NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY – DOWNTOWN OTTAWA – AUGUST 2020 Downtown Ottawa is home to many National Heritage Buildings. This is Postal Station B (or Central Post Office), built in 1938-39 when Confederation Square was redeveloped. It was designated as a heritage building in 1986. Now primarily an office building, Canada Post still maintains a postal outlet…
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Fall is one of my favourite times of year and one of the prettiest here in the Ottawa Valley. There is no shortage of places to go to see autumn’s spectacular display and this year mother nature cooperated with some beautiful fall weather. Forêt-la-Blanche Ecological Reserve is located near Mayo, Quebec. Established in 2003 Forêt-la-Blanche has…
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This post is part of a series called Fireworks The 3rd show of 2019, entitled “Up and Down”, was presented by the Greek Firm of Pavlos Nanos. “As you are reading this, you might be wondering what makes this look so special even if you’ve seen massive fireworks in the past. Our show will leave…
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This post is part of a series called Fireworks The 2nd show of 2019 “Estate Italiana” was presented by the Italian firm of Pirotecnicia Giuliani s.r.l.. They described it as follows: “The show is a tour in Italy, to visit our most beautiful places, and enjoy our fantastic Italian atmosphere. ‘’Italian Summer’’ is the pyrotechnic…
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This post is part of a series called Fireworks The first show for 2019 was presented by Pirotecnia Igual Sa from Chile, entitled “Dancing for the world”, described as follows: “Dancing for the World is the explosion of a dream, creativity, smiles, colors and everything our soul seeks to be happy every day. In our journey…
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Just outside of the Eastern Ontario village of Douglas sits one of the best developed cave systems in Ontario – the Bonnechere Caves. In these limestone caves they’ve found fossils in the rock from the Ordovician time period, 400-500 million years ago. On private property, these caves have been open to the public for over…
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This post is part of a series called Fireworks The 5th and final fireworks display in the 2018 Sound of Light was brought to us by Royal Pyrotechnie, a Quebec company that has been lighting up the night skies since the founder first competed at Expo ’67 in Montreal. The theme for the show was…
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This post is part of a series called Fireworks The 3rd night of the 2018 competition was presented by the German team NICO. The soundtrack (below) was perfectly matched to the fireworks. 1. Star Wars Main Theme, John Williams 2. Unstoppable, Harry Gregson Williams 3. Skyfall, Adele 4. Eye of the Tiger, Survivor 5. Eclipse…
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This post is part of a series called Fireworks The first night of the 2018 Casino du Lac Leamy’s fireworks competition “The Sound of Light” by the Spanish team Pirotecnia Zaragozana SA. The fireworks were launched from a barge on the Ottawa River on the west side of the Alexandra Bridge and across from the…
View MoreThe Mill of Kintail is just outside of Almonte, Ontario. The Mill of Kintail Conservation Area is a 154 acre preserve and features an 1830’s grist mill that is now a museum. This is the old chapel – “The Cloister on the Hill” The old mill Fall colours Next up is the Blakeney Rapids, also…
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