Ave des Pins E Mural
This massive mural stretches across a multi-story building on Avenue des Pins Est in the Plateau-Mont-Royal neighborhood, making it one of the more striking large-scale street art pieces in Montreal's celebrated mural scene. The scale works in your favor when you step back far enough to capture the full composition, using the street and sidewalk as foreground elements to give the image depth. A wide-angle lens in the 16-35mm range lets you fit the entire piece while keeping the surrounding urban context. Overcast days are ideal here since the diffused light eliminates harsh shadows and glare across the painted surface, keeping colors even and saturated. Early morning also works well for clean shots before pedestrian and vehicle traffic builds up. Cross the street fully and shoot from a slight angle to add dimension rather than shooting flat-on. (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
