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190th Montreal Saint Patrick’s Day parade

Despite it feeling like minus 15  – very different from last year when it was plus 20 – thousands of spectators lined Sainte Catherine street for the 190th annual Saint Patrick’s Day Parade yesterday. With over 3,000 participants from over 100 organizations the Montreal parade is one of the largest St Paddy’s day parades in North America.

Seeing that the crowds were several people deep on the sunny north side of Sainte Catherine’s I decided to stick to the south side where it was a little easier to get a better view – but paid the price of being frozen for most of the two and a half hours the parade took to make its way from Fort Street to Phillips Square…I was beginning to wish I had brought my hip flask filled with a little Irish warmth.

I wrote about the history of the Montreal parade in last years post, so I’ll just get straight into sharing a selection of images I shot at yesterday’s parade…

rue Sainte Catherine

rue Sainte Catherine
ISO 100 – 70mm – f11 – 1/45 sec

A giant Saint Patrick

A giant Saint Patrick
ISO 100 – 70mm – f11 – 1/125 sec

 

St Patrick's parade

St Patrick’s parade
ISO 100 – 82mm – f4.8 – 1/60 sec

St Patrick's parade

St Patrick’s parade
ISO 100 – 95mm – f4.8 – 1/500 sec

Firemen at St Patrick's Day Parade

Firemen at St Patrick’s Day Parade
ISO 100 – 11.5mm – f4.8 – 1/180 sec

Montreal St Patrick's Day Parade

Montreal St Patrick’s Day Parade
ISO 200 – 11.5mm – f4.8 – 1/250 sec

Montreal St Patrick's Day Parade

Montreal St Patrick’s Day Parade
ISO 200 – 11.5mm – f4.8 – 1/1500 sec

Crowds at St Patrick's Day Parade

Crowds at St Patrick’s Day Parade
ISO 100 – 20mm – f9.5 – 1/250 sec

St Patrick's Day Parade

St Patrick’s Day Parade
ISO 100 – 75mm – f9.5 – 1/20 sec

St Patrick's Day Parade

St Patrick’s Day Parade
ISO 160 – 70mm – f4.5 – 1/250 sec

St Patrick's Day Parade

St Patrick’s Day Parade
ISO 160 – 102mm – f6.7 – 1/125 sec

St Patrick's Day Parade

St Patrick’s Day Parade
ISO 160 – 20mm – f19 – 1/90 sec

St Patrick's Day Parade

St Patrick’s Day Parade
ISO 160 – 220mm – f5.3 – 1/250 sec

St Patrick's Day Parade

St Patrick’s Day Parade
ISO 100 – 11.5mm – f4.8 – 1/125 sec

St Patrick's Day Parade

St Patrick’s Day Parade
ISO 200 – 11.5mm – f4.8 – 1/180 sec

St Patrick's Day Parade

St Patrick’s Day Parade
ISO 160 – 70mm – f8 – 1/180 sec

St Patrick's Day Parade

St Patrick’s Day Parade
ISO 160 – 135mm – f4.8 – 1/250 sec

St Patrick's Day Parade

St Patrick’s Day Parade
ISO 160 – 195mm – f5.3 – 1/250 sec

To view images in gallery format, simply click on one of the images below.

 

Thanks for stopping by. Until next time.

– Martin

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