyline!
sminky_pinky100 (In and Out) (46 months ago | reply)
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One of my favourite cities! Great skyline shot.
Ovidiu H. (46 months ago | reply)
Nice one, friend.
Well seen.
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Lina-Sydney (46 months ago | reply)
the color so rich
ThroughMyEye (46 months ago | reply)
Oh!! You certainly did our wonderful city justice with this AMAZING photo of the skyline!!! AWESOME CAPTURE and instant favourite!
Sasuhai (46 months ago | reply)
Beautiful
.. have a good day my friend!
Ric0p - Lost the Flickr spark (46 months ago | reply)
Nice exposure, very well capture!
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nabilishes [on and off] (46 months ago | reply)
certainly a fav!
Michael Skelton (46 months ago | reply)
Very nice
tomas teneketzis (46 months ago | reply)
...a great town view !
excellent shot !
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Sadr Oman (46 months ago | reply)
beautiful.....
skytree&kuan™ (46 months ago | reply)
great shot:)
oybay© (46 months ago | reply)
A beautiful city. Love the CN Tower alot. Your clarity is always tops.
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*♥* ṡhøώ ṃε υɾ ρïχ *♥* (46 months ago | reply)
Magnificent Philipp...beautiful light....Winner here...u watch...
Write Outside (46 months ago | reply)
So very nice. Thank you for your technique. Very insightful. Beautiful image!
Andrea Rapisarda (46 months ago | reply)
very well done
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Robbie Swan (46 months ago | reply)
Awesome skyline!!! Beautiful blue hour shot!
alvin lamucho © (46 months ago | reply)
this is truly wonderful philipp. fantastic blue tones!
Esther Seijmonsbergen (46 months ago | reply)
Very nice cityscape!
Steve-h (46 months ago | reply)
Fabulous !
nathaliehupin (46 months ago | reply)
Fantastic work ! Except the "detai"l with more noise at 100 or 125 iso than at 160, are you enjoy of your D700 ?
zielonogorzanka (46 months ago | reply)
Fantastyczne ! Szczegolnie jezioro Ontario wyglada pieknie ! Az nierealnie !
foreverchihiro (46 months ago | reply)
Sobre fondo negro es espectacular, enhorabuena.
Saludos.
prdsra3 (46 months ago | reply)
Wonderful
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S@ilor (46 months ago | reply)
Great skyline!
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Labernalesa (46 months ago | reply)
El encanto de la nocturnidad, los ultimos colores de la tarde, hermosa.
ajay's visual~panorama© (46 months ago | reply)
Amazing shot.
eisha_romeo_4 (catching up) (46 months ago | reply)
love those blues!!
Happy Blue Monday!
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Shuuro (46 months ago | reply)
very beautiful night exposure, colorful.
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Slim Letaief (46 months ago | reply)
Excellent Shot! Well done :)
Shenglin Xu (46 months ago | reply)
Me gusta!
louistib (46 months ago | reply)
Super light on this blue hour
Robin' (46 months ago | reply)
Hele mooie kleuren zeg!
Vincent Montibus (46 months ago | reply)
Awesome blue tones !!!
Great skyline !!!
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Jaclyn Teh ( try to visit flickr more often ) (46 months ago | reply)
Fine detail with the fine picture..well done..frlickr friend..
Daniela Duncan (46 months ago | reply)
Excellent shot, awesome blue tones.
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1blessedmom Photography (On Again) (46 months ago | reply)
Great colors to this night shot!
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NURAY YUZBASI (46 months ago | reply)
HBM....
great blue panorama...
MarculescuEugenIancuD60Alaska (46 months ago | reply)
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beautiful work
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Katka S. (46 months ago | reply)
Fantastic colours and exposure!
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Sash´s Kitchen-Studio Photography (46 months ago | reply)
klasse workflow
grossartig, mein Lieber
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pierale (46 months ago | reply)
extraordinary skyline with wonderful colors
have a nice week !
sunshine girl ☀ jennifer stanhope photography (46 months ago | reply)
Wow beautiful! great exposure..
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I like very much your photo
Chaos2k (46 months ago | reply)
great shot
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Judi Mowlem Photography (46 months ago | reply)
fantastic skyline, incredible depth to the photo.
=Я|Rod= (46 months ago | reply)
Klasse Ergebnis!
Sehr ausgewogen und das Blau ist der Hammer.
JLMphoto (46 months ago | reply)
Beautiful skyline capture -- well done! Too bad about the ferries, but I'd say you found a great spot nevertheless.