Coloured construction corner

Coloured construction corner - #297/365, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

There's a lot of construction going on in the Eaton Centre these days. Along with the interesting angles created by all the scaffolding (already taken one of those), there are these colourful temporary boards surrounding the construction areas. I took this corner shot with my Blackberry and included some of the complimentary floor work markings.

Err

Err - #296/365, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

...(ctd from yesterday), when I got home from the long weekend, I tried a few other diagnostics to see if I could snap my D80 out of its "Err" state. No luck. I set up my Fuji FinePix on a mini tripod and got in close for this shot.  (Since this shot was taken, I took the camera into Nikon and they've now told me the aperture control unit needs replacing.  Total bill will be around $300).

Tour di Via Italia

Tour di Via Italia - #295/365, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

Our family visit to Windsor coincided with the annual Tour di Via Italia cycling races on Windsor's Erie Street in Lit'l Italy. Although many pro photographers took up their position just a little past the apex of the corner I found that the most dramatic shots were from a low angle right on the corner. It was a rather dangerous position with no barriers and bikes passing by within inches at about 30mph so I fired a lot of continuous bursts as the pack raced by. I was using my Zeikos battery grip and had a second (Zeikos) battery loaded as I'd read somewhere that it can speed up the frame rate. I also only shot in jpeg to get the best buffer rate.

But, this was apparently too much for my D80 and after about 5 lengthy bursts, I got the dreaded "Err" message displayed on the top LCD and the camera stopped functioning. I tried a number of different remedies, but nothing fixed the problem (to be continued).

Windsor morning ceiling

Windsor morning ceiling - #294/265, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

I was the first one up at my parents home. I thought a blurred shot of the ceiling fan would be interesting but on its own it was kind of dull. So I zoomed out and brought the curves and lines from the front window into the shot to provide some context and contrast.

Classy Windsor ride-by

Classy Windsor ride-by = #293/365, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

My sister-in-law with her coordinated outfit for her retro bike was too perfect to pass up. I used a slow flash sync to give her some highlights which also automatically set a relatively slow 1/60 sec so when I panned I got a nice blurred background and wheels.

Jacks building

Jacks building - #292/365, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

I liked the unusual decorative jacks on this new glass tower and the fluffy clouds broke up the blue sky nicely. Rather than a completely symmetrical composition I chose to include the angular side which seems create a better sense of space.

Heat wave windows

Heat wave windows - #291/365, originally uploaded by PJMixer.

It's been a hot summer in Toronto and this last week of August saw another heat wave. These apartments are close to my house and thought the open windows summed it up nicely. A took a while to find a decent angle that captured a lot of windows in the frame and opted to go with a smaller aperture to keep them in focus.