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Bad weather in Quebec

A violent storm is approaching the Quebec Jean-Lesage airport in 2012
A roll arcus cloud in development ahead of a thunderstorm approaching Quebec in 2012

In the “Improve your pictures” section of this web site, there is a page titled “Photography and weather” . In few days, this page will hold about twenty pictures and information that can help photographers profit from the best that nature has to offer. The picture above represents a roll arcus cloud in development that is preceding a violent thunderstorm that was approaching Quebec City in 2012. The most interesting clouds were formed as the system was moving over the Val-Blair hills near the airport.

The photo was taken with a Canon 5D MKII

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A tulip in the parc du Bois-de-Coulonge

A tulip in the Bois-de-Coulonge, Qubec City.
A tulip in the Bois-de-Coulonge, Qubec City.

This flower is part of the new pictures added in the “Photo galleries” section. The photo was taken during spring 2012 in the parc du Bois-de-Coulonge, in Qubec, with a Canon 5D MKII. I include the technical details, for the photographers who could be interested: speed 1/80 sec., aperture 5.0, ISO 100, focal 110.0 mm, Mode WB auto, Mode AF Autofocus One-Shot, lens Canon 70-200 mm F2.8L IS II USM, RAW file. There were other tulips all around but I chose to isolate one flower for maximum effect.

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Last opportunity for a picture in Montreal

Montreal, 2012. Juste temps pour prendre cette dernière photo, avant la dmolition du bâtiment
Montreal, 2012. Juste temps pour prendre cette dernière photo, avant la dmolition du bâtiment.

I was lucky to be able to take this picture. Being in Montreal for a winter photography session with a Canon 5D MKII, I went by a street where some employees were busy demolishing a building. There was an interesting scene to be taken but I had to get much closer before I could start shooting. The site was fenced and under surveillance while workers were active, so the access was forbidden.

As lunch time was approaching, I decided to wait a bit, hoping that the workers would leave the site for a quick bite. I was expecting the security guard to accompany the group and forget about locking the fence. That’s exactly what happened. As soon as the last employee had disappeared, I was on the site with my photo equipment. By the end of the afternoon, nothing was left of the building. I hope that you like this picture, as much for the scene as for the small murale done by the unknown artist, murale that is today only a souvenir.