The Longest Night 2019
Aircraft streak over the Toronto skyline on the longest night of the year, winter solstice 2019. Click image to view larger.
Balance of the Seasons
A mini glacier melts atop a groyne by the Centre Island pier. Click image to view larger.
Bollard No More
PortsToronto (née the Toronto Port Authority) has begun removal of the northern portion of the eastern gap breakwall. Here the upper surface has been reduced to rubble, which will get moved to the south side of Tommy Thompson park. You can view it prior to demolition here and here.
Hogtown
A long exposure turns the wind-whipped inner harbour to mist while April snow clouds scud overhead.
The Longest Night 2018
Aircraft streak over the Toronto skyline in a multi-hour exposure. Click image to view larger.
Edge of Forever
The southern end of the eastern gap is completely underwater. East winds and boat wake now drive waves inland, with almost no protection from what used to be a high concrete barrier.
A Modern Classic
Venus and Jupiter swing together in conjunction past the Gibraltar Point lighthouse. Together with star and aircraft trails, they form a unique ceiling of light over the oldest existing lighthouse on the Great Lakes.
Porter Painting
Aircraft streak through Toronto’s night sky in a three-hour combined exposure. It certainly looks like there’s been a marked increase in air traffic since this similar image taken back in March.
Pier Sunrise
The Centre Island pier stands in stark silhouette against the colours of a predawn October sky.
Directions
A two-hour stacked exposure turns the late-March Toronto skyline into a fine web of aircraft trails. The Island airport can be seen at the left of the image, glowing with its myriad of takeoffs and landings. Porter Airlines can be seen following their usual east-wind takeoff pattern, from the airport directly to the top-right side […]
Swan Song
For the final time ever, space shuttle Discovery appears with the International Space Station over the Toronto skyline. Undocked from the ISS the previous day, Discovery and the ISS form distinct trails as the shuttle’s deorbit preparations increase their separation distance. This is a series of ‘stacked’ images, 5-second exposures laid over top of each […]
Future Perfect
Capping a perfect mission and tracking southward, space shuttle Discovery (left) and the International Space Station (right) disappear into orbital sunset over the Centre Island pier, 16 hours before Discovery’s final landing at Kennedy Space Centre.
Overflight
The International Space Station, with a full complement of visiting vehicles from all participating nations, soars in orbit over Toronto at 7:02 P.M. This is a stacked set of eight images, the gaps in the trail are caused by the ~1 second delay between shutter actuations.
End of the Road
The breakwall that defines the eastern gap continues to crumble into the inner harbour. Here a lonely bollard awaits its fate, many of its siblings already lying submerged beneath the icy waters.
1830 to the City
The Ongiara streaks to the city at 6:30 P.M., punching through the January ice in this two-minute exposure.
Waiting for Gala Days
An almost-full moon turns night into day around the snowbound WIA clubhouse, silent for the winter and awaiting future Gala Days.
Smoke on the Water
A long exposure (somewhere on the order of two minutes) turns the raging whitewater of the outer harbour into mist on a stormy fall night in 2009.
Arrowhead Trails
A four-hour exposure over Arrowhead lake spins the night sky, ushering in the camping season of 2009.