A weekend in Second Summer in October 2025

 

Paid way too much for a special edition camera, but you know what, I was born in Montreal, lived there for the first 12 years of my life and still foot for the Habs (they are having a decent playoff run so far), so there. I loaded up with Fomapan 100 and enjoyed an early October weekend starting an Espresso and croissant at L'Amour in my neighbourhood, then  a trip down to Graination to pick up some negatives and went up to Bathurst St. on the edge of the Annex to scout a starting point for the October Toronto Film Shooters Photowalk. 

On saturday Jo-Anne and I explored Moore Park west of Mount Pleasant Road, checking out my great granddad Arthur Smith's house at the corner of Glenrose and Clifton. We then wandered west along St. Clair, then down to The Rebel House for a late lunch. 

In hindsight I should have processed the Fomapan 100 in 510 Pyro to control the highlights. 


Camera: Canon F-1 Montreal Olympics Edition, FD SSC 50 F1.4 lens. 



Canon F-1 Montreal Olympics Edition Morning Sun at Broadway and Mount Pleasant Morning Traffic at Broadway and Mount Pleasant Southbound 510 October 2025 510 Stop at Sullivan Street October 2025 Grainnation Coffee Shop October 2025 511 Bathurst Loop October 2025 511 Bathurst Loop TWo October 2025 Bathurst White Semi October 2025 Grapefruit Moon Corner October 2025 Waiting To Cross the Road at Mount Pleasant October 2025 Moore Park House on Mount Pleasant Oct 2025 Moore Park Street Oct 2025 Moore Park House off Mount Pleasant Oct 2025 Great Granddad Smith's House in Moore Park Oct 2025 Jo-Anne with Hat and Shades Oct 2025 Moore Park Halloween Decorations Oct 2025 Moore Park House and Wild Grass Lawn Oct 2025 Moore Park West Housing Oct 2025 Number 2 Entrance Oct 2025 Inglewood and Glenrose Corner Entrance Oct 2025 Mini In the Driveway on Inglewood Entrance Oct 2025 Inglewood Houses Oct 2025 Toronto Lennox Style on the Corner Oct 2025 512 Westbound Car Peeking Out Oct 2025 Streetcar Level at St. Clair Station Oct 2025 St. Clair Track into the Station Oct 2025 Short Term Rental on Yonge St. Oct 2025 Deer Park Retail Oct 2025 Rosehill Fire Station Oct 2025 Jo-Anne Ordering Lunch Oct 2025

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