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Photos of Canada Photos of Quebec

Val-Bélair in Autumn

Chair and house in Autumn in Val-Bélair.
Chair and house in Autumn in Val-Bélair.

This year I have searched for new sites to capture autumn colours. I drove by Val-Bélair and stopped by a house that looked abandoned. The colour of the chair and the yellow background allowed me to compose my first shot.

Multicolored trees near Val-Bélair.
Multicolored trees near Val-Bélair.

There are superb trees between Val-Bélair and L’ Ancienne-Lorette . The picture above represents only a section of the forest.

Val-Bélair in Autumn.
Val-Bélair in Autumn.

Val-Bélair is a region with both agricultural and city life. It was natural to compose a picture that would include a car and a tractor. The colored leaves are used as a natural frame around the vehicles. The Canon 5DSR full frame camera’s aperture was adjusted to have only the middle ground in focus.

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Photography

Practice makes perfect.

Surf practice in Ogunquit.
Surf practice in Ogunquit.

The waves in Ogunquit being quite reasonable, the area is ideal to learn surfing. But small waves do not necessarily mean that learning is easy. Practice makes perfect!

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Morning fishing in Ogunquit, Maine

Early morning fishing in Ogunquit, Maine.
Early morning fishing in Ogunquit, Maine.

A fisherman profits from the beautiful morning to try to catch an Atlantic Striped Bass.

Since the fisherman will be on the beach for at least an hour, I have enough time to install a tripod on the beach and use the telephoto lens to bring in the man artificially. It is worth waiting for a few seagulls to fly nearby; this always add a bit of life to the scenery.

The compressed perspective offered by a telephoto lens and the significant cropping allow to increase the presence of the houses on the Ogunquit and Wells beaches, in United States.

Ogunquit fisherman with Atlantic Striped Bass web
Ogunquit fisherman with Atlantic Striped Bass web

The Atlantic Striped Bass can grow up to 1.5 meter  (5 feet) in length and weight up to 35 kg (77 pounds). Fishing laws are different for each State. I believe that in Maine, a fisherman cannot keep a fish that is less than 71 cm  (28 inches) in length.

Although I am quite far away from the fisherman, he has nonetheless noticed me. He turns around and proudly shows the Striped Bass that he just caught. A few seconds later, he puts the fish back in the water, knowing that the fish is still too small to be kept.

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Sunrise in Maine, United States 2019.

Sunrise in Maine 2019
Sunrise in Maine 2019

Many sunrise pictures are oversaturated to increase the visual effect. There comes a time when we forget that nature is full of subtleties and that it is not always necessary to exagerate the saturation to obtain an interesting effect.

For this photo of a sunrise in Ogunquit, Maine, I chose to show the natural colors at 5h30 AM, in August 2019. There is no violet-blue nor citrus yellow in the scenery. Nonetheless, depending on your position in front of the screen, the colours will always vary somehow.

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Sunrise in Ogunquit, Maine.

Sunrise in Ogunquit, Maine, 2019.
Sunrise in Ogunquit, Maine, 2019.

Ogunquit, Maine. It is 5h15 in the morning and in the hotel room, the thick curtains do not allow me to know what type of light is offered by the sunrise. A quick glance outside gives me the signal that my night is over. The light is worth being captured.

On the beach, there are already a few people who have arrived, either to fish, meditate, jog or take pictures. I will spend the next few hours, capturing the different nuances of light on the water and through the waves.

I will try to include a few of these photos in the coming editions of my blog.

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Waiting for opportunities in Ogunquit, United States.

A seagull flies over the beach in Ogunquit, waiting for opportunities.
A seagull flies over the beach in Ogunquit, Maine, waiting for opportunities.

This picture of a seagull has been taken from the third floor of the Norseman Hotel in Ogunquit, Maine. The aperture was reduced almost to its minimum to blur everything but the bird. Some serious cropping was needed to enlarge the seagull. I was helped by a Canon telephoto lens and the 50.6 megapixels of the Canon 5DSR full frame sensor.

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Photos of Canada

Houses and buildings of Victoria and Vancouver

Traditional house with flowers in Victoria, British Columbia.
Traditional house with flowers in Victoria, British Columbia.

The houses and buildings of Victoria and Vancouver are really stylish and deserve some attention. The nice Victoria weather allows for the rapid growth of the vegetation and the house owners generally try to have flowers in front of their property. Oak Bay and Uplands are two sectors where a visitor is sure to find very interesting houses.

A modern house in Victoria, British Columbia.
A modern house in Victoria, British Columbia.

During wintertime, the grass is green in Victoria. During summertime, it is yellow unless watered daily. The microclimate is due to the proximity of the Olympic Mountains. The air that slopes down the east side of the mountains warms up and dries, favoring a more stable weather than in the rest of Canada.

Old buildings of Vancouver.
Old buildings of Vancouver.
Condominiums in the highrise towers of Vancouver.
Condominiums in the highrise towers of Vancouver.

The picture above shows the view that an Airbnb rental can afford. In fact, it was the view from our room on a recent trip to Vancouver.

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Aviation photography Photos of Canada

Timing is everything in Victoria Harbour.

A Harbour Air floatplane is rapidly approaching the Victoria Clipper in the Victoria harbour.
A Harbour Air floatplane is rapidly approaching the Victoria Clipper in the Victoria harbour.

Arriving and departing floatplanes in Victoria Harbour must deal daily with ships that cross their path on landing and take-off. The staff on the Victoria Clipper is so used to this kind of traffic that it does not look in the direction of the incoming aircraft!

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Photos of Europe

The reassuring skeleton

Kids playing in Dublin in an area where skeletons decorate the walls .
Kids playing in Dublin in an area where skeletons decorate the walls .

This scene interested me because of the contrast it showed between kids who are laughing and having fun and the presence of a building with multiple skeletons printed on the wall. We are near Temple Bar, an area known for its nightlife and everything associated with it.

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Photos of Canada Photos of Quebec

Old Quebec at twilight

The St-Jean Gate in Old Quebec 2019
The St-Jean Gate in Old Quebec 2019

This young man found a quiet spot on the St-Jean Gate in Old Quebec. On the other side of the wall, at Place d’Youville, a band plays during the Quebec Summer Festival.

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