Ottawa: Canada's Capital in the Fall

Lucky 24 · November 5th, 2005, 02:54 AM

I was able to squeeze out a quick trip to my nation's capital since the Ottawa crew was organizing a SSP meet. I did come to Ottawa in 1999 to check out Carleton university, and I was really not impressed. But thanks to the amazing tour by Ken and Niwell (SSP forumers), my view of this city is completely different and I have fallen in love with it. While it may not have the grand in your face monuments like you see in Washington or huge public areas squares like in Mexico City...Ottawa does things in a very classy, conservative and elegant manner....the perfect city to represent Canada (with plenty of commie blocks to boot).

Here's one of our Ottawa reps, Nick (Niwell)...he's good people:

An old fashioned shoot-off:

Biggest BB sign ever:

I usually don't post blurry pics like this, but this one was too funny not to post....nice pumpkins honey:

They ain't impressed:

How can anyone hate a country that has a beaver on its most important building:

Yes, we even have war memorials....yeah, that's right:

Scroll ------>:

So after losing my $1200 watch, my $100 camera battery and getting a $150 speeding ticket, the sun sets on another photo tour...I hope you enjoyed:

oceanmdx · November 5th, 2005, 03:49 AM

Holy shit man those are the most professional photos that I have ever seen on this forum. You have a talent for sure. What camera did you use?

BTW, I liked Ottawa more than Washington D.C.

CrazyCanuck · November 5th, 2005, 03:57 AM

When I saw Lucky 24 as the photographer, I just knew these were going to be quality pictures, and I wasn't let down. Wow, those are just amazing Lucky, an outstanding job. I'm proud to have you as the mod of the Toronto section.

Goku · November 5th, 2005, 04:11 AM

Amazing tour of our Nation's capital!!!

Jayayess1190 · November 5th, 2005, 04:12 AM

Nice pictures. Ottowa is a great city.

Skybean · November 5th, 2005, 04:36 AM

I have a uni bandwidth cap... but when there's a photothread by Lucky24, I say screw it. These are totally magazine quality shots. Lucky24, you make every city that you grace your presense with look like the best city in the world. The colours are simply outstanding.

I've got to get myself a Lumix.

Lucky 24 · November 5th, 2005, 04:57 AM

Thanks a lot guys, i'm glad you liked em. Skybean, I think my time with the lumix is almost up as I think I may enter the DSLR zone fairly soon. As much as I like the lumix (probably the bets non-DSLR cam), I know that my camera is limiting my creativity and I really need to upgrade to something that can perform crystal clear shots....not that i'm not pleased with these pics, I just think I can do a lot better given better equipment.

Once again, thanks a lot guys.

Nick · November 5th, 2005, 05:38 AM

Impressive

thryve · November 5th, 2005, 05:39 AM

incredible phototour

shivtim · November 5th, 2005, 06:03 AM

Great city, amazing shots. Good job! That fourth pic (looking straight up the building) is spectacular.

Blacksun · November 5th, 2005, 07:59 AM

Lovely city as well as whole Canada, lovely country with lovely people.

Greetings from Mexico

and my best wishes to Ottawa

samsonyuen · November 5th, 2005, 09:59 AM

Great pics Shaun. Makes me miss Ottawa. You captured a lot of where I worked, lived, and played. That spider in front of the National Gallery and Notre Dame Cathedral was in the Tate Modern gallery last year!

Goku · November 5th, 2005, 10:03 AM

I really like the quality of the pics!!!

Marcanadian · November 5th, 2005, 08:12 PM

Nice. I went to Ottawa in the summer. You should enter some in the UPC. You would be a nominee for sure

rufi · November 5th, 2005, 09:28 PM

Nice pictures

I wonder how it must be in winter

samsonyuen · November 5th, 2005, 09:57 PM

^Frickin' cold. One morning in January, I walked to work stupidly without a hat or anything covering my ears. Needless to say, after 15 or so minutes, I got frostbite. Last winter, over Christmas, I went, and with the windchill factored in, it reached -46ºc.

citoyen · November 6th, 2005, 05:35 AM

Holy shit, these are quite possibly some of the best pics I've seen on this forum!!Amazing!

