Thursday afternoon, downtown walk.

Another nice summer like Autumn day, I'd finished my coffee and took a walk downtown. Rather than lugging a 30lb gadget bag, my afternoon walks I opt to carry a single fixed focal length prime lens. Today I grabbed my Pentax ☆istD, with my SMC Pentax-M 85mm f:2.0, 49mm Pentax circular polarizer.



Kent Street Lion, Pentax ☆istD, SMC Pentax-M 85mm f:2.0,  49mm Pentax circular polarizer.



Centennial Towers, Kent Street Ottawa. Pentax ☆istD, SMC Pentax-M 85mm f:2.0,  49mm Pentax circular polarizer.



Twisted reflections Laurier Avenue W. Pentax ☆istD, SMC Pentax-M 85mm f:2.0,  49mm Pentax circular polarizer.



Ottawa Journal Towers, built on the site of my first school. Kent Street Public School was located on this site. Pentax ☆istD, SMC Pentax-M 85mm f:2.0,  49mm Pentax circular polarizer.



Standard Life Towers Laurier, with twin tower on Slater Street. Pentax ☆istD, SMC Pentax-M 85mm f:2.0,  49mm Pentax circular polarizer.



Slater Street Tower Crane, yet another downtown condo. Pentax ☆istD, SMC Pentax-M 85mm f:2.0,  49mm Pentax circular polarizer.



Laurier Avenue Metcalfe Street Reflection. Pentax ☆istD, SMC Pentax-M 85mm f:2.0,  49mm Pentax circular polarizer.



Lisgar Street condo. Pentax ☆istD, SMC Pentax-M 85mm f:2.0,  49mm Pentax circular polarizer.

Friday's walk is a  24 megapixel Nikon D600 with a AF Nikkor 24~70mm f:2.8, versus my 6.1 megapixel Pentax ☆istD.

 

Darrell Larose
Ottawa

More photos, another downtown walk.

Living downtown has perks, as I have lots of buildings etc to photograph. Today instead of my SMC Pentax-DA 14mm f:2.8 wide angle lens, I decided to just carry my SMC Pentax-FA 50mm f:1.4 and a circular polarizer.  Starting at Kent and Nepean Streets



The Hudson Park Nepean & Kent Streets, Wandering around the neighbourhood. Pentax ☆istD, SMC Pentax-FA 50mm f:1.4, circular polarizer.



Centennial Tower, Kent Street at Laurier Ave West. Pentax ☆istD, SMC Pentax-FA 50mm f:1.4, circular polarizer.



Bank Street Traffic Light.  Pentax ☆istD, SMC Pentax-FA 50mm f:1.4, circular polarizer.



My bank, Bank of Montreal, Building Laurier Avenue West.  Pentax ☆istD, SMC Pentax-FA 50mm f:1.4, circular polarizer.


The old and new, Laurier Avenue West at O'Connor Street.  Pentax ☆istD, SMC Pentax-FA 50mm f:1.4, circular polarizer.


The new Export Development Canada HQ, Wandering around the neighbourhood. Pentax ☆istD, SMC Pentax-FA 50mm f:1.4, circular polarizer.



O'Connor Street Alley. I saw the late afternoon light reflecting off the grate. Pentax ☆istD, SMC Pentax-FA 50mm f:1.4, circular polarizer. Wandering around the neighbourhood. Pentax ☆istD, SMC Pentax-FA 50mm f:1.4, circular polarizer.



Bank of Canada Building, Laurier Ave West and O'Connor Street. This is a stainless steel clad tower. Pentax ☆istD, SMC Pentax-FA 50mm f:1.4, circular polarizer.



Laurier Avenue West at Metcalfe Street. Pentax ☆istD, SMC Pentax-FA 50mm f:1.4, circular polarizer

Darrell Larose
Ottawa

Late afternoon walk in Centertown Ottawa.

Monday September 8, was a lovely summer day here in the Nation's Capital. So I grabbed my camera and wondered around the neighbourhood.

 



Here is the charming O'Connor Street Bridge over Patterson Creek. Designed by Francis Conroy Sullivan,  Who was the only Canadian student of famed Architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.
This is a green space oasis that runs for about a half a kilometre in a series of parks that runs just over 1 kilometre. (Pentax ☆istD, SMC Pentax-DA 14mm f:2.8)



 

Willows & Lamp, Pentax ☆istD, SMC Pentax-DA 14mm f:2.8



Wood & Steel, Pentax ☆istD, SMC Pentax-DA 14mm f:2.8 (no polarizer) With Ultra-Wide lenses you often will get a natural polarizing effect.



 

Glass & Steel.  Pentax ☆istD, SMC Pentax-DA 14mm f:2.8

 

Darrell A.  Larose
Ottawa, Canada