Volume 1, Edition 13
‘Toronto Tuesday‘ is a weekly photo feature about random stuff (landmarks, people, culture, seasons, etc.) in the city.
Old Mill Subway Station
I biked to my relatives’ place and took a longer route that passed next to the scenic Old Mill subway station. The station itself is just like most others, but the cool thing about is that it is partly underground and partly on a bridge! Sound’s interesting, doesn’t it?
Old Mill subway station and the subway train
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Train leaving the station
You might notice bird silhouettes painted on the glass walls. This is to keep innocent birds from hitting the glass.
Train stopped at the station
This station is on TTC’s (Toronto Transit Commission) Bloor-Danforth or the green subway line and is not very busy. The bridge is built on the Humber river and there is a very nice bike trail and park along it.
Train entering the station
It was about 22:00 by the time I finished taking these pictures. I like night photography, but the trouble was that the frequency of trains was five minutes, so I had to wait 2.5 minutes (approx.) for either train to appear. But I spent time answering questions of random guys who were jogging in the park. In addition, I was on a road bridge that vibrated slightly every time a vehicle passed and such vibrations are enough to disturb the picture when the shutter speed is like 4 seconds. Ofcourse, finally one has to take hundreds of pictures at various exposures to get few good ones.
Old Mill Subway Station
This is one of my favorite posts and I enjoyed doing it a lot. I hope you liked the pictures. Any tips for improvement are always welcome. 
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Hey, great photos! (I’m tired of entering these same words and synonyms of them in your comments section all the time)
The birds touch is too good. Somehow, one comes to expect such things from Canadians, don’t know why.
That was an instant comment! Glad you liked the pics.
We bloggers should come up with some code for example
010: Good picture! (or the equivalent thereof)
020: Nice post! (or something to that extent)
030: Thankyou
040: I have nothing to say but I am commenting just for the sake of it
050: Wow! Awesome! Amazing! Stunning! (and other expressive exciting adjectives or action verbs)
So a comment could be simply “050, 010, 030″, etc. I am tempted to write a post on this. But I think you are better qualified! Sometimes we can’t help that our genuine comments seem repetitive. I feel that all the time with I visit certain blogs!
Anyway. This station is located in the middle of a park and the glass is sometimes clean (or atleast that’s their intention) so I like the concept of adding bird pictures too. Very thoughtful and considerate (and very Canadian).
“030″
Oh! I get it now!
Really, there must be a better way to express these repetitive feelings!
Yes, every thoughtful, considerate, and Canadian!
I think 040 should be code red and should never be used!
Anyways, 010!! Liked the last one as it showed the birds up and close!
hehehe…
Yeps, liked that tidbit about bird silhouettes. Nice pics too!
Thanks Snow!
very interesting post..great idea to have those bird silhouettes . I was looking through my pics and wondering what to post and was quite bored …your post has now given me some ideas
Ah, ideas. Thats good! This happens sometimes to me too.
Yes, it does sound interesting. I love traveling by train.
hanks Erica!
Hi Priyank! TGIF and a holiday here!!
Lovely post once again!
Blogtrotter is still turning around Vilnius. Enjoy and have a great long weekend!
Thanks Trotter!
Great post and shots Priyank, I love night time photography. What a cool idea about the birds on the murals
Thanks Bob. I like the birds silhouttes a lot.