Next
John FitzGerald

John FitzGerald club

Posted: 21 Jan 2025

Taken: 23 Jan 2010

11 favorites     23 comments    74 visits

1/640 • f/3.8 • 22.1 mm • ISO 80 •

EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY KODAK EASYSHARE Z1485 IS DIGITAL CAMERA

EXIF - See more details

See also...

Orange positive Orange positive

Tolerance Tolerance

PINK - ORANGE - RED PINK - ORANGE - RED

Flickr Refugees Flickr Refugees

Toronto Toronto

Orange Orange

Strong Colors Strong Colors

Signs Signs

See more...

Keywords

canada •
signs •
toronto •
ontario •
wires •
honest ed's •
orange •

Authorizations, license

Visible by: Everyone
All rights reserved
74 visits

Honest Ed's, 2010

Honest Ed's, 2010
Toronto. My favourite moment in Ed's was seeing a group of men in Mao jackets being escorted past a display of backlit Last Suppers. They had clearly been overwhelmed by the range of Ed's stock. The store was opened in 1948 by Ed and Anne Mirvish and closed in 2016. Even when I was a tiny child I thought the store was crowded, so you can imagine how it seemed when I was older.

The PiP at top left shows a longer view of thw same elevation, with some of Ed's typical signs.

Ruebenkraut, Andrew Trundlewagon, oHo, Paolo Tanino and 7 other people have particularly liked this photo

23 comments - The latest ones
 Stephan Fey
Stephan Fey club
Always good to be honest!
7 weeks ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Stephan Fey club
I agree, Stephan. Whether I act honestly is unfortunately another question.
7 weeks ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Fabulous pair!

Admired in: www.ipernity.com/group/tolerance
7 weeks ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to William Sutherland club
Thanks, William.
7 weeks ago.
 Jaap van 't Veen
Jaap van 't Veen club
Like the clarity and bright colours.
7 weeks ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Jaap van 't Veen club
Thanks, Jaap.
7 weeks ago.
 Annemarie
Annemarie club
nice details
7 weeks ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Annemarie club
Thanks, Annemarie.
7 weeks ago.
 Keith Burton
Keith Burton club
A wonderfully colourful sign John..............I bet it once looked even better when I was all lit up in the dark.

I thought the name of the store seemed familiar and when I clicked on the PiP I found I'd seen and commented on it before. It was nice to have another look though :-)
7 weeks ago. Edited 7 weeks ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Keith Burton club
It looked spectacular, Keith. Here's a link to a shot of it at night:
i.pinimg.com/originals/27/40/a2/2740a2e517583d4bf3110be30692f255.jpg
7 weeks ago.
Keith Burton club has replied to John FitzGerald club
Thanks for the link John. I was right........it is indeed a fantastic sight!
7 weeks ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Keith Burton club
It was quite the place altogether, Keith. When you lined up to pay you saw credit cards from every country in the world.
6 weeks ago.
 Gabi Lombardo
Gabi Lombardo club
an interestin Detail I saw this great store when I were in Toronto in 2009!!
6 weeks ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Gabi Lombardo club
Thanks, Gabi. It's gone now, but not forgotten.
6 weeks ago.
Gabi Lombardo club has replied to John FitzGerald club
oh, it's a pity!!
6 weeks ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Gabi Lombardo club
Same old story, Gabi. The land had become extremely valuable. And Ed and Anne's son David, who now runs the company, was more interested in the extensive theatrical production side of their business.
6 weeks ago.
 oHo
oHo
I looked to the EXIF - and yes, there is a hint of KodaChrome in these pictures :-)
It's a billboard facade (don't know if this term exists)
5 weeks ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to oHo
I haven't checked the editing details myself, Otto (I'm on my phone), but I often use a mild cross-processing effect, which may be partly responsible for the Kodachrome look. I'll check when I'm back on the computer. Billboard facade seems a perfectly legitimate term to me, and an appropriate one here.
5 weeks ago. Edited 5 weeks ago.
John FitzGerald club has added
Well, it's a puzzle. I didn't do any cross-processing, I didn't increase the vibrancy, and white balance was set to auto, which would be daylight, I suppose I could have changed the white balance without it being recorded in the history, though..
5 weeks ago. Edited 5 weeks ago.
oHo has replied to John FitzGerald club
thanks, John for checking.

Then this filmic look is probably baked in the CCD-sensor... I like the rendering - it's beautiful!
4 weeks ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to oHo
Thank you very much, Otto.
4 weeks ago.
 Ruebenkraut
Ruebenkraut club
superbe! i love everything about this picture
4 weeks ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Ruebenkraut club
Thank you very much, Rubenkraut.
4 weeks ago.

Sign-in to write a comment.