August 31 2012

Another milestone reached today being 2/3rds of the way through the year. 122 days left to go still seems a lot, but with autumn colors just around the corner, hopefully I’ll make it to the end – I can almost see the light at the end of the tunnel.

As for today’s image…few days ago I was walking along Crescent Street south of Sainte Catherine and saw a great view that I knew I had to return to with my camera to capture.

The old buildings along rue Crescent (many being bars) are low-rise and provide for a great juxtaposition against the much taller modern office towers.

Old meets New
ISO 100 – 18mm – f4.8 – 1/180 sec (-2ev/0/+2ev)

Old meets New
ISO 100 – 28mm – f4.8 – 1/125 sec (-2ev/0/+2ev)

Old meets New
ISO 100 – 38mm – f4.8 – 1/125 sec (-2ev/0/+2ev)

For a slightly different angle I walked up the adjacent rue Bishop.

Old meets New
ISO 100 – 18mm – f4.8 – 1/180 sec (-2ev/0/+2ev)

CIBC tower from Peel
ISO 100 – 21mm – f5.6 – 1/90 sec (-2ev/0/+2ev)

1501 McGill College skyscraper
ISO 100 – 30mm – f5.6 – 1/125 sec (-2ev/0/+2ev)

Corner rue Sainte Catherine and rue Drummond
ISO 100 – 18mm – f5.6 – 1/180 sec (-2ev/0/+2ev)

I hadn’t really noticed before that the building on rue Sainte Catherine with the graffiti on the west wall almost matches the step design of the SUn Life building in the background.

Similar angles
ISO 100 – 98mm – f5.6 – 1/250 sec (-2ev/0/+2ev)

I love shooting architecture and particularly when there is a juxtaposition between old and new. Today was a bit of a trial run and I’ve got some other locations I know are begging to be photographed, so be assured more will follow. Today, the rain stopped me shooting more 🙁

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Thanks for stopping by. Until next time.

– Martin

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