Toronto Photography Meetup Group

Is that a Smart?

Anywhere close to Subway lines?

yep, the nearest subway is Finch i guess, about 25 min drive from where i am

I always did want to be #20.

Booked seating has changed to first come first served as we are ordering off the menu.

We should be able to grab spots inside as they become available. Lots of Picnic Table outside as well. 12:30 can still be our meeting time, but we can play it by ear as the day goes on.

Just a reminder to all -- Sunday's temperature is calling for a high of 6 degrees celcius -- so dress a little more warmly then you would today!

Stouffville Rd for anyone that cannot find it on their GPS or Google Maps.

Since this is an event close to my house, seems like I have little choice but to attend.

Some of us actually have MAP books -- as archaic as it sounds.....

PotatoEYE: I'm around the Main Street subway station if you need a ride. Let me know and we can work out the details.

Thanks Maureen! I'm so full from the pancakes. Time to warm up with some honey!

Thanks Maureen for organizing! I had a great time, and you can't say "no" to maple syrup

Some sample pics. No wide angle shots, I was mostly testing my new 70-200mm f2.8 IS II

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29718273@N06/4450888597/" title="IMG_6626 by Spencer Lui, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2694/4450888597_f4708cdccc.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="IMG_6626"></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29718273@N06/4451663124/" title="IMG_6656 by Spencer Lui, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4016/4451663124_96f93ed3f8.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="IMG_6656"></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29718273@N06/4451663682/" title="IMG_6667 by Spencer Lui, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2754/4451663682_be6a7a2eb9.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="IMG_6667"></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29718273@N06/4450892547/" title="IMG_6686 by Spencer Lui, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2709/4450892547_5377685e67.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="IMG_6686"></a>

The set http://www.flickr.com/photos/29718273@N ... 664742622/

Spencer, looks like the dudes at Canon found some way of making their lenses have that 3d look of Zeis lenses, I noticed it on my macro, now the first picture in your series also shows it well

Nice shots Spencer!

Today's event was a lot of fun, but I think moreso for the unofficial aftermath ad hoc: myself, Maureen, yesh, Sebastian and Janet ventured west and also hit Nashville, the cheltenham badlands, and the cheltenham brickworks.

The badlands were surprisingly unbusy, and a great time for the 3 boys in the group to lose our respective badlands virginities.

As I write this, we are having some dinner at shoeless joe's in Bolton.

thanks for a great outing maureen, today was full of excitement and adventure!

edit: added pic

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madelica/4452084913/" title="axe by madelica, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4023/4452084913_a62227d6d7.jpg" width="307" height="500" alt="axe"></a>

Thanks everyone for coming out. Great turnout, lots of fun and the maple syrup was very yummy.

The mill wa also nice to see too.

The extra stops afterwards were good too.

Nice to see lots of new faces, as well as the regulars.

thanks maureen for organizing! it was my 1st outing with the club.

great to meet all the friendly people! sorry didn't get to meet everyone but will in time. some were carrying some serious weaponry. (see the "L crew" below lol)

hey hotwire, stop IDing my stuff. I like to stay lowkey. haha jk

glad the rain held off. the maple syrup walk was educational. felt like I was on an elementary school field trip.



-Edwin


thx catherine for taking this silly pic of me^^





some cute animals at the petting zoo



signs of spring





native wood carving in the store


unicycle juggler, this guy went through the trails entertaining. impressive!


fun on the wagon


giddyup or not, the wagon almost lost control! the horses got tripped up on their harness, all of a sudden we rocketed from 5km to 50km. luckily they settled down and nothing happened!




the "L crew" in order of lens size and height haha. does size matter?



few from bruce's mill



boo!

Had a great time... thanks Maureen

Maureen: Thanks for organizing! It was an awesome event!

Spencer: Nice composition with the 2 buckets!

Edwin: Thanks for capturing the L-Crew! That's too funny.

You people are too fast with the photos, I really need to catch up on posting.

I think you're right! Or maybe that's just the bokeh and long focal length at work . I'd say all their recent lenses from 2009 onwards have been spectacular. New coatings or something. Thumbs up!

Thanks for the compliment Carlton!

And thanks for posting your pics Edwin. I was curious how the "L crew" turned out; great pic . Canon should use this photo for marketing purposes.. LOL

hey spencer,

more power to ya. your L is working very nice. good shots from a crappy day.

c'mon catherine start posting up. it's been 24hrs :p



posted more pics from the day here..

http://picasaweb.google.ca/nikonshare/Nshare_bmill#

Although I didn't attend with you guys, I was there a few days earlier with the Fam (on Wednesday, when the place was mobbed).

Awesome shots of the Mill lx.

Nice to meet those that attended. Some of my pics from the gathering.
Noisy chatty red-wing-black-bird by the mill. Taken with the 100-400... it ain't that long... It's how you use it

HDR test of the stump in the swamp

Kettle

MMM Breakfeast

That's the happiest crew of L shooters I've ever seen.

Thanks for organizing this fun event Maureen. Gotta love maple syrup shots.

Really nice pics everyone. Hopefully I'll get a free moment to post some of mine.

Thanks Maureen for organizing, never would have gone there by myself.

Here are few of my shots...

This llama was really drawn to my red hat.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wycchan/4458270883/" title="Llama by wycchan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2681/4458270883_6dbe4a9a5a.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="Llama"></a>

Eeyore would have starved to death here.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wycchan/4459059634/" title="Thistles by wycchan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4049/4459059634_103c3eac90.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="Thistles"></a>

Saddle & Bells
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wycchan/4458256053/" title="Saddle &amp; Bells by wycchan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4019/4458256053_51bc271250.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Sadle &amp; Bells"></a>

Alright, I've added a few to the pool, but here's my favourite from the day....

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/shaky_jt/4461734626/" title="Negotiate by shaky JT, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2776/4461734626_466bc71fa0.jpg" width="500" height="352" alt="Negotiate"></a>

It took me forever to get these posted, but here are a few of the highlights. I enjoyed the festival, thank you for organizing.

I've tried many times to pull the images from Flickr. With an overwhelming sense of frustration, I shall move on to my next task of the day and post only the url if you'd like to see the photos.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chelsea_photostream/sets/72157623595619673/

Thanks again for organizing, I had a great time. Any comments on how I can pull the images from Flickr would be helpful.

Chelsea

Chelsea, do this:

Within Flickr, click on the photo you want to post. Click on "All Sizes" above the pic, select the size you want to use ("medium" usually does the trick). Underneath the pic, there will be 2 types of links.. copy Link 1 (the one with HTML code), and simply paste all that code into your TPMG post.. no need to use the [Img] tags. Done!

Your pics will become hyperlinks to your Flickr, and people can view your picture properties (EXIF) if you allow it.

Good luck!