The Daily Photoist: Ivory tower

Every weekday, we pick an image from the Torontoist Flickr Pool and feature it here on the site. It's our way to give the many excellent photographers in our pool the attention they deserve!

What can change a photo from moderately interesting to entirely striking is how a photographer creatively interprets and frames the subject. This is the case in this shot of Hart House by Flickr pool contributor tom_frog, which has been flipped upside down and "framed" by the drying pavement surrounding a puddle. We like the smooth, organic lines of nature contrasting with the sharpness of the neo-Gothic architecture, and credit goes to the photographer for seeing in the asphalt on a rainy day what most people would easily miss.