City Daily Photo Theme Day: Blue

 The first day of each month is a theme day for members of City Daily Photo. This month, that theme is Blue. Check out how others are taking on the theme right here.

I start in one of the courtyards of the Byward Market, taken in July. This sculpture in vivid blue is called Our Shepherds, by Patrick Berube.

Even the sign for it is in blue.

I took another shot of it in August.

Blue skies- or a mix of them- seemed ideal for this theme, particularly early in the morning.

In late August I showed you some pics of a rainbow taken at Lansdowne Park, and mentioned I'd hold one over for the theme. This was done in panorama. Storm clouds have their own shades of blue.

Here in the north end of the Glebe, the morning sky caught my eye.

This painting is outside a house on what looks like a utility box.

Twice a month I head out to the Portage Bridge to photograph the view downstream over the Ottawa River. In August each year, Cirque du Soleil puts on a production over on the Gatineau side of the river, beneath a blue and white big top.

Heading back, I photographed this view of a secondary channel of the river, with Victoria Island on the left, Richmond Landing on the right, and Parliament off in the distance, all contrasting well with the skies.

In early September, I took these two shots early one morning in Centretown, with the blue sky vivid against the clouds, typical of late summer skies.

And lastly, a few days later, and close to home. The dark blue stormy clouds to the east on the horizon caught my eye late in the afternoon.