You really managed to portray what makes out country so amazing. It is in our nation's capital that we as a people best express ourselves, you seem to have captured every bit of it.

These pictures alone should make every Canadian proud to be a part of the great project that Canada is.

***Siberian*** · November 6th, 2005, 07:45 AM

These are the great shots!!
Ottawa looks more European than I thought.

mumbojumbo · November 6th, 2005, 06:32 PM

Jaw dropping pics.

Whats this guy doing?

FlyerFan · November 6th, 2005, 07:44 PM

These pictures make me kind of sad since Ottawa will be my hometown for only another month.

- Flyer Fan

November 5th, 2005, 02:54 AM	#1
Lucky 24 Former Toronto ********* Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Toronto/London, Ontario Posts: 913 Likes (Received): 0	Ottawa: Canada's Capital in the Fall I was able to squeeze out a quick trip to my nation's capital since the Ottawa crew was organizing a SSP meet. I did come to Ottawa in 1999 to check out Carleton university, and I was really not impressed. But thanks to the amazing tour by Ken and Niwell (SSP forumers), my view of this city is completely different and I have fallen in love with it. While it may not have the grand in your face monuments like you see in Washington or huge public areas squares like in Mexico City...Ottawa does things in a very classy, conservative and elegant manner....the perfect city to represent Canada (with plenty of commie blocks to boot). Here's one of our Ottawa reps, Nick (Niwell)...he's good people: An old fashioned shoot-off: Biggest BB sign ever: I usually don't post blurry pics like this, but this one was too funny not to post....nice pumpkins honey: They ain't impressed: How can anyone hate a country that has a beaver on its most important building: Yes, we even have war memorials....yeah, that's right: Scroll ------>: So after losing my $1200 watch, my $100 camera battery and getting a $150 speeding ticket, the sun sets on another photo tour...I hope you enjoyed:

November 5th, 2005, 03:49 AM	#2
oceanmdx Mr. Haney for President Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Vancouver/Cabo San Lucas Posts: 2,439 Likes (Received): 8	Holy shit man those are the most professional photos that I have ever seen on this forum. You have a talent for sure. What camera did you use? BTW, I liked Ottawa more than Washington D.C. __________________ "Chemistry is a class you take in high school or college, where you figure out two plus two is 10, or something." Dennis Rodman, America's diplomat for North Korea. Last edited by oceanmdx; November 5th, 2005 at 05:16 AM.

November 5th, 2005, 04:11 AM	#4
Goku Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Markham, Ont Posts: 255 Likes (Received): 1	Amazing tour of our Nation's capital!!! Last edited by Goku; November 5th, 2005 at 10:01 AM.

November 5th, 2005, 04:12 AM	#5
Jayayess1190 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Philadelphia/Pittsburgh Posts: 1,387 Likes (Received): 2	Nice pictures. Ottowa is a great city. __________________ My Flickr Photo gallery, Visit and comment! or see 4 years worth of Pittsburgh! Camera: Sony NEX-C3

November 5th, 2005, 04:36 AM	#6
Skybean 天豆 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Toronto Posts: 9,946 Likes (Received): 5	I have a uni bandwidth cap... but when there's a photothread by Lucky24, I say screw it. These are totally magazine quality shots. Lucky24, you make every city that you grace your presense with look like the best city in the world. The colours are simply outstanding. I've got to get myself a Lumix. __________________ 「My Photos」 ● Hong Kong 1\|2\|3 ● Macau 1 ● London 1 ● New York City 1 「Photo Threads」 ● Flying Over Hong Kong 「City Life Series」 ● Hong Kong ● Shanghai ● Seoul ● Tokyo

November 5th, 2005, 03:57 AM	#3
CrazyCanuck MOD SQUAD Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Toronto Posts: 3,722 Likes (Received): 0	When I saw Lucky 24 as the photographer, I just knew these were going to be quality pictures, and I wasn't let down. Wow, those are just amazing Lucky, an outstanding job. I'm proud to have you as the mod of the Toronto section.

