Photographer’s Note
Picture taken last week at 2000' on the South West side of Downtown Montreal, on a mostly cloudy day, the visibility was not ideal but the sun was trying hard to find a hole.
This is the opposite way from my previous picture from the mast of the olympic stadium that we can also see in the back.
I've also joined a close up view of Downdown in the workshop as a complementary. A few weeks from winter now, the temperature was between 0 and 5° celcius (41° F), still no snow at the time, but we received our first flake and accumulation this week.
ChrisJ, nwoehnl, elihesamian, PLD_images, Georges, mumek, rabani, jhm, papagolf21, PixelTerror, supereira, Jeppe, kajenn, orme, Rinie_Hoff, danieltowsey, capthaddock marcou esta nota como útil
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ChrisJ
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(70443) 2004-12-04 5:02
Excellent overview of Montreal from your high vantage point. Superb sharpness, considering that this was probably taken through a glass window?
Spoony
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(3539) 2004-12-04 5:54
Great panoramic view... fantastic to see! Perspective was very well choosed.
Thanks for sharing Pierre.
htremblay
(1664) 2004-12-04 8:32
La photo a une profondeur bien réussie. J'ai fait un WS pour que les gratte-ciels soient plus en évidence. Belle réussite, bien vu.
Kenny10pin
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(19301) 2004-12-04 9:40
nice view, wow 2000 feet, what a minature of everything, very good take well done
Rockyboy
(20582) 2004-12-04 10:45
La photo en Ws est également très bien même si ici nous avons aussi une excellente vue globale de Montréal... Je suppose que les prochaines photos seront avec la neige... Ici, nous avons pour le moment les même conditions que sur cette photo... entre 0°C et 5°C sans neige...
nwoehnl
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(120) 2004-12-04 11:41
Always impressive to see this kind of aerial views - usually the first thing I do when arriving in a big city is trying to find an observation platform to get a first understanding of the place. The photo you made here is very sharp and crisply detailed, and also the river crossing through the upper right area is a nice element of the framing. One idea for such photos is always a cropping without sky at all, suggesting an infinite range of the cityscape, but the way you present it here is just fine as well. Good shot, Pierre.
jmdaoudal
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(82) 2004-12-04 11:56
Pierre, tes points de vue sont toujours exceptionnels, tu prend souvent de l'attitudee t tu nous renvoie une très belle composition de Montreal.
J'aime beaucoup.
jean Michel
elihesamian
(26091) 2004-12-04 12:40
Very impressive work,great POV,very nice work you did,and really it's very pleasance for seeing,Thanks,Pierre.
Full of details,with great pattern of the city in it,and a great perspective,too,really nicely captured and very well composed,...beautiful,nicely done.
PLD_images
(7141) 2004-12-04 21:41
Pierre cette photo est vraiment très spectaculaire. Le point de vue est superbe et original, pour le moins que l'on puisse dire. Montréal est une ville qui change constament et ce genre d'image est un bon témoingnage historique.
Peut être que les responsables de la ville devraient te nommer photographe officiel...
La vision du fleuve aide à donner de la perspective à la photo.
Bravo et bien vue.
jp80
(8437) 2004-12-05 6:12
Jolie vue aérienne, très impressionnante. Bonne netteté et cadrage parfait ! Bravo,
Pascal
Georges
(11185) 2004-12-05 13:45
Voila une vue de Montréal plutôt rare et ici même si la luminosité ne vous a pas vraiment aidée vous avez su tirer meilleur partie de la prise.
Pour ma part j'aurais supprimé la ligne d'horizon blanche qui a tendance a distrayer un peut .cela ne reste que purement personnel.
Pour ce qui est de la netteté elle est très bonne bravo Pierre
mumek
(17504) 2004-12-05 18:31
Pierre!
Super panoramic view of Montreal.Nice colors, lot of details, very colorful.I like very much Montreal, because the atmosphere reminds me european cities.
rabani
(9421) 2004-12-06 4:37
Pierre, if there is anything better than GPS, its an aerial view. An aerial like this give a good bearing or "directional awareness", something which the mind/brain could see and comprehend better, especially if there is a landmark or two to set our "awareness" at. Someday, maps will be something like this, instead of lines, boxes, circles with icons and texts.
jhm
(83254) 2004-12-06 6:21
Hi Pierre, very high for makes this picture, 2000 feet, excellent overview of Montreal, what a minature of everything but the colours and the sharpnees its wonderful.
Great job!
papagolf21
(56697) 2004-12-06 7:43
Cher Pierre,
Une très belle prise photographie de la ville vue du ciel. Avez-vous utilisé un grand angle pour obtenir ce panorama ?
