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Old Quebec during Spring 2024
Old Quebec during Spring 2024

Above, a view of the Sainte-Famille Street in Old Quebec with, on the right, a section of the government office of the Centre de la Francophonie des Amériques.  

The curb in the lower left corner of the photo serves as a prompt to integrate the scene. The door covers the first right-hand third of the photographic composition, preventing the observer from moving too quickly into the background. The rounded shape of the door and the old stones manage to occupy almost 50% of the image, while the rest shows an entire artery, mountains and a portion of the sky.

To energize the scene, I waited for an automobile to drive down the street.

The Basilique-cathédrale Notre-Dame de Québec and the Price building in Old Québec.
The Basilique-cathédrale Notre-Dame de Québec and the Price building in Old Québec.

Dating back to 1647, this Basilica-Cathedral has been renovated on several occasions and includes a historic crypt and holy door, attracting believers from all over the world.

Note that in this shot, the close-up of the tower does not prevent us from obtaining perfectly vertical lines, which are usually difficult to achieve in photography. This result is due to the use of a Canon EF 11–24 mm F/4L USM ultra-wide-angle lens, the only one on the market that allows such results without correction and without the fisheye effect taking over.

The Basilique-cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-Québec in Old Quebec.
The Basilique-cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-Québec in Old Quebec.

Above is the Basilica-Cathedral seen from another angle.

Click on the links for more photos of Quebec City and Île d’Orléans in Summer on my blog and for photos of the province of Quebec and Canada.

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