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Sun rise over Kent Gate, Quebec City.
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I recently went on a one-week long trip to Quebec City with a group of photographers from New York, Wales, and Toronto. We rented a home in the old town, and for the most part, walked around exploring Quebec, which is celebrating its 400th anniversary this year. The people were friendly, the weather warm, and the photo opportunities many and varied.

I thought I was on a holiday, but I was deluded. The group I was with were very keen, and that included being out at midnight to take street shots and being up at 3:30am to catch the sun as it rose over the city. But it all made for a collection of much more memorable shots for all of us.

This is a shot of the sun rising over the Kent Gate near the Plains of Abraham. It was shot with a Canon 70-200 f/2.8 lens, 1/2000 sec, f/4 at 200m.

This photo was posted by Dawn LeBlanc on Monday, August 11th, 2008 at 7:31 am and is filed under Landscape

8 Responses »

  1. Andreas Manessinger on August 12th, 2008 at 12:14 pm:

    Dawn,

    this is incredibly beautiful. It looks very much like from a fairy tale or a fantasy story. Not exactly tolkienesque, more … southern. Great composition.

  2. Pete Zerria on August 12th, 2008 at 5:07 pm:

    Hi Dawn,

    Kudos in your early rising. Many times images are posted as “fine art” but do not meet the criteria. It is really an interesting image. There is some vignetting. I’ve experienced this with wider angle focal lengths but rarely on T-photos. Did you have a lens hood on your lens or is its coverage on the sensor tight? Another question: Perhaps your vignetting was caused by an appliance on the front of the lens. Did you use a matte box and a graded filter?

    Pete

  3. Dawn LeBlanc on August 13th, 2008 at 10:20 am:

    Thanks Andreas and Pete! To Pete, I introduced the vignetting in post-processing I’m afraid–I was going to remove it, but kind of liked it, maybe wrongfully so. It seemed to me it brought some depth to the image, but perhaps I should have used a lighter hand. I appreciate the time you both took to write comments. I will revisit the image and take another look at the vignette! ~~ regards, dawn

  4. Pete Zerria on August 13th, 2008 at 6:58 pm:

    Dawn,

    Thank you for taking time to answer my questions. An apology for thinking this was a technical issue. Applying the vignette as part of your vision of this work should go without question or explanation.

    Cheers,

    Pete

  5. gaby on November 26th, 2008 at 1:21 pm:

    Hi,
    really great info great shots to boot!

    all the best
    gaby
    x

  6. Rafi on January 8th, 2009 at 9:54 am:

    Dawn,
    I think I said this before, this is a great imageand fantasic colour.
    Ohyes,
    Congrats..
    Rafi

  7. Marc-Andre on February 10th, 2009 at 4:34 pm:

    Magnifique photo! Cet image decrit parfaitement la beaute qui se retrouve a Quebec!

  8. Kent on March 6th, 2009 at 1:09 pm:

    I think the vignetting is quite obvious, and my comment was going to be ‘is that vignetting post-processed’ (until I read the other comments!). That said, my first impression was ‘wow’ and without the vignetting I think you would have needed to crop the top section of sky out which which would have cramped the nearest spire.

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