Montreal In Pictures

July 16 2012

After a fairly long dry spell, we got a short (yet heavy) storm cross over Montreal this afternoon. Since I hadn’t been out to shoot my daily image, I headed out once the rain had stopped to Old Montreal to see if I could find some nice reflections in puddles.

On my way I spotted this cloud that reminded me of the Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula. I hadn’t spotted the cross at the time, but thought it added nicely to the vision I had when I took the picture. I actually now see a teddy bear breathing fire and an evil looking claw reaching for the cross – but maybe that’s due to me having stopped smoking today 😉

The image is processed from 3 handheld exposures in Photomatix with some adjustments and slight cropping (removal of top of building) in Lightroom.

Nebula Cloud
ISO 100 – 70mm – f5.3 – 1/1000 sec (-2ev/0/+2ev)

Due to the heat (still 30c+), most of the rain water on the streets had evaporated by the time I made it down to rue Saint Paul. Thankfully I found a few puddles still gave me some opportunity to shoot reflections – here is the best of the crop:

Reflected parasols on rue Saint Paul
ISO 100 – 52mm -f5 – 1/80 sec (-2ev/0/+2ev)

This next building reflection I’ve shot before, but I thought I would share anyway – I think the previous one was a lot better though.

Building reflection on rue Saint Paul
ISO 100 – 38mm – f4.5 – 1/100sec (-2ev/0/+2ev)

Marché Bonsecours reflected on rue Saint Paul
ISO 100 – 48mm – f4.8 – 1/125 sec (-2ev/0/+2ev)

Marché Bonsecours reflected on rue Saint Paul
ISO 100 – 48mm – f9 – 1/40 sec (-2ev/0/+2ev)

Notre Dame de Bon Secours Chapel reflected on rue Saint Paul
ISO 100 – 22mm – f3.8 – 1/125 sec (-2ev/0/+2ev)

Notre Dame de Bon Secours Chapel reflected on rue Saint Paul
ISO 100 – 24mm – f3.8 – 1/125 sec (-2ev/0/+2ev)

City Hall reflected on rue Notre Dame
ISO 100 – 35mm – f9 – 1/15 sec (-2ev/0/+2ev)

There were still some nice clouds overhead together with some great soft lighting as I passed through Place d’Armes, so took a few shots of the majestic buildings surrounding the square, including the Notre-Dame Basilica.