Toronto Photowalk – September 2023 – The Beaches and R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant

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Photowalk details:

Date: Sep­tem­ber, 2023

Loca­tion: We met on the wood­en board­walk east of the Wood­bine Park Foun­tain (Map Link). From there, we walked east towards the R.C. Har­ris Water Treat­ment Plant and explored the grounds. I point­ed out the entrance to the so-called “old beach,” but we decid­ed it was­n’t worth the risk of a fall or tum­ble to explore it. That beach is accessed through an unlocked gate with a huge sign bar­ring entry, and explain­ing all the for­bid­den activ­i­ties should you enter any­way. After­wards, we walked back west towards Wood­bine Beach West Dock and watched the sun­set over the Ash­bridges Bay Yacht Club. Sep­tem­ber’s pho­towalk did­n’t have a theme.

Below are some of the pictures I captured during my first autumn photowalk in Toronto. Most of the photos were taken with my Fujinon 56mm F1.2 R lens, and some with my new Fujinon 23mm F1.4 R LM WR lens.

Muscled man on the beach in Toronto during September.
A fel­la. One of the pho­towalk par­tic­i­pants was strange­ly pre­oc­cu­pied with how mus­cu­lar this man’s back was. Shot using my Fuji­film X‑H2s cam­era and Fuji­non XF 56mm F1.2 R lens. 1/4000 sec at ƒ/2.0 and ISO 160.
R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant in September.
There’s a wind­sock on the R.C. Har­ris Water Treat­ment Plant. Shot using my Fuji­film X‑H2s cam­era and Fuji­non XF 56mm F1.2 R lens. 1/2500 sec at ƒ/4.0 and ISO 160.
The interior of the R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant.
A fel­la inside the cen­tral cor­ri­dor of the R.C. Har­ris Water Treat­ment Plant, as seen from a win­dow look­ing in. Shot using my Fuji­film X‑H2s cam­era and Fuji­non XF 56mm F1.2 R lens. 1/200 sec at ƒ/2.8 and ISO 160.
No bicycle on the boardwalk sign in Beaches Toronto
A com­plete­ly legit­i­mate, total­ly real, and not hand-paint­ed by-law sign along the board­walk in the Beach­es. Shot using my Fuji­film X‑H2s cam­era and Fuji­non XF 23mm F1.4 R LM WR lens. 1/800 sec at ƒ/2.8 and ISO 160.
Couple on the rocks in the Beaches by the Leuty Lifeguard Station.
A cou­ple on the rocks by the Leu­ty Life­guard Sta­tion. Shot using my Fuji­film X‑H2s cam­era and Fuji­non XF 23mm F1.4 R LM WR lens. 1/800 sec at ƒ/2.8 and ISO 160.
Girl in a pink sweater posing for a photo in front of a maple tree.
I’m most­ly shar­ing this for the colours and con­trast. I missed the more pho­to­genic moment when she was reach­ing for the leaves a few sec­onds before this frame. Shot using my Fuji­film X‑H2s cam­era and Fuji­non XF 56mm F1.2 R lens. 1/1000 sec at ƒ/1.8 and ISO 160.
Toronto photowalk. Yellow sunset over the Ashbridges Bay Yacht Club.
This pho­to is con­fir­ma­tion that the pho­towalk kept to its sched­ule. We arrived at the loca­tion at just the right time. I’ve empha­sized the yel­low in the sky by increas­ing the white bal­ance to 7500K. Shot using my Fuji­film X‑H2s cam­era and Fuji­non XF 56mm F1.2 R lens. 1/2000 sec at ƒ/8.0 and ISO 160.
Flowers in the sunlight
I could­n’t resist a pho­to of these per­fect­ly formed duet in the gold­en sun­light. Shot using my Fuji­film X‑H2s cam­era and Fuji­non XF 56mm F1.2 R lens. 1/180 sec at ƒ/5.6 and ISO 160.
Classic Chevrolet Corvette during blue hour twilight.
We could­n’t resist stop­ping to take pho­tos of this cur­va­ceous Chevro­let Corvette dur­ing twi­light. Shot using my Fuji­film X‑H2s cam­era and Fuji­non XF 56mm F1.2 R lens. 1/40 sec at ƒ/2.8 and ISO 160.
A person reading by the Woodbine Park Fountain.
This is the last pho­to I took before say­ing good­bye to the group. Shot using my Fuji­film X‑H2s cam­era and Fuji­non XF 56mm F1.2 R lens. 1/50 sec at ƒ/2.8 and ISO 160.

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