Irish Famine Memorial and Tommy Thomson Park

So I decided to head into Toronto on Sunday.
My goal was to walk around Tommy Thomson Park as well as find the elusive Irish Famine Memorial.
Tommy was a nice refreshing walk, but at this time of year the place was pretty desolate and boring. There were a couple swans and some seagulls bobbing about in the water, but that was about it. And shots of the downtown skyline were slightly skewed by that familiar GTA smog.
The Irish Famine Memorial had eluded me previously, but this time I found her!
She was tucked in a corner piece of property, behind some old silos and city works buildings.
I have to admit, the memorial is a pretty cool looking place.
I snapped a few pics during the outing, and may post some up later.
I'll keep you posted...on my posting.

Another Sunny Saturday

Day one of the long weekend was a warm and sunny one so I headed out to Mountsberg, Crawford Lake and Rattlesnake Point.
I was able to take full advantage of the IS on my 70-200 F4L and snap a few pics of the birds at the raptor centre at Mountsberg, as well as try out my new 17-55 F2.8 IS...
...on subjects like these sheep.

New pictures have been added to the Aves gallery.

I BROKE MY TRIPOD!!!

...and Nuit Blanche is less than two weeks away.
Now I am sad.

Mountsberg Conservation Area & Hilton Falls

Continuing my recon to find a great spot to shoot fall landscapes, I traveled up to Mountsberg Conservation Area and Hilton Falls yesterday. The leaves were just starting to change colour so I didn't take any fall landscape pictures, but I did manage to snap some pictures anyways.
New images from the day have been added to the Aves, Mammalia and the Landmarks & Landscapes galleries.

Rattlesnake Point

Tonight I uploaded some images from yesterday’s Rattlesnake Point trek to the Landmarks & Landscapes and the Other image galleries.