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Today’s post is of a few more shots that I took down in the Old Port on Monday.

For the first shot I tried one of Trey Ratcliff’s new Lightroom presets – Dramatically Clean Chipmunk – as a jumping off point. I was a bit pushed for time today (hence the late post) and realize I could work some more on this, particularly the lower part where the foliage is a little blown out.

The Aldred building from the Old Port
ISO 100 – 80mm – f6.3 – 1/100 sec (-2ev/0/+2ev)

The seasonal boutiques (located in renovated shipping containers) along the King Edward Quay appeared to be pretty busy on the holiday Monday.

King Edward Quay
ISO 100 – 86mm – f6.3 – 1/100 sec (-2ev/0/+2ev)

The last shot for this quick post was taken along the railway line adjacent to the Old Port.

Friendship on the tracks
ISO 100 – 116mm – f6.3 – 1/100 sec (-2ev/0/+2ev)

Hopefully I’ll have a bit more time tomorrow evening to work on a few more shots taken Monday at Place d’Armes.

Thanks for stopping by. Until next time.

- Martin

A taste of future street food in Montreal

If you live in Montreal and you’re a foodie, then you are no doubt aware that this summer will see the return of street vendors serving a variety of foods on Montreal’s streets after a hiatus of 66 years. Due to hygiene concerns street food has been banned here since 1947.

Under the pilot project, 9 sites throughout the city have been named where licensed food trucks will be able to operate:

Mont Royal Park, near the Sir George-Étienne Cartier monument
At the summit of Mont Royal Park, near the Kondiaronk lookout point
Victoria Square
Place du Canada
Cité du multimédia on De la Commune Street West, south of the corner of Brennan and Prince Streets
Victoria Street, near the McCord museum
McTavish Street, near McGill University
Place Émilie-Gamelin
Peel Street, near the École de Technologie Supérieure

The food trucks will rotate between the different locations in order to provide variety and will be open seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Yesterday while down in the Old Port I saw there were 4 food trucks lined up on the Promenade du Vieux Port near the Basin Bonsecours. These however are nothing to do with the pilot project since they are granted licenses to operate directly by The Old Port of Montreal Corporation. It was though a good sign of what we will be seeing starting next month (20th) in the above downtown locations.