During yesterday’s meandering around the Plateau I grabbed a few random shots here and there.

The first shot was on Duluth. I’ve often noticed this great balcony and staircase leading to the roof. The red washing hanging out against the blue staircase called out to be photographed.  I really liked how the sky came out with a little tweaking in Lightroom.

Staircase in the clouds
ISO 100 – 85mm – f2.5 – 1/2000 sec

I don’t recall unfortunately what alley way we wandered down and found a couple of interesting graffiti painted windows.

Painted Windows
ISO 100 – 85mm – f2.5 -1/1000 sec

Serius13
ISO 100 – 85mm – f7.1 – 1/200 sec

Just north of rue Rachel on rue Drolet is a great old fashioned  hand car wash. I love that places like this are still in operation and help keep the Plateau history alive. I’ve been told not to take pictures here before, but since no one was around, I couldn’t resist grabbing a quick shot.

Car Wash
ISO 100 – 20mm – f5.6 – 1/125 sec

Unfortunately the shot I took of the outside with the old signage overhead was not one of my best, with blown out sky, not a great depth of focus and basically pretty bland.

Lave Auto
ISO 100 – 16mm – f5 – 1/125 sec

I tried a few different effects to see if I could salvage anything. I’m not normally a fan of solarized effects, but for fun I tried the Solarized Dreams preset in Topaz Adjust and quite liked the surreal result.

Lave Auto
ISO 100 – 16mm – f5 – 1/125 sec

Thanks for stopping by. Until next time.

– Martin

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