Montreal In Pictures

October 15 2012

Just next to rue de la Cathédrale that runs alongside the Cathédrale Marie-Reine-du-Monde is an elevated ramp/walkway leading to the Place du Canada tower and Marriott Hotel. It provides a nice vantage point to take photographs from a couple of directions.

The first couple of shots are looking back towards downtown along rue de la Cathédrale with a few well know buildings in the background; The Sunlife, Cathédrale Marie-Reine-du-Monde, Queen Elizabeth Hotel and 1 Place Ville Marie.

rue de la Cathédrale
ISO 100 – 18mm – f4.8 – 1/45 sec (-2ev/0/+2ev)

Elevated walkway to Place du Canada
ISO 100 – 18mm – f16 – 1/6 sec (-2ev/0/+2ev)

Looking to the left there is another great juxtaposition of old meeting new.

old meets new
ISO 100 – 18mm – f4.8 – 1/125 sec (-2ev/0/+2ev)

A great Juxtaposition example
ISO 100 – 40mm – f16 – 1/20 sec (-2ev/0/+2ev)

Next to the Place du Canada building is the 1000 de la Gauchetière tower, the tallest building in Montreal (51 floors) with its modern stone pillars and domed lower facade. I plan to shoot this building more soon (hopefully including the inside and the popular Atrium ice rink).

1000 de la Gauchetière
ISO 100 – 22mm – f16 – 1/3 sec (-2ev/0/+2ev)

The Marriott Château Champlain hotel is often referred to as the Cheese Grater due to the curved shape of its windows.

The Marriott Château Champlain Hotel
ISO 100 – 18mm – f16 – 1/8 sec (-2ev/0/+2ev)

I hadn’t really noticed the curved vents on the walls before..

The Marriott Château Champlain Hotel
ISO 100 – 105mm – f16 – 1/15 sec

It’s been a while since I did a floating (mirrored) building and thought I would give it a go with the image I shot of the Marriott. The way I shot it didn’t really make it easy to produce a floating result, but I kind of like how it almost resembles a smiling robot head.

The Marriott Château Champlain Hotel mirrored
ISO 100 – 18mm – f16 – 1/8 sec (-2ev/0/+2ev)

There was a pretty nice sunset this evening, but I was already home and knew by the time I got to a good spot it would be dark, so I just grabbed a quick shot from our apartment.