PhotoSecrets CN Tower

A Photographer’s Guide

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CN Tower

14 views to photograph
Indoor Lookout LevelWladyslaw/Wikipedia
People at EdgeWalkRoger Ahlbrand/Flickr
View from Glass FloorFranklin Vera Pacheco/Wikipedia
360 RestaurantChensiyuan/Wikipedia
From base looking upRaysonho/Wikipedia
CN Tower main pod black-and-whiteAlan Shin/Wikipedia
Views from CN TowerLaslovarga/Wikipedia
CN Tower from Bathurst Street BridgePaul Bica/Wikipedia
CN Tower from Spadina Avenue Bridge at duskUmair Khan/Wikipedia
CN Tower from Toronto City Centre Airport at dusk verticalWladyslaw/Wikipedia
Toronto skyline and Centre Island FerryDennis Jarvis/Flickr
Toronto skyline from Algonquin Island with canoeChensiyuan/Wikipedia
Toronto skyline from Jennifer Kateryna Koval’s’kyj Park at duskMartin St-Amant/Wikipedia
Toronto skyline from Olympic IslandMarcin Wichary/Wikipedia
Toronto skyline from Olympic Island at duskBenson Kua/Wikipedia

Contents

Map

About PhotoSecrets

 
 
 
 

Foreword

A great travel photo­graph, like a great news photo­graph, requires you to be in the right place at the right time to capture that special moment. Professional photo­graphers have a short-hand phrase for this: “F8 and be there.”

There are countless books that can help you with photo­graphic technique, the “F8” portion of that equation. But until now, there’s been little help for the other, more critical portion of that equation, the “be there” part. To find the right spot, you had to expend lots of time and shoe leather to wander around, track down every potential viewpoint, and essentially re-invent the wheel.

In my career as a professional travel photo­grapher, well over half my time on location is spent seeking out the good angles. Andrew Hudson’s PhotoSecrets does all that legwork for you, so you can spend your time photo­graphing instead of wandering about. It’s like having a professional location scout in your camera bag. I wish I had one of these books for every city I photo­graph on assignment.

PhotoSecrets can help you capture the most beautiful sights with a minimum of hassle and a maximum of enjoyment. So grab your camera, find your favorite PhotoSecrets spots, and “be there!”

About Bob Krist

Bob Krist has photo­graphed assignments for National Geographic, National Geographic Traveler, Travel/­Holiday, Smithsonian, and Islands. He won “Travel photo­grapher of the Year” from the Society of American Travel Writers in 1994, 2007, and 2008.

For National Geographic, Bob has led round-the-world tours and a traveling lecture series. His book In Tuscany with Frances Mayes spent a month on The New York Times’ bestseller list and his how-to book Spirit of Place was hailed by American Photo­grapher magazine as “the best book about travel photo­graphy we’ve ever read.”

The parents of three sons, Bob and his wife live in New Hope, Pennsylvania.

Welcome

Thank you for reading PhotoSecrets. As a fellow fan of travel and photo­graphy, I hope this guide will help you quickly find the most visually stunning places, and come home with equally stunning photo­graphs.

PhotoSecrets is designed to show you all the best sights. Flick through, see the classic shots, and use them as a departure point for your own creations. Get ideas for comp­osition and interesting viewpoints. See what piques your interest. Know what to shoot, where to stand, when to go, and why it’s interesting. Now you can spend less time researching and more time photographing.

The idea for PhotoSecrets came during a trip to Thailand, when I tried to find the exotic beach used in the James Bond movie The Man with the Golden Gun. None of the guidebooks I had showed a picture, so I thought a guidebook of postcard photos would be useful for us photographers. Twenty-plus years later, you have this guide. Thanks!

Now, start exploring — and take lots of photos!

About Andrew Hudson

Originally an engineer, Andrew Hudson started PhotoSecrets in 1995. His first book won the Benjamin Franklin Award for Best First Book and his second won the Grand Prize in the National Self-Published Book Awards.

Andrew has published 38 nationally-distributed photo­graphy books. He has photo­graphed assignments for Macy’s, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Men’s Health and Seventeen, and been a location scout for Nikon. His photos and articles have appeared in Alaska Airlines, National Geographic Traveler, Shutterbug Outdoor and Nature photo­graphy, Where, and Woman’s World.

Andrew has a degree in Computer Engineering from Manchester University and a certificate in copyright law from Harvard Law School. Born in Redditch, England, he lives with his wife, two kids, and two chocolate Labs, in San Diego, California.

Introduction

At a Glance

Name:CN Tower (Tour CN)
AKA:Canadian National Tower
Address:301 Front Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 2T6
Opened:1976
Height:553 m (1,815 ft) spire;
457 m (1,500.0 ft) roof;
446 m (1,465 ft) top floor
Floor count:147
Lifts:9
Fame:Icon of Toronto;
world’s 7th tallest free-standing structure
GPS:43.6426, -79.3871
Far:6.5 km (4 miles) from center of Toronto
Note:Has a glass floor and a revolving restaurant.
Website:cntower.ca

The CN Tower is a 553 m-high concrete communications and observation tower in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Main Pod

SkyPod

CN Tower > Main Pod

Located at 446 metres (1,465 ft).

