Isabella Zhou

( 2026.06.02 )

Evening at Trillium Park

Toronto · a lakeside I keep coming back to · 8:15 – 9:07 PM

The third time back to this stretch of the Toronto lakeshore — one long evening of sailboats and the skyline going pink across the water.

Fujifilm X-E5 · 23mm · seventeen frames · Toronto

01 / 17

8:15 pm

Over the Railing

Sailboats out past the trail's rail, the evening just getting started.

Trillium Park · 23mm · ƒ/5 · 1/280 · ISO 125

Sailboats on the lake seen over the trail railing

02 / 17

8:16 pm

The Marina

The outer harbour full of masts, the water gone to pewter.

Outer Harbour
23mm · ƒ/5 · 1/420 · ISO 125

A marina crowded with sailboat masts on still pewter water

03 / 17

8:16 pm

Coming In

A small plane dropping toward the island airport, a gull crossing under it.

Trillium Park · 23mm · ƒ/5 · 1/420 · ISO 125

A small plane descending toward the island airport, a gull below
A pier reaching out to a single tree, two small figures at the end

04 / 17

8:22 pm

The Spit

The pier reaches out to a single tree, two figures right at the end of it.

Trillium Park · 23mm · ƒ/5 · 1/170 · ISO 125

05 / 17

8:23 pm

The Green Chair

One Muskoka chair facing the city, the CN Tower doubled in the still water.

Trillium Park
23mm · ƒ/5 · 1/280 · ISO 125

A green Muskoka chair facing the CN Tower skyline reflected in the water

06 / 17

8:27 pm

Red Canoe

A single red canoe crossing in front of the whole city.

The Lake · 23mm · ƒ/5 · 1/280 · ISO 125

A red canoe crossing the lake in front of the Toronto skyline

07 / 17

8:28 pm

Swan

A swan on the darkening water, a tall ship going by behind it.

The Lake
23mm · ƒ/5 · 1/125 · ISO 125

A white swan on dusky water with a tall ship in the distance

08 / 17

8:32 pm

On the Rocks

Two people out on the breakwater, the far shore already turning blue.

Trillium Park · 23mm · ƒ/5 · 1/220 · ISO 200

Two people on the breakwater at dusk, the far shore blue

09 / 17

8:32 pm

At the Edge

One figure alone at the waterline, sailboats scattered out on the lake.

Trillium Park
23mm · ƒ/5 · 1/100 · ISO 160

A lone figure sitting at the waterline, sailboats out on the lake

10 / 17

8:36 pm

Pink Approach

Another plane, this time coming in against a sky gone pink.

Trillium Park · 23mm · ƒ/5 · 1/110 · ISO 250

A plane approaching against a pink evening sky over the lake

11 / 17

8:40 pm

The Trail

Walkers on the Davis Trail, the skyline catching the last of the gold.

Davis Trail
23mm · ƒ/5 · 1/100 · ISO 160

People walking the trail toward the CN Tower in golden light
People on the rocks, one reading, the towers turning rose behind

12 / 17

8:46 pm

Reading Light

People settling on the rocks, one still reading as the towers turn rose.

Trillium Park · 23mm · ƒ/5 · 1/100 · ISO 200

13 / 17

8:50 pm

Pink Water

A white yacht sliding across water that has gone entirely pink.

The Lake · 23mm · ƒ/5 · 1/100 · ISO 500

A white motor yacht crossing pink dusk water

14 / 17

8:51 pm

The Skyline

The whole city stacked under a single pink cloud.

Trillium Park
23mm · ƒ/5 · 1/100 · ISO 250

The Toronto skyline under a single pink cloud at dusk

15 / 17

9:01 pm

Blue Hour

A speedboat trailing its wake across water gone fully blue.

The Lake · 23mm · ƒ/5 · 1/100 · ISO 1250

A speedboat trailing a wake across blue-hour water
The Toronto skyline holding the day's last glow, seen from the shore

16 / 17

9:06 pm

Last Light

The skyline keeps the day's last glow a while longer, watched from the shore.

Trillium Park · 23mm · ƒ/5 · 1/100 · ISO 2000

17 / 17

9:07 pm

Goodnight, Again

The towers come on, the lake goes almost black, and I tell this place goodnight for the third time.

Trillium Park
23mm · ƒ/5 · 1/100 · ISO 2000

The lit Toronto towers over an almost-black lake at nightfall

( about )

I’m Isabella Zhou. Photography lends me wings toward a dreamland I haven’t found yet, and these journals are what I carry back from the flights. This journal is proof that some places are worth returning to, this Toronto lakeside for the third time, kept on a Fujifilm X-E5 with one 23mm lens.

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© 2026 Isabella Zhou — all photographs shot on Fujifilm X-E5