Spectral Codex

Symes Road Destructor

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Built in 1933, the Symes Road Destructor is a former incinerator, and later a waste transfer station. It was decommissioned in 1996, after which it became a regular fixture of the burgeoning urban exploration scene in Toronto in the new millennium. In 2012 it was designated a heritage property, and as of 2018 it was renovated and reopened as an event space and brewpub.

Date Captured
Camera
NIKON D40
Lens
AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED or AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED [II]
Aperture
ƒ / 7.1
Shutter Speed
30 sec
Focal Length
18.0 mm
ISO
800
Exposure Value
0.7 EV
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Symes Road Destructor after dark.
Rooftopping at the Symes Road Destructor
Date Captured
Camera
NIKON D40
Lens
AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II
Aperture
ƒ / 3.8
Shutter Speed
10 sec
Focal Length
23.0 mm
ISO
200
Exposure Value
0.5 EV
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Rooftopping some cold winter night.
Symes Road Destructor Self-Portrait
Date Captured
Camera
NIKON D40
Lens
AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II
Aperture
ƒ / 3.5
Shutter Speed
10 sec
Focal Length
18.0 mm
ISO
200
Exposure Value
0.3 EV
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Creeping through the night with a timer and a tripod.
Light Painting at Symes Road Destructor
Date Captured
Camera
NIKON D40
Lens
AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II
Aperture
ƒ / 4.5
Shutter Speed
10 sec
Focal Length
30.0 mm
ISO
200
Exposure Value
1.0 EV
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Messing around with lights in the interior.
Light Painting at Symes Road Destructor
Date Captured
Camera
NIKON D40
Lens
AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II
Aperture
ƒ / 4.2
Shutter Speed
8 sec
Focal Length
28.0 mm
ISO
200
Exposure Value
1.1 EV
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Playing with colour in abandoned spaces.
Date Captured
Camera
NIKON D40
Lens
AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II
Aperture
ƒ / 3.8
Shutter Speed
6 sec
Focal Length
22.0 mm
ISO
200
Exposure Value
1.3 EV
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The rusty skeleton of an old mattress, later seen in album artwork.
Symes Road Textures
Date Captured
Camera
NIKON D40
Lens
AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II
Aperture
ƒ / 5.3
Shutter Speed
1/5 sec
Focal Length
42.0 mm
ISO
200
Exposure Value
7.1 EV
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Tortured paint on the walls of the destructor.
Date Captured
Camera
NIKON D40
Aperture
ƒ / 8
Shutter Speed
1.6 sec
Focal Length
18.0 mm
ISO
800
Exposure Value
5.3 EV
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Extermination Music Night VII.
Date Captured
Camera
NIKON D40
Aperture
ƒ / 7.1
Shutter Speed
25 sec
Focal Length
18.0 mm
ISO
800
Exposure Value
1.0 EV
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Extermination Music Night VII.

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Alexander Synaptic
Curator, Spectral Codex

I am a web application developer, photojournalist, urban explorer, and history enthusiast passionate about the open web and documenting my experiences on this planet. This project was founded in the early 2010s and has evolved into a sort of personal Wikipedia of places that interest me (and often the photographs I’ve taken there). I’m originally from Toronto, Canada, but spend most of my time residing in Taiwan.