JBIPix – A Personal Photoblog

Toronto Botanical Garden located in Edwards Gardens on an overcast Spring day. D300 and 70-200 2.8 VR with SB600 fill flash.

A mix of architectural styles spanning many years in downtown Toronto. Nikon D300 and Tokina 11-16 mm and Nikon 18-200 mm lenses.

G. Ross Lord Park in Toronto, ON. Nikon D300 and 70-200 2.8 VR lens.

Lots to see in street art and performances on a warm Spring Sunday in Toronto from old City Hall along Queen Street and up Yonge to Elm. Nikon D300 and Tokina 11-16 mm and Nikon 18-200 mm lenses.

G. Ross Lord Park in Toronto, ON. Nikon D300 and 70-200 2.8 VR lens.

Downtown Toronto, May 25, 2008 …

World Partnership Walk 2008 ,Toronto. The event after the walk with Toronto’s vibrant and enthusiastic diversity in entertainment!

Downtown Toronto on a beautiful Spring Sunday …

World Partnership Walk 2008 ,Toronto. The World Partnership Walk brings together tens of thousands of Canadians in nine cities to help vulnerable communities in Africa and Asia climb out of poverty.

Ontario Minister of Education, Kathleen Wynne and Minister of Health, George Smitherman cut the ribbon at the start of the walk.

… up University Avenue

… past the Ontario Legislature, Queen’s Park

… and back to the start for an afternoon of world entertainment and multi-cultural celebration

Green Toronto Festival. Live green at home, work and on the road. Everything from bees, worms and bikes, to green fashions, renewable energy, local foods and more. Saturday, May 24, 2008.

Kids on stage singing for Green Toronto event. What kind of a world will they inherit?

Performance on Yonge-Dundas Square for the event.

Traffic-free Yonge Street looking north at the event.

An owl has its eyes on how we respond to global warming.

A “greener” taxi in downtown Toronto.

Les Miserables at the Elgin & Winter Garden on Yonge Street.

The many colors of Spring at Edwards Gardens. Nikon D300 and 70-200 2.8 VR, except as noted. SB600 flash ISO 720 200mm 1/400 sec f2.8

ISO 200 130mm 1/400 sec f4

… and SB 600 flash

ISO 720 200mm 1/250 sec f6.3

ISO 250 70mm 1/250 sec f6.3

ISO 450 70mm 1/250 sec f6.3

… and SB 600 flash

… and SB 600 flash

Nikon D300 & Tokina 11-16 2.8 lens at ISO 1600 13mm 1/125 sec f11.

Thickson Woods, Whitby, ON. Nikon D300 and 70-200 2.8 VR lens.