The photo above was taken in the vicinity of Saint-Léon-de-Standon, in the province of Quebec, in the fall of 2021. I often stop to photograph the beautiful automn colors, but this time the scene had an added interest: a semi-circular cirrus cloud to be included in the photographic composition. Of all the cirriform clouds in […]
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Crossing the Quebec Bridge by bike allows you to stop and admire the surroundings at will, while observing the maritime traffic up close. In the photo above, part of the Promenade Samuel-De Champlain is visible from the bridge. As for the photographic composition (for those interested), part of the bridge is included in the photo’s […]
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On The Road (3)
On the road in Chaudière-Appalaches, a beautiful region in the province of Quebec, I saw an interesting landscape in my rearview mirror. This was the perfect start for autumn photography. Rather than getting out of the vehicle to capture the scene and its autumn colors, it seemed to me that a modified « frame in the […]
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On The Road (2)
This photo was taken at the end of a beautiful day in the Chaudière-Appalaches region. The sun is almost on the horizon and is hitting the sides of the trees directly, further enhancing the autumn colors . By this time, people are home having dinner and there are hardly any vehicles on the road. Rather […]
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On the road (1)
The picture above was taken from my car as I was driving on the roads of Quebec in the Chaudière-Appalaches region, looking for interesting subjects that would show the first autumn colors. The sound of the engine idling attracted the curiosity of the animals. Ears are pointed and the two cows kept their eyes on […]
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Blue Jay and Russian Mountain Ash
Every Autumn, a Blue Jay lands on our patio knowing he can stock up for the winter. After hearing his calls, I quickly get the peanuts and the camera. The pictures were taken with a Canon EOS 5DS R which allows significant cropping without loss of quality. In the photo above, the branches of the Russian […]
Winter photography holds great surprises during snowstorms. The picture above was taken on February 27, 2020, a day when Quebec City received between 30 and 35 centimeters of snow. This little street in Quebec City still has its old wooden posts from which hang many electric wires. In several new neighborhoods, the wires are now […]
The photography technique adopted above uses the arch offered by Porte St-Jean to frame the main photo showing Place d’Youville and its buildings at the time of heavy snowfall. This winter night photograph represents several challenges, including the need to show the snowflakes falling in front of the headlights of moving cars while respecting the […]
The few Christmas decorations still remaining in Old Quebec enhance the winter scenery during a snowstorm on February 7 2020. The presence of several interesting elements add to the photographic composition: the color of the lights in the fir tree and its reflection on the snow, the yellowish lights , the pedestrians walking in the […]
The picture above shows Château Lake Louise and, in the background, Mount Richardson. Lake Louise is in Alberta but only a few kilometers from British Columbia. This picture was taken during summer 2018 while several forest fires were raging in western Canada. Luckily for us, the smoke had not yet reached Lake Louise when the […]