Exterior Architecture Exercise 2

 

   Located at 110 Notre-Dame Street West, Notre-Dame Basilica was built in 1672. In 1824 Irish-American architect James O'Donnell was commissioned to design the new building, with a goal of accommodating a congregation of up to 10,000. O'donnell was a proponent of the Gothic Revival architectural movement, and designed the chuich as such. The interior of the basilica is amongst the most dramatic in the world and regarded as a masterpiece of Gothic Revival architecture.

  I chose a 14mm lens to include the whole basilica into the shot together with Place d'Armes, to present the majesty of the basilica. The building is backlit. The sun as background also added stateliness to the basilica. I chose black and white for the same purpose.

14mm, f/13, 1/250 sec, ISO64

     

   Located at 350 rue Saint-Paul in Old Montreal, Bonsecours Market was the main public market in the Montreal area for more than 100 years. It also briefly accommodated the Parliament of United Canada for one session in 1849. The construction of the Palladian style building began in 1844 and were completed in 1847. Named for the adjacent Notre-dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel, it opened in 1847. Bonsecours Market was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1984.

The light on the building is façade fully lit.

 70mm, f/16, 1/125 sec, ISO64

    In the late 19th century and for several decades thereafter, grain was the main export product transiting through the Port of Montreal. Competition from U.S. ports was strong, so the decision was made to equip Montreal's with grain elevators and make it the world's leading grain port by 1928. Located at the entrance to the Lachine Canal and came into operation in 1906, Silo No.5 is the only extant example of the evolution of grain elevators in the 20th century, it demonstrates the technological prowess of a bygone era.

  To demonstrate the aging of the industrial legend, I used tele focal lens to emphasize the rusted metal pipes and metal construction. The building was well lit by the sun right over head. 

210mm, f/5.6, 1/125 sec, ISO64