Addr:CN Tower,
Toronto,
Ontario
Where:43.6426000
-79.3871000
What:Observation deckWhen:Anytime
AKA:formerly Space Deck

EdgeWalk

CN Tower > Main Pod

EdgeWalk is an amusement in which thrill-seekers can walk on and around the roof of the main pod of the tower at 356 m (1,168 ft).

Addr:CN Tower,
Toronto,
Ontario
Where:43.6426000
-79.3871000
What:AmusementWhen:Anytime
AKA:World’s highest full-circleWik:CN_Tower#EdgeWalk

Ideas for EdgeWalk

People at EdgeWalk

CN Tower > Main Pod > EdgeWalk
Addr:Toronto,
Ontario
Where:43.6426000
-79.3871000
When:Anytime

Ideas for People

LookOut Level

360 Restaurant

CN Tower > Main Pod > LookOut Level

The 360 Restaurant, a revolving restaurant that completes a full rotation once every 72 minutes, is at 351 m (1,151.6 ft). When the tower first opened, it also featured a disco named Sparkles, billed as the highest disco and dance floor in the world.

Addr:CN Tower,
Toronto,
Ontario
Where:43.6426000
-79.3871000
What:Revolving restaurantWhen:Anytime

Indoor Lookout Level

CN Tower > Main Pod > LookOut Level

Located at 346 metres (1,135 ft).

Addr:CN Tower,
Toronto,
Ontario
Where:43.6426000
-79.3871000
What:Observation deckWhen:Anytime
AKA:formerly Indoor Observation Level

Views from CN Tower

CN Tower > Main Pod > LookOut Level
Addr:Toronto,
Ontario
Where:43.6426000
-79.3871000
What:ViewsWhen:Anytime

Ideas for views

Below LookOut Level

Glass Floor

CN Tower > Main Pod > Below LookOut Level

The glass floor and outdoor observation deck are at 342 metres (1,122.0 ft). The glass floor has an area of 24 m2 (258 sq ft) and can withstand a pressure of 4,100 kilopascals (595 psi). The floor’s thermal glass units are 64 mm (2.5 in) thick, consisting of a pane of 25-millimetre (1.0 in) laminated glass, 25 mm (1.0 in) airspace and a pane of 13 mm (0.5 in) laminated glass. Some people experience acrophobia when standing on the glass floor and looking down at the ground 342 m (1,122.0 ft) below.

Addr:CN Tower,
Toronto,
Ontario
Where:43.6426000
-79.3871000
What:Observation deckWhen:Anytime

View from Glass Floor

CN Tower > Main Pod > Below LookOut Level > Glass Floor

342 metres (1,122 ft).

Addr:CN Tower,
Toronto,
Ontario
Where:43.6426000
-79.3871000
When:Anytime

Main pod black-and-white

CN Tower > Main Pod
Addr:Toronto,
Ontario
Where:43.6426000
-79.3871000
When:Anytime

From base looking up

Addr:Toronto,
Ontario
Where:43.6426000
-79.3871000
When:Anytime

Ideas for from base looking up

Long night

CN Tower > base looking up
Addr:Toronto,
Ontario
Where:43.6426000
-79.3871000
When:Anytime

Bobbie Rosenfeld Park

Salmon Run

CN Tower > Bobbie Rosenfeld Park

Artwork by artist Susan Schelle consisting of a representation of salmon leaping up a waterfall.

Addr:Bobbie Rosenfeld Park,
Toronto,
Ontario
Where:43.641667
-79.373056
What:SculptureWhen:Anytime

La Tour CN

Addr:Toronto,
Ontario
Where:43.6426000
-79.3871000
When:AnytimeAKA:La Tour CN

Ideas for Tour CN

Credits

Thank you to the many wonderful people and companies that made their work available to use in this guide.

Photo key: Tap the camera icon to see the photo. The two letters reference the distributor and license. Key for distributors: f:Flickr; w:Wikipedia. Key for license: a:CC-BY-SA; b:CC-BY; m:public domain.

Cover image by .Agunther ( fb); Roger Ahlbrand ( wa); Johannes Akkach ( wa); Chensiyuan ( wb); Parklands Cobbler ( wa); Diether ( wa); Wladyslaw Disk ( wa); Sergiu Dumitriu ( fb); Edward stojakovic ( fb); Ravenshoe Group ( wm); Ujjwal Kumar ( wa); Laslovarga ( fa); James McCoy ( fb); Joseph Morris ( wa); Franklin Pacheco ( wa); Franklin Vera Pacheco ( wm); Raysonho ( wb); Alan Shin ( wa); Wladyslaw ( wa). Some text adapted from Wikipedia and its contributors where noted by the URL path in the “Wik” table field, used and modified under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC-BY-SA) license. Map data from OpenStreetMap and its contributors, used under the Open Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL).

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