Montmorency Falls, originally uploaded by jezza323.
This shot was taken from a bridge over the Montmorency Falls near Quebec City in Canada.
In the distance you can see the bridge to the Ile d’Orleans. There is a neat little cable car to get up the cliff, rather than making the walk up the stairs you can see in the photo.
These shots are both 3 shot HDR’s taken at +/- 2.0EV and blended using Photomatix tone mapping
Montmorency Falls, originally uploaded by jezza323.
Basilica Sainte Anne de Beaupre, originally uploaded by jezza323.
During our trip to Quebec city we also hopped on a great bus tour which took outside the city, to the Ile d’Orleans, Montmorency waterfall and the Basilica Sainte Anne de Beaupre. Here are a few shots from the Basilica.
The first is a 3 shot HDR, you can see some of the great fall colours off to the left of the Basilica
The 2nd is a look inside, also a 3 shot HDR. As you can see its quite a stunning building.
Basilica Sainte Anne de Beaupre, originally uploaded by jezza323.
Cathedral Notre Dame, Quebec City, originally uploaded by jezza323.
These are a couple of shots from inside the Cathedral Notre Dame in Quebec City, which is the head of the Catholic Church across all of Canada. You can read some of the Cathedral’s history here on wikipedia
It is a very unassuming building from the outside, but the inside is quite spectacular. We ended up visiting here a couple of times. We happened by it ourselves whilst wandering the streets, and the following day we did a guided walking tour which also stopped in at the Cathedral. Take note of the lovely sky painted on the ceiling. It was very overcast and rainy both times we were inside so it was good to see a little blue sky somewhere.
Cathedral Notre Dame Quebec, originally uploaded by jezza323.
Both shots here were done handheld with my Pentax K200D and Sigma 10-20mm, at ISO1600 (highest my old body goes!) and are 3 exposure HDR’s taken at +/- 2.0 EV. The noise reduction in Photomatix, which I used for blending, seems to have done a great job on the noise. The noise is still quite noticeable in the full size images though. I used Tone Mapping with the Enhancer method in both cases to generate the final image.
Enjoy!
Quebec City Gate, originally uploaded by jezza323.
In October I was lucky enough to take a trip to Quebec city. The old city is amazing, and totally worth a visit.
I spent 4 days there, but could have happily stayed for longer. The food was good, the people friendly, and the city was beautiful.
This is 1 of the remaining gates in the old city wall. It was opened up for the roadway in the 1800′s.
I will be posting more shots from the city over the next few days. For now, here is 1 more!
Quebec City, Canada, originally uploaded by jezza323.
Lazy Sunday Afternoon, originally uploaded by jezza323.
This is what happens on a lazy Sunday afternoon, with nothing to do. Watching Breaking Bad and playing with the camera!
This was taken with the Sigma 30mm f1.4 using an aperture of f2.0. A simple conversion to black & white in Lightroom was all that was required.
Excuse the socks, it was a bit chilly in my apartment.
Spiderman in Sneakers, originally uploaded by jezza323.
A nice little night street festival on Yonge St in the Fall is Nuit Blanche. I loaded up with the Sigma 30mm f1.4 (for the dark) and went walking.
This guy was prancing around in lycra down at Yonge-Dundas Square so I had to catch him in action. It was very busy! And quite chilly, first cool night of the season really (it warmed up again after that night though). You can see all the people down the street in this shot.
Nuit Blanche, originally uploaded by jezza323.
Summer time in Toronto is also time for The EX. The EX is the annual exhibition, filled with rides, games, shows, and truely horrible (but tasty) foods.
Some of the food highlights include deep fried Mars Bars, deep fried Cola, deep fried butter and a Krispy Kreme Bacon Burger (Krispy Kremes for buns). I wanted to try out the deep fried Cola but couldnt find it, same went for the Krispy Kreme burger, although I doubt I would have been able to bring myself to order it anyway! I did try some deep fried Mars Bar though, was good!
Ferris Wheel, originally uploaded by jezza323.
City Hall, Toronto, originally uploaded by jezza323.
This was taken on one of my first walks home after work in September after we moved from High Park into downtown. It was a great evening, the clouds were amazing so I stopped and took a few shots. This is Toronto City hall with Nathan Phillips in front.
There was a group laying on the ground covered in bread trying to get the birds to eat it off them (they seemed quite worried about the birds though!). I’m not sure what the point of it all was though.
City Hall, Toronto, originally uploaded by jezza323.
Both shots are 3 exposure HDR’s taken at +/- 2.0 EV with my Pentax K200D and Sigma 10-20mm f4.0-5.6 lens. Blended using Photomatix with final editing in Lightroom.
Good fun at the Parade, originally uploaded by jezza323.
Another one from the summer Caribana parade in Toronto. This one is a bit more of an amusing candid than anything else.
This lovely couple were grinding their way up the street for the parade, and I just happened to catch the rather unimpressed young girl in the background, along with a great expression on the guys face!
Have a giggle and enjoy
Caribana Parade, originally uploaded by jezza323.
Here is the annual Toronto Caribana Parade, which this year ran along Lakeshore (not sure if it has always run along here?). It was relatively small in number of paraders, but there were plenty of people out for a look on what was a very warm summer day.
Most seemed to be having a great time. This was 1 of the larger groups dancing their way down the street. I just held the camera up high and took a quick snap or 2. I processed this in Photomatix as a single exposure HDR, it really made the bright, loud Caribana colours pop.
