Street photography

This has appeared before, but with the eyes of all the statues masked, I've grown out of that phase now.

The dog appeared to be a professional model. S/he followed this pose up with a runway walk. His/her trainer/wrangler is behind the lamppost. That's the doggie fountain at William Berczy Park in Toronto in back. There are two more views of it in the notes over the basin. Our model here is the only real dog in the photo.

Ball hockey at Jimmie Simpson Park. Toronto. You know it's spring in Canada when they stop playing hockey on ice and start playing it on concrete. I forgot to look for the name(s) of the muralist(s). My apologies to them. The screen is less of a strain on the eyes in the large version (click the pic or type Z).

Yonge Street, Toronto, featuring, perhaps, a dejected Polish fan.

The percentage of people smiling is very high at Niagara Falls, at least on the Canadian side. The American side is more upscale. I once watched a show on the Buffalo PBS station about how Niagara Falls, New York, was trying to figure out how to get as many tourists as Niagara Falls, Ontario without being as crass and vulgar. There are a lot of happy people at Niagara-on-the-Lake, though, which is definitely not crass and vulgar. This is the Canadian Falls, according to Canadians, or the Horseshoe Falls, according to everyone else. It is in fact shared by Canada and the US (we get most of it, though).

Evening rush hour at Victoria Station, London, August 2012. This is a re-post, although it may not have appeared on ipernity before.. ==== And the photo in the note at top left is a cropped version.

Amadou and Mariam at the Luminato festival in Toronto. For Sight and Sound, their "Coulibaly": www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kp9cmTNaMw

This square has New City Hall on the north side and Old City Hall on the east (well, across Bay Street); neither is shown here. Nathan Phillips was the mayor who was instrumental in getting New City Hall and its square built. There's a photo of New City Hall and the square in the comments.

Another view of Toronto's selfie hotspot, Nathan Phillips Square.

Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, before the installation of the Toronto sign but during the exhibition of Ai Wei Wei's Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads.

Another shot of Nathan Phillips Square during the exhibition of Ai Wei Wei's Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads .

Commemorating visits to Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto. This is better seen large, I think; click on the pic or type Z.