Back on May 8, I spent some time just south of Place du Canada in front of the Marriott Château Champlain hotel. With my last post containing images of the Courtyard Marriott, one may think I was working for the Marriott chain, unfortunately it was just a coincidence.

The elevated walkway over rue de la Gauchetière is one of my favourite spots to shoot downtown and I thought I would try a few different angles to those I normally end up shooting from this spot. I started with the staircase that leads up to the walkway. I liked how the small semi circular viewing platform mirrors the windows of the hotel.

Looking up at the Marriott Château Champlain hotel
ISO 100 – 10mm – f5 – 1/200 sec

The staircase provides for some great experimentation with angles and I was able to get the IBM Marathon tower framed within the opening. The staircase walls also provide for some nice reflections, particularly on a bright sunny day.

IBM Marathon building
ISO 100 – 10mm – f4.5 – 1/80 sec (-2ev/0/+2ev)

IBM Marathon building reflection
ISO 100 – 20mm – f5.6 – 1/80 sec

Marriott Château Champlain reflection
ISO 100 – 19mm – f5.6 – 1/500 sec

Marriott Château Champlain and 1000 de la Gauchetière reflection
ISO 100 – 10mm – f4.5 – 1/250 sec

The next shot is not so much of a new angle, but you can never have too many shots of the wonderful Queen Mary of the World Cathedral.

Mary Queen of the World Cathedral
ISO 100 – 16mm – f5 – 1/250 sec (-2ev/0/+2ev)

It was fun experimenting with some different angles and it would be fun to revisit at a different time of day (or night) to see how the light and reflections differ to the above results.

Thanks for stopping by. Until next time.

– Martin

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