J'aime bien également la prise de vue en atelier. Belle réussite, car prendre une photo d'avion n'est pas facile (surtout que le Canon G3 n'est pas équipé d'un stabilisateur d'image !).
A priori, le droit de survoler Montréal est autorisé, ce qui n'est pas le cas de la ville de Paris (interdiction absolue, sauf le 14 juillet pour le défilé !).
Très bien fait, Pierre.
Bien amicalement.
Philippe
CoolDan
(2490) 2004-12-06 15:51
Bonjour Pierre, Très jolie prise et superbe vue. On voit bien le pont Jacques Cartier et le stade olympique. Vous avez fait du bon travail, malgré une vitre qui devait être sale à souhait.
gaetanche
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(815) 2004-12-06 21:43
Photo magnifique de Montréal. J'aime beaucoup la lumière ainsi que l'angle de prise de la photo qui donne un bel effet de perspective.
PixelTerror
(86763) 2004-12-07 5:51
Bonjour Pierre, voila une autre belle vue generale bien nette et detaillee, il y a un gros point rouge sur une antenne a gauche du centre, qu'est ce que ca peut etre ?
Om remarque egalement bien sur cette photo (comme sur la precedente d'ailleurs) qu'en dehors du coeur du centre, les batiments sont plutot bas.
ma-tibou
(4566) 2004-12-08 4:36
bonsoir Pierre, une vue grandiose, très bien réalisée, joli travail.
amitié/ martine.
supereira
(9576) 2004-12-08 14:00
Good point of view and prespective.I like the colors and the contrast between them.Very good light and sharpness.I like the composition and the DOF.Well done!
Jeppe
(18623) 2004-12-10 15:19
Very colourful and detailed view of downtown Montreal - normally I found airshots some kind af grey - but I think 2000 feets a good height to get colours as well - thanks Pierre for this and the fine workshop photos as well.
kajenn
(2325) 2004-12-11 20:50
Impressive shot over downtown Montreal, Pierre. And I like the close up posted as WS too, as I'm very fond of the 'straight down' view. 2000 ft seem to be an ideal altitude for these shots. The original shows the scattered vastness of a great city and I like that you've included the Olympic Stadium, placing it in its surrounding. Well done!
efimoore
(2126) 2004-12-12 11:18
Nice shot of Montreal. Good view of the city that emphasizes just how big it is. Also good view of the river. I have seen some nice night shots of Montreal high buildings. It would interesting to see a shot from the location you were shooting, with the timing of early evening, Not dark yet but lights are already seen.
Hanssie
(9133) 2004-12-17 9:35
Wow, what a spectacular view on the city, nice, full of details and the river, "high" quality !
pamastro
(7213) 2004-12-23 0:56
Despite it not being a clear day the weather actually worked out. The way the ground fades into the haze in the distance with the curvature of the earth is impressive. Even more so is how it appears like the edge of the world. The river seems to suddenly drop off the face of the earth out there at the edge. Perhaps it could use a little more contrast to create a greater feel of depth in the foreground. Nicely done. Must be nice to take a trip like this over the city.
Rinie_Hoff
(9334) 2005-01-03 17:17
Bonjour Pierre, I love this one, I like pictures taken from above, very much. It's colourful with nice ligth on it, and I like to think that somewhere over there, my oldest nephew and hsi girlfriend live there. They moved to Canada in 2003.
Next Christmas I might pay them a visit.
commenta
(1145) 2005-01-11 15:53
Un cadrage parfait et pas facile à réaliser là où vous avez pris la photo.
Le premier plan net et la brume à l'horizon sont d'un beau contraste.
Beau panorama de cette ville.
claude
capthaddock
(28640) 2005-07-24 11:28
Hi Pierre - despite the cloudy sky, there is a great amount of detail and lively colours, and the view from downtown to the Olymic tower is breathtaking.
npecanhuk
(14576) 2009-10-30 17:12
Hello Pierre!
Although I miss a bit more of sharpness, I love aerial views and this one of Montreal is very eye-catching!
Hopefully I'll be visiting it by next january!
TFS - congratulations!
Best regards,
Neyvan
Photo Information
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Copyright: Pierre Ouellet (maphoto)
(8076)
- Genre: Lugares
- Medium: Cor
- Date Taken: 2004-10-28
- Categories: Vida Diária, Arquitectura
- Camera: Canon PowerShot G3
- Exposição: f/4, 1/250 segundos
- Versão da Foto: Versão Original, Workshop
- Tema(s): Aerial Point of View, From the sky /2/ [view contributor(s)]
- Date Submitted: 2004-12-03 23:42
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