November 5th, 2005, 04:57 AM	#7
Lucky 24 Former Toronto ********* Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Toronto/London, Ontario Posts: 913 Likes (Received): 0	Thanks a lot guys, i'm glad you liked em. Skybean, I think my time with the lumix is almost up as I think I may enter the DSLR zone fairly soon. As much as I like the lumix (probably the bets non-DSLR cam), I know that my camera is limiting my creativity and I really need to upgrade to something that can perform crystal clear shots....not that i'm not pleased with these pics, I just think I can do a lot better given better equipment. Once again, thanks a lot guys.

November 5th, 2005, 05:38 AM	#8
Nick Sydney:heart of Australia Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Sydney Posts: 1,365 Likes (Received): 0	Impressive __________________ STOP THE NIMBYS.SUPPORT LIGHT RAIL FOR SYDNEY POST SUPPORT ON THE PUSH FB SITE http://www.facebook.com/pages/PUSH-P...34717953268359

November 5th, 2005, 05:39 AM	#9
thryve °°°°°°°°°° Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 5,446 Likes (Received): 2	incredible phototour

November 5th, 2005, 06:03 AM	#10
shivtim Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 304 Likes (Received): 1	Great city, amazing shots. Good job! That fourth pic (looking straight up the building) is spectacular.

November 5th, 2005, 07:59 AM	#11
Blacksun BANNED Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 12 Likes (Received): 0	Lovely city as well as whole Canada, lovely country with lovely people. Greetings from Mexico and my best wishes to Ottawa

November 5th, 2005, 09:59 AM	#12
samsonyuen SSLL Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Canary Wharf > CityPlace Posts: 8,534 Likes (Received): 0	Great pics Shaun. Makes me miss Ottawa. You captured a lot of where I worked, lived, and played. That spider in front of the National Gallery and Notre Dame Cathedral was in the Tate Modern gallery last year!

November 5th, 2005, 10:03 AM	#13
Goku Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Markham, Ont Posts: 255 Likes (Received): 1	I really like the quality of the pics!!!

November 5th, 2005, 08:12 PM	#14
Marcanadian Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 9,669 Likes (Received): 55	Nice. I went to Ottawa in the summer. You should enter some in the UPC. You would be a nominee for sure __________________ Toronto - Southwest England - London - Chicago - Vancouver - Banff National Park - Montréal - Ottawa

November 5th, 2005, 09:28 PM	#15
rufi Against Spam Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pamplona Posts: 2,643 Likes (Received): 0	Nice pictures I wonder how it must be in winter __________________ *****

November 5th, 2005, 09:57 PM	#16
samsonyuen SSLL Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Canary Wharf > CityPlace Posts: 8,534 Likes (Received): 0	^Frickin' cold. One morning in January, I walked to work stupidly without a hat or anything covering my ears. Needless to say, after 15 or so minutes, I got frostbite. Last winter, over Christmas, I went, and with the windchill factored in, it reached -46ºc.

November 6th, 2005, 05:35 AM	#17
citoyen BANNED Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Outremont, Montréal Posts: 29 Likes (Received): 0	Holy shit, these are quite possibly some of the best pics I've seen on this forum!!Amazing! You really managed to portray what makes out country so amazing. It is in our nation's capital that we as a people best express ourselves, you seem to have captured every bit of it. These pictures alone should make every Canadian proud to be a part of the great project that Canada is.

November 6th, 2005, 07:45 AM	#18
*Siberian* and proud Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Barnaul Posts: 22,337 Likes (Received): 773	These are the great shots!! Ottawa looks more European than I thought.

November 6th, 2005, 06:32 PM	#19
mumbojumbo Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Montreal Posts: 783 Likes (Received): 0	Jaw dropping pics. Whats this guy doing?

November 6th, 2005, 07:44 PM	#20
FlyerFan Ex-Dumbass Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 33 Likes (Received): 0	These pictures make me kind of sad since Ottawa will be my hometown for only another month. - Flyer Fan

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode