Project 365 – Day 133: Westmount Park

By Montreal in Pictures | Published May 12, 2012

May 12 2012

For a change today, I ventured a little further west and walked around Westmount Park located at the corner of Sherbrook street and avenue Melville.

As the name suggests, the park is in the City of Westmount that is a wealthy, mainly residential, area to the west of the downtown Montreal center. Westmount Park is the second largest in Westmount, the largest being King George Park (AKA Murray Hill Park) in Upper Westmount.

I plan on covering more images from Westmount, particularly in regard to the architecture that is quite unique on the island of Montreal having strong historic ties to the anglo community of Montreal. Today I stuck to just grabbing a few shots of the park which is a great place to relax with the many benches. It is quite distinct to the parks found in and around the plateau – I don’t think I saw one busker or homeless person in the park.

Westmount Park

Westmount Park

Water fall in Westmount Park

Water fall in Westmount Park

Water fall in Westmount Park

Water fall in Westmount Park

Westmount Park

Westmount Park

Westmount Park with Westmount Park United Church in background

Westmount Park with Westmount Park United Church in background

Westmount Public Library

Westmount Public Library

Victoria Hall

Victoria Hall

Westmount Park Conservatory

Westmount Park Conservatory

Westmount Park Conservatory

Westmount Park Conservatory

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Thanks for stopping by. Until next time.

– Martin

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5 Comments

  1. Mark Mendonck May 13, 2012 at 2:04 am #

    Just curious, how do you add that special look to your photo’s?
    I love it.

    • Montreal in Pictures May 13, 2012 at 9:09 am #

      Hi Mark…all the pictures above are HDR (High Dynamic Range). Basically you shoot bracketed images – I generally shoot -2ev/0ev/+2ev and then merge them using software like Photomatix. A more indepth explanation on using Photomatix can be found here: http://montrealinpictures.wordpress.com/2011/12/15/a-first-attempt-at-hdr-using-photomatix/

      Other software I use include Lightroom for general enhancements like exposure, clarity etc and Photoshop (mainly for retouching, layer blending) and sometimes Topaz Adjust for certain styling effects.

      • Mark Mendonck May 13, 2012 at 1:09 pm #

        Thanks, I like the post-production.

  2. Steven Myers May 14, 2012 at 11:57 am #

    that library shot looks like toledo greco,
    locked and gated too.

    • Montreal in Pictures May 14, 2012 at 10:18 pm #

      Thanks for the comment Steve…I now know about Toledo and El Greco 😉 Thank you for adding to my artistic knowledge 🙂