I snapped this photo while whipping down the 401 on my way to Port Hope. I’ve always liked the look of this train bridge. It’s near Pickering Ontario, a small city just east of Toronto. The photo’s not great, because it was taken through the windshield of my car, but what can you do.

No, this isn’t Alaska. From a distance it’s really hard to determine why this bridge even exists. A couple of miles up the road lead to the outskirts of Port Hope and the reason for the bridge becomes apparent. It’s near a small subdivision and crosses over train tracks. I really wanted to get a close up of it but couldn’t find a way to get near it. Anyway, in this photo it looks a bit out of place, but I think it works.

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Quand Karl joue à la poupée, ça donne une série de photos surréaliste !!

Par contre la séance de photoshopage de rigueur à visiblement été oublié pour la seconde photo, sur les jambes de Baptiste allias ‘Ken’.

photos / Karl Lagerfeld pour Elle Italie

Here’s a photo of one of the more dominant buildings in Elora. I can’t say how old it is. In a way it looks pretty new, as if built using reclaimed bricks, but it might be old and the brickwork recently professionally cleaned. Hard to say. UPDATE: A little research uncovered that the flat-iron building was built in 1865 by Andrew Gordon and operated as a hotel (the Dalby House Hotel) for more than 25 years.

Here’s a photo of one of the older buildings in Port Hope. I changed it to black & white and cropped it for effect.

This statue is from the graveyard behind the church I mentioned two photos ago. I cropped it substantially and turned it into a black & white. I also added a blur effect to the photo. I think it came out okay.

I took this photo of wild flowers from atop the big hill I climbed to take some of my panoramic photos. This was about 2/3rds the way to Port Hope. Hope you like them.

CAMERA PURCHASE UPDATE: So I’ve emailed a wish list to two camera shops here in Toronto. Looks like I’ll have a new camera by the end of the week. I’ve decided to go with the Olympus E-620 with a Zuiko 14-54mm f/2.8-3.5 Mark II lens. The lens is a nice upgrade from the kit lens. But I’m going to stick with the 40-150mm f3.5-5.0 kit lens for the longer shots. I don’t use zoom enough to justify a high-end zoom. Plus, I simply can’t afford it. I’m choosing the E-620 because it’s the smallest DSLR on the market, and it has an articulating LCD display. I can’t tell you how often I’ve wished for an articulating display so I didn’t have to guess what I was shooting and if it was indeed in focus. I’ll let you know when I actually have the new toy.