Venus And Jupiter Come To Conjunction Over Notre-Dame-De-Bonsecours Chapel In Old Montreal On Sunday March 11, 2012

The Blessed Virgin Mary aka "The Queen Of Heaven" appears to
be blessing Venus and Jupiter as they come to conjunction
in the skies over Montreal on Sunday March 11, 2012.
Venus is the brighter planet to the right of Jupiter.

Jupiter And Venus Coming To Conjunction Over Montreal Friday March 9 2012

Oops! Photos are in reverse chronological order and I can't be bothered to fix that little error right now. Maybe later. . .

Nicolaus Copernicus With The Waxing Moon In Conjunction With Jupiter & Venus Sunday February 26 2012

Jupiter, in close conjunction with the waxing crescent moon, with Venus in "evening star" mode below them, grace the dusk sky above Montreal on Sunday February 26, 2012. The snow covered bronze statue of Nicolaus Copernicus aka Mikołaj Kopernik that sits outside the now abandoned Dow Planetarium in downtown Montreal provides the foreground for this astronomical photograph. Sadly, Copernicus seems to have lost his armillary sphere. . .

Nicolaus Copernicus With Jupiter & Venus & Uranus Wednesday January 18 2011

Jupiter and Venus hover on either side of the bronze statue of Nicolaus Copernicus aka Mikołaj Kopernik that sits outside the now abandoned Dow Planetarium in downtown Montreal, while Uranus hovers above his outstretched hand. It seems that Copernicus has lost his compass and armillary sphere. . .

Port De Montreal Panoramic Photographs Shot Using The Sweep Panorama™ Mode Of A Sony Alpha A35 Digital SLT Camera

Habitat 67 with two Canada Steamship Lines "Lakers" parked for the winter. Viewed from a hangar to the east of the skating rink in the Old Port. This Sweep Panorama™ panoramic photograph was shot hand-held using a Sony Alpha A35 with a Minolta Maxxum 100-400mm f4.5-6.7 APO zoom lens set at approximately 200mm if I remember correctly. All panoramic photos were uploaded to this blog at 25% of the full resolution. Click on the images on this page to see the much larger 25% resolution images.

Habitat 67 with two Canada Steamship Lines "Lakers" parked for the winter. Viewed from the west in the Vieux Port de Montreal. This Sweep Panorama™ panoramic photograph was shot hand-held using a Sony Alpha A35 with a Minolta Maxxum 100-400mm f4.5-6.7 APO zoom lens set at approximately 100mm.

Two parked Lakers in the Vieux Port de Montreal. This Sweep Panorama™ mode panoramic photograph was shot hand-held with a Sony Alpha A35 using an 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 Sony zoom lens set at 18mm.

Remembrance Day Ceremony 11.11.11 McGill University Campus Montreal

We stand on guard for thee. . .

Artillery Salute

Laying Wreaths at the Cenotaph

Adam & Zoé Displaying Their Remembrance Day Poppy Flag

Respect & Liberté

Autumnal Equinox Sunrise Montréal Friday September 23 2011

The top of the rising sun becomes visible above a low bank of clouds

The full disk of the rising sun emerges above the low bank of clouds centered between the two pylons of the Concord Bridge
Why does 'The Lord Of The Rings' film version
of 'The Eye Of Sauron' come to mind here?
A shimmering reflection of the autumnal equinox sunrise creates a golden pathway on the waters of the St. Lawrence river
The rising sun hovers above the Alexander Caldwell sculpture 'Man'

Summer Solstice Sunrise Montreal June 21 2011

These two photographs were taken on a 36 exposure roll of Fujicolor Superia Reala color negative film using a Tamron SP 300mm f/5.6 fixed focal length telephoto lens and a Nikon TC-300 2X teleconverter attached to my Nikon F90x 35mm SLR.