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Too Early for Sandwiches
Posted by Damon Schreiber (Toronto, Canada) on 19 August 2008 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.
The Swan
[Queen & Bathurst, Toronto]
bluechameleon from Vancouver, Canada
Really nice lighting here! Perhaps too early for sandwiches, but coffee and toast might be okay :)
19 Aug 2008 12:33pm
Lucca from Cologne, Germany
One for me! So much to look at here. Did you go later for a sandwich?
19 Aug 2008 1:55pm
@Lucca: Thanks, Beate! No, I didn't go later, though it's not too far from my house so I still could. The truth is that once upon a time, this was a simple diner. Then it was closed for many years with this same beautiful art-deco façade and a small sign in the doorway: 'restaurant not for sale'. Then the sign disappeared and it reopened still with the same look, but a much more expensive menu. See here. So in a sense, I'm too late for sandwiches.
dj.tigersprout from San Bruno, CA, United States
a wonderful and tidy shot! really love the colored stripes on the door frame, the closed sign and the parallel lines of the closed blinds. awesome!
19 Aug 2008 5:13pm
Stephen Phillips from San Francisco, United States
This is really nice, Damon. Minimalist - almost to the point of being an abstract. The light is magical. A most engaging image.
19 Aug 2008 5:18pm
onewayphoto / Mark from Essex, United Kingdom
Nice graphical composition going on here. And I like your title too!
19 Aug 2008 7:59pm
Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom
Oh no, bad luck on arriving too early, but excellent job on capturing the fall of light and the forms and shapes, did you wait around till it opened?
19 Aug 2008 8:40pm
Anne from White Rock, Canada
Really nice staight parallel lines with no distortion. Love the lighting on this shot! :-)
19 Aug 2008 8:41pm
GJC from Kyoto, Japan
This is just the kind of shot I love. Really like the beautiful mixture of lines and light. Well done.
20 Aug 2008 12:57am
Teresa from Mountain View, United States
I'm not sure why but I am truly lovin' that closed sign in the window . Maybe becasue it's in a little holder rather than just propped there on the ledge. And the light is fantastic!
20 Aug 2008 1:10am
Jason Kravitz from Brussels, Belgium
great composition - is it my eyes or is the building number "89?"
guess that makes it interesting for mail delivery :)
20 Aug 2008 8:15am
Lucca from Cologne, Germany
I'm surprised how it looks inside. To be homest I like the front with the door and the SANDWICH Logo more than the stylish furniture. May be breakfast tastes fine though. :)
20 Aug 2008 9:00pm
Pentax K10D
1/250 second
F/2.8
ISO 100
40 mm