Wednesday, December 28, 2022

The Capital In Christmas Lights

 I went out one evening, before a significant snowfall, to photograph Christmas lights. I start with the grounds at Ottawa City Hall, where trees had lights strung up and a large wreath was hung near the main entrance. The skating rink at left was in use.


Across the street lies Confederation Park. The lighting here is different, with coloured lights projected onto the trunks of the trees, and snowglobes hanging from some of them.


Just up the street at the National Arts Centre, I took these two shots, with the government conference centre in the background of the first. The statue is Alexander Hamilton Gault, a businessman, politician, and traveller who organized and led the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Regiment in the First World War.


And across the street is the National War Memorial, surrounded this time of year with Christmas lights.


I headed to Parliament Hill for something I'll be showing you over the next couple of posts. For today, I leave off with this view across the street at the only Parliamentary block not officially on the Hill, since the Parliamentary district is deemed to be on the north side of Wellington Street. This houses the offices of the prime minister and his staff.

54 comments:

  1. Wonderful lighting, beautifully captured.

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  2. You have been busy photographing all these light installations.

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  3. I like the coloured trees, especially the park around the National War Memorial is beautiful.

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  4. It is a real contradiction that we encourage energy conservation and then bedeck the streets with all these lights.

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  5. Hello,
    The lights at night are so pretty, a joy to see. Take care, enjoy the last days of 2022!

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  6. The lights shining on the trunks is different and beautiful!

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  7. You are supplying us with lights that we don’t see to the same extent in smaller communities.

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  8. Wonderful to see these pretty lights.

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  9. Beautiful. I really like the tree trunks all lit up.

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  10. Colorfully lit trees look amazing in the dark.
    Good luck for 2023!

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  11. Lots of lights these days. Not much red and green but lots of purple. Is purple the new Christmas color? I wonder what this area looked in Christmas of 1950?

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  12. Lots of beauty shines with those festive lights. Nice photograpy, William.

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  13. The trees lit like that is a nice touch.

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  14. Wow! Always wonderful night shots from you ~ pretty scenes ~

    Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
    A ShutterBug Ex[;pres.
    ala (A Creative Harbor)

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  15. The lights are beautiful and it was lovely to see your photos:)

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  16. So great that Xmas lights are still on after Xmas. The garden looks a different sort of vibe too

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  17. Me pongo al día con las últimas aportaciones de la Navidad

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  18. I enjoyed seeing your photographs, they show the lights so well.

    All the best Jan

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  19. These are lovely! Thanks for sharing them.

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  20. I used to love the drive from our former home out Hunt Club, all the way up to my B.I.L. home in Chelsea during the Christmas season. The LIGHTS!!

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  21. You have a beautiful city and they do a wonderful job with it!

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  22. Very, very pretty! You have captured it all beautifully. Thanks for sharing William!

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