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No one told winter that spring was here !

By Montreal in Pictures | Published March 22, 2013

It seemed appropriate that the day before the first day of spring, mother nature decided that winter was not ready to throw in the towel just yet and on Tuesday dumped about 25cm of snow across Montréal.

On my way back from the café in the morning I came across a bunch of recycle bins left in the road and decided to go grab my camera and take a few shots around the McGill Ghetto district in the snow.

McGill Ghetto in the snow
ISO 160 – 17mm – f5.6 – 1/180 sec

McGill Ghetto in the snow
ISO 160 – 10mm – f5.6 – 1/180 sec

Bike under snow in McGill Ghetto
ISO 160 – 20mm – f5.6 – 1/180 sec

Bike under snow in McGill Ghetto
ISO 160 – 14mm – f6.7 – 1/250 sec

McGill Ghetto in the snow
ISO 160 – 13mm – f5.6 – 1/180 sec

McGill Ghetto in the snow
ISO 160 – 20mm – f5.6 – 1/180 sec

rue Prince Arthur
ISO 160 – 20mm – f5.6 – 1/180 sec

rue Prince Arthur
ISO 160 – 20mm – f8 – 1/250 sec

McGill Ghetto in the snow
ISO 160 – 11mm – f5.6 – 1/180 sec

Bin man in the snow
ISO 160 – 10mm – f5.6 – 1/180 sec

Snow plough in the McGill Ghetto
ISO 160 – 18mm – f5.6 – 1/180 sec

Snow plough in the McGill Ghetto
ISO 160 – 15mm – f8 – 1/250 sec

Spring…nearly

The snow had stopped by Wednesday morning and the sun was out, so Spring was at least trying to show she hadn’t forgotten the date. I had to go down town on an errand and so grabbed a couple of shots from Place Ville Marie looking back up avenue McGill College towards Mount Royal.

McGill College Avenue
ISO 100 – 70mm – f9.5 – 1/45 sec

McGill College Avenue
ISO 100 – 70mm – f9.5 – 1/90 sec

Place Ville Marie
ISO 100 – 82mm – f11 – 1/60 sec

An invite to Saint-Joseph during Novena

Going back to Tuesday…I had an invite by Samuel at the Saint-Joseph’s Oratory to go and shoot there in the afternoon. It was the final day of the Novena and Feast of Saint Joseph – which is the busiest period for the Oratory. I gladly accepted the kind invitation and got to visit and photograph areas of the Oratory closed to the public. I will be posting some pictures at the weekend, but here is a shot I took before entering.

L’Oratoire Saint-Joseph
ISO 100 – 45mm – f8 – 1/250 sec

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

McGill Ghetto in the snow ISO 160 – 17mm – f5.6 – 1/180 sec

McGill Ghetto in the snow ISO 160 – 10mm – f5.6 – 1/180 sec

Bike under snow in McGill Ghetto ISO 160 – 20mm – f5.6 – 1/180 sec

Bike under snow in McGill Ghetto ISO 160 – 14mm – f6.7 – 1/250 sec

McGill Ghetto in the snow ISO 160 – 13mm – f5.6 – 1/180 sec

McGill Ghetto in the snow ISO 160 – 20mm – f5.6 – 1/180 sec

rue Prince Arthur ISO 160 – 20mm – f5.6 – 1/180 sec

McGill Ghetto in the snow ISO 160 – 11mm – f5.6 – 1/180 sec

Bin man in the snow ISO 160 – 10mm – f5.6 – 1/180 sec

rue Prince Arthur ISO 160 – 20mm – f8 – 1/250 sec

Snow plough in the Mcgill Ghetto ISO 160 – 18mm – f5.6 – 1/180 sec

Snow plough in the Mcgill Ghetto ISO 160 – 15mm – f8 – 1/250 sec

McGill College Avenue ISO 100 – 70mm – f9.5 – 1/45 sec

McGill College Avenue ISO 100 – 70mm – f9.5 – 1/90 sec

Place Ville Marie ISO 100 – 82mm – f11 – 1/60 sec

L’Oratoire Saint-Joseph ISO 100 – 45mm – f8 – 1/250 sec

Thanks for stopping by. Until next time.

- Martin

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Project 365 – Day 311: Place Ville Marie Christmas lights

By Montreal in Pictures | Published November 6, 2012

November 6 2012

It still seems rather early to be photographing Christmas tree lights, but since they have now erected the annual festive decoration at Place Ville Marie and turned the lights on, I was keen to see what varied shots I could pull off.

The Place Ville Marie Christmas tree has been an annual tradition since 1962 when PVM first opened its doors. Made in New York, the tree stands 63 feet high, 26 feet in diameter at the base and is decorated with 13,000 lights…glad I’m not the one having to untangle that lot and find the faulty bulb preventing all the lights from working.

Avenue McGill College from PVM
ISO 100 – 140mm – f4.8 – 1/10 sec

PVM Christmas tree lights from McGill University
ISO 800 – 135mm – f4.8 – 1/60 sec

Christmas Tree at Place Ville Marie
ISO 500 – 20mm – f5.6 – 1/15 sec

PVM Christmas tree
ISO 800 – 20mm – f5.6 – 1/60 sec

PVM Christmas tree lights
ISO 800 – 14mm – f4.8 – 1/8 sec

PVM Christmas Tree lights with Bokeh
ISO 100 – 180mm – f9.5 – 0.5 sec

PVM Christmas Tree lights with Bokeh
ISO 100 – 300mm – f5.6 – 1/30 sec

Pulled zoom shot of PVM christmas lights
ISO 100 – varied mm – f9.5 – 0.5 sec

PVM Christmas tree
ISO 100 – 70mm – f4.5 – 0.7 sec

Artsy PVM Christmas tree
ISO 100 – 75mm – f4.5 – 1/3 sec

Feminine Landscape sculpture fountain
ISO 2000 – 280mm – f5.6 – 1/45 sec

PVM Christmas tree
ISO 250 – 11mm – f5.6 – 1/10 sec

Something I wanted to try was shooting upward from inside the tree. I didn’t see any security around (I guess if they were, I would have been quickly told to leave), so I managed to grab a few shots laying on my back in the center of the tree.