Chute Montmorency
Have a great weekend!
It was overcast all the time while we were in Quebec City and that's why i decided to process this one in black and white - the colors just were dull.
You are seeing the stairs on which you can go down to the bast of the water fall.
The small turret on the left of the fall is about 4 meters high, so you can see the size of the falls.
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The Montmorency Falls (French: Chute Montmorency) form a large waterfall in Quebec, Canada, Located near Quebec City. The falls, at 84 meters (275 ft) high, are the highest in the province of Quebec and 30 m (98 ft) higher than Niagara Falls. The basin at the foot of the falls is 17 m (56 ft) deep. The falls are at the mouth of the Montmorency River where it drops over the cliff shore into the Saint Lawrence River, opposite the western end of the Île d'Orleans. The falls were given this name in 1613 by Samuel de Champlain. He named them in honour of Henri II, duc de Montmorency, who served as viceroy of New France from 1620 until 1625.
There are staircases that allow visitors to view the falls from several different perspectives. A suspension bridge over the crest of falls provides access to both sides of the park as well as a spectacular view. There is also an aerial tram (Funitel) that carries passengers between the base and the top of the falls. In the summer the park hosts an international fireworks competition with the falls as a backdrop.
The remnants of earthen forts built by General Wolfe are located in the eastern portion of the park. They were constructed in 1759. The landings below Quebec City were repulsed by General Montcalm at Montmorency Falls, costing the British 440 men. Ultimately a successful assault was launched when Wolfe made a surprise attack by climbing the cliffs below the Plains of Abraham.
The Ice Hotel was located at Montmorency Falls for its first year.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montmorency_Falls
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The Birds
"Flight Stop", by Michael Snow, 1979.
An art installation inside the Eaton Centre in Toronto, Ontario
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Bathed In Light
Waaaaaay better on black
Taken in July - it was foggy for 3 days on the beaches of the Cape.
Almost SOOC - I only adjusted the levels a bit, as i forgot to dial in an exposure compensation - should be at +2/3 to +1EV when shooting in such foggy conditions to get real white and not only gray. I wasn't sure if i should brighten up the bottom of the photo too, but I decided that the gradient from pure white to a bright gray gives the photo more depth.
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White Tower II
Texture by Skeletal Mess - thanks!
I used a shot from the same walk as for the previous upload, but i processed it 'a bit' more, most noticeably adding a texture.
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The White Tower
As i mentioned, i moved recently and this is where i live now... Well, actually not in that palace, but only 5 minutes away from the park.
Technique/Processing
Basically: Getting up early on a sunday morning... ;-)
Of course there was also some processing involved, but the light is real...
I blended the sky and the lower part manually from two different exposures and then processed it using the usual filters.
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Bad Homburg vor der Höhe is the district town of the Hochtaunuskreis, Hesse, Germany, on the southern slope of the Taunus, bordering among others Frankfurt am Main and Oberursel. The town's formal name is Bad Homburg vor der Höhe (translated as "Bad Homburg at the foot of the hills (= Taunus)", to distinguish it from other places of the same name), abbreviated as Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe.
Elevation: 130 to 250 m in the town (128 to 683 m in the whole area); Position: 50° 13’ 45” N, 8° 36’ 43” E; Population: 52000.
The town is best known for its medically used mineral waters and spa (hence the prefix Bad, "bath"), and for its casino.
Today, Bad Homburg is again one of the wealthiest towns in Germany, in part thanks to its vicinity near Frankfurt, as many of the directors and employees of the Frankfurt banks live in Bad Homburg. (The Hochtaunuskreis and the Landkreis Starnberg regularly compete for the "title" of the wealthiest district in Germany.)
As of 2004, the town's marketing slogan was: Champagnerluft und Tradition (Champagne air and tradition).
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