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The Joan of Arc Garden by night.

The Jardin Jeanne-d'Arc in Quebec City.

The Jardin Jeanne-d’Arc in Quebec City.

For Quebec’s national holiday, the big trees of the Joan of Arc Garden  were illuminated in blue, to reflect the colors of the Quebec flag.

The small portable tripod that I carried during the photo session made my life much easier, because the lack of light required a fairly long exposure and a total absence of movement. In the background, you can see the Hotel Le Concorde Québec and its revolving restaurant.

The Joan of Arc Garden in Quebec City on the night of St-Jean-Baptiste 2022.
The Joan of Arc Garden in Quebec City on the night of St-Jean-Baptiste 2022.

In the center of the garden is a large monument of Joan of Arc by American sculptor Anna Hyatt Huntington and donated by her and her husband Archer Huntington in 1938.

Several publications and websites state that the donors of this statue are anonymous. This possibly adds a bit of mystery to this beautiful work, but nonetheless shadows the gift the couple gave in honor of the patriotism and courage of the fighters of the battles of 1759 and 1760.

Both photos were taken with a Canon 5DSr full frame camera equipped with a Canon EF 16-35mm f2.8L II USM lens. Click on the link for more pictures of Quebec City in Summer on my blog.

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Photos of Quebec

Halloween in Quebec City

This lady, all dressed in black, was one of the decorations in the Parc Jeanne d'Arc, in Québec City, for Halloween 2018.
This lady, all dressed in black, was one of the decorations in the Parc Jeanne d’Arc, in Québec City, for Halloween 2018.

The Halloween is celebrated during the month of October in the parc Jeanne d’Arc, in Quebec City. Several interesting sceneries are presented every year to the public. Photographers always find something interesting to bring back from their visit in the park. In late afternoon or during the evening, the lower light intensity adds to the dramatic atmosphere.

The picture above was slightly desaturated using Photoshop. The goal was to restore the sinister aspect of the lady and the emotion felt by a visitor standing in the park.

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Quebec City and Île d’Orléans in Autumn
Quebec City and Île d’Orléans in Winter
Quebec City and Île d’Orléans in Spring
Quebec City and Île d’Orléans in Summer
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Street photography

Jeanne d’Arc and the snow geese

Jeanne d'Arc and the snow geese. Parc Jeanne d'Arc, Quebec City, 2017.
Jeanne d’Arc and the snow geese. Parc Jeanne d’Arc, Quebec City, 2017.

When someone wants to do street photography, he must continually ask himself: “What don’t I see, but that is there? What do I take for granted but that would deserve a different approach?”

While I was heading to Old Quebec, I walked by the Jeanne d’Arc park. This park is known for its beautiful flowers and its huge statue of Jeanne d’Arc. But how could I get the statue without the flowers?

I was looking left and right when I finally looked straight up to see, in the background, hundreds of snow geese flying at high altitude and enroute for the Arctic. I had to very rapidly find a way to photograph the statue and the snow geese.

A few seconds later, the tip of Jeanne d’Arc’s sword was pointing towards the snow geese, making a link between the two subjects.

On a more theoretical note, an abstract diagonal line crossed the photo, starting from the front of the horse and going through the rider, the tip of the sword and following the two lines of geese, ending in the upper right corner of the picture.

The picture was taken with a Canon 5DSR full frame camera equipped with a Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM.

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The Hotel Le Concorde with tulips from the parc Jeanne d’Arc in Quebec City

The Hotel Le Concorde with tulips from the parc Jeanne d'Arc in Quebec City.
The Hotel Le Concorde with tulips from the parc Jeanne d’Arc in Quebec City.

The picture above was taken at the parc Jeanne d’Arc in Quebec City in May 2018. In the background, you can see the Hotel Le Concorde, the only hotel with a revolving restaurant in Quebec City.

The picture was taken with a Canon 5DSR full format camera equipped with a Canon 14mm 2.8L fixed lens.

For other photos from the province of Quebec or of Quebec City, click on the following links from my blog :

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Quebec City and Île d’Orléans in Autumn
Quebec City and Île d’Orléans in Winter
Quebec City and Île d’Orléans in Spring
Quebec City and Île d’Orléans in Summer