[flar]

 

[smuncky]

have to say, i love these 2 pictures.

 

[yyzer]

great shots, flar...crystal clear images..

 

[junctionist]

have to say, i love these 2 pictures.

At least they're honest about their priorities. This is classic Mississauga.

 

[JasonParis]

Nice shots, thanks!

Despite all the new buildings, I'd say MCC is only marginally better at ground than its ever been. Still, it's inching the right way and you got to at least admire their plans.

 

[Towered]

There's something very 60's about those triangular launch pads.

 

[ganjavih]

As goofy as One Park Tower is, it looks fantastic compared to the Capital buildings. Mississauga is well on its way to answering the ancient question, "Does building a bunch of condo towers make for an urban experience?"...

 

[scarberiankhatru]

As goofy as One Park Tower is, it looks fantastic compared to the Capital buildings.

I was going to post almost the exact same thing Those pink roofs are just so wrong.

 

[Hydrogen]

I took the Walmart image to be a sly remark on the state of the vertical suburb. Maybe I'm wrong on why it's there, but it made me laugh.

 

[BobBob]

These photos demonstrate what needs to be done to make MCC more attractive than it is now: increase the colour saturation.

 

[junctionist]

Though, the same could be said about most of Toronto's waterfront high-rise condos.

 

[doady]

Increasing colour saturation only works in situations were the colours are already nice in the first place. A cloudy and grey winter day is not one of these situations. That's the reason sometimes people go for black and white, sometimes less colour is better.

 

[flar]

Overcast skies give high colour saturation in photos. That and the lack of shadows is why most of my phototours occur on overcast days. Trust me, these wouldn't look good in b&w.

edit: actually, some of them look okay in b&w

 

[junctionist]

They could look great in black and white if some minor curves adjustments are done. Here I was thinking that BobBob was suggesting that the skyline could attractive if there were condo projects of various colours rather than just a few beige/red towers amidst a backdrop of glass. It turns out that it's just the photo that needs more saturation as we're being led to believe...

 

[doady]

I wasn't suggest that these be converted to black and white at all. Just mentioned it as example of when higher saturation is not better. If these photos make MCC look good, it has nothing to do with saturation.

Just look this photo for example

MCC looks good here because of the extreme telephoto lense that makes the buildings look much closer together than they actually are. It is because of the photographer and the camera, not saturation. I admit, I do this sometimes to make Mississauga look more urban than it actually is.