Those crazy kids.

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Mr. Baseball.

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The local hero.

Go Blue Jays, Go!

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As I post this, they’ve won their 10th game in a row and are in first place in their division.

The last time Toronto was this excited about baseball was in 1992 and 1993, when the Jays won back-to-back World Series titles.

—Peter.

Happy 10th Birthday, C!

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May your life bring you many more smiles.

Bubbles.

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On the beach.

Having Fun.

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Freedom.

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Taking a break, revisited.

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Mortal Combat.

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This happens on Toronto streets all the time.

—Peter.

Taking a break.

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During our evening walk.

This image was taken as a test shot.

In all the years I’ve photographed, there’s only been one lens I regretted selling (and I’ve bought and sold many!).

It’s this one.

It’s not exotic and it’s not fancy, but I regretted selling it the moment I did.

I finally have it again.

(Before anybody asks: My apologies, but I’m not telling… I want to try it out on film as well.)

—Peter.

Her new glasses.

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No golden hour light, no clever composition, no subtle symbolism.

Just a simple image of her… for us.

For posterity.

—Peter.

Angelic.

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Anatomy of Last Night’s Game.

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This series was photographed last night with my undisclosed lens.

(click to see LARGE)

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Each image was created with the lens wide open.

For those interested in seeing the details this lens captures at maximum aperture, here is a 100% crop of the third image:

(focus is on his eyelashes)

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Yes, this lens costs less than a Leica lens hood. It costs less than an M9 battery. Amazing really.

I’m working my way down the list of donators to the site and revealing the identity of my undisclosed lens.

Thanks again to those who donated.

—Peter.

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A pivotal moment.

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This was photographed tonight.

It’s another colour image taken with my undisclosed lens (well, eight of you now know which lens I’m using — I’m going down the list of people who donated to my site and revealing its identity as my personal thank you).

As you can see, the rendering — even wide open — is impressive.

—Peter.

Reading.

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She’s emerging from the darkness of a 6 day fever.

And with this post, I’m emerging from radio silence. Thank you again to all who donated to the site.

As you know, I’m going down the list of donators each day and divulging the identity of my mystery lens, which can currently be purchased for less than a Leica lens hood.

This is the first colour shot I’ve created with the undisclosed lens. I see impressive colour rendition and pulling of shadow detail, but it also helps to have the mighty M9 sensor capturing those precious photons.

On a related note, I’d like to thank the great Mr. Youxin Ye for repairing my undisclosed lens in record time and making sure the aperture and focus rings are working smoothly. He also removed a considerable amount of dust from within the lens barrel. Thank you Youxin!

—Peter.