Fairmont Chateau Laurier from Confederation Square

One crisp autumn morning in 2021 I walked north on Elgin Street from a property I’d been capturing in the light of dawn. The early rays of sun caught my eye at Minto Park where I snapped one quick photo and then continued, looking for more visual inspiration. This being Ottawa, there was plenty to please the eye along the walk, but the National War Monument at the top of the boulevard held most of my attention. Arriving at confederation square, the luck of a protrusion of cirrus clouds above golden leaves and cast against a brilliant azure sky, with prominent shadows across the square, framed the Fairmont Chateau Laurier beautifully.