Thursday Doors – August 11, 2016
This week’s submission to Norm 2.0‘s Thursday Doors.
Thursday Doors is a weekly feature allowing door lovers to come together to admire and share their favourite door photos from around the world.
I went for a tour of the University of Toronto campus last weekend, knowing there would be some great doors. Surprisingly, having grown up in the Toronto area, I have never done a deliberate tour of the campus. The variations in architecture are incredible, ranging from Gothic to ultra modern. With those variations, come some spectacular doors.
The light this day was wonderful and really brought out the textures and colour of the various doors well and showing off the variation in stone used to frame them.
The door above is the front entrance to Trinity College. I chose this to be my first in a series of U of T doors because of how unique and interesting it is. Apart for the beautiful gothic main door, there is a curious side door, which is the night entrance. The tag on the main doors directs you to use the night entrance. I suspect the main doors are used only on special occasions. You’ll note it’s also slightly higher than the main door, perhaps to keep snow out in the winter months?
The entire building in beautiful. Just let your eyes float over the scene from the doors themselves, the intricate ironwork hinges, leaded glass in the windows and the historical gargoyles that great you as you approach the door.
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Tamron SP 70-200mm f/2.8 Di VC USD @ 70 mm
1/200 sec, f/7.1, ISO 200
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Lovely doors indeed. I’m a big fan of that style of old iron hardware too. Nice shot.
Thanks Norm. I have about 20 doors from U of T to share. I like to post them one at a time.
Everything about this door is wonderful, even the little matching night door 🙂
I particularly like the iron hardware. A lot of thought and attention went into this entrance. It’s a shame it isn’t used on a regular basis.
I love the night door 🙂
You really captured the color and textures superbly! Bravo!! Looking forward to seeing the other doors….
Thank you. I was working with good light that day.
That is one handsome door, and the hardware is gorgeous as well. 🙂 Love the header photo, reminds me of wheat harvesting in Kansas. 🙂
Thank you Judy.
Ed, I love the warm color of the door and of course, the ironwork is wonderful, too.
janet
Thank you.
Fabulous door . . . . .I think most of us rarely tour our home towns unless we have visitors, and even then many places get missed.
Sad, but true. I currently live in a small town north of Toronto and don’t spend enough time admiring some of the wonderful architecture here. At least I’m aware of it 🙂
Beautiful
Thanks