In old Montreal, photographed using two Mamiya C-330 cameras with 65 mm. lenses on a Manfrotto tripod. I used a twin cable release to trip the shutters in near synch. Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours (“Our Lady of Good Help”) Chapel, a church in the district of Old Montreal. One of the oldest churches in Montreal, it was built in 1771 over the ruins of an earlier chapel. In 1849, Mgr. Ignace Bourget, Bishop of Montreal, gave the chapel a statue of the Virgin as Star of the Sea, which was placed atop the church overlooking the harbor. In the 19th century, the chapel came to be a pilgrimage site for the sailors who arrived in the Old Port of Montreal; they would make offerings to the Virgin in gratitude for her “good help” for safe sea voyages.

The close-up on this page was taken with a NikonD300 with a 55-200 mm VR lens. f-8 200 mm 1/250 sec.