City Urchin on a Marigold Sea

This giant wooden urchin is part of an ephemeral garden built in the place de La Dauversière accross from the Montreal City Hall in Old-Montreal.

Each sea urchin measures 2 metres (6ft) in diameter, and there are six of them disposed haphazardly upon a carpet of marigold flowers. The garden was created with the intention of bringing together the coastal communities of the Bas-Saint-Laurent and Gaspésie as well as the people of Montréal.

The garden was created by NIPPaysage , a firm of Landscape Architects.

Focal length 155 mm
ISO-800
Aperture f/2,8
Shutter 1/25 sec.

Shot in manual mode on a monopod
Nikon D60
AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 80-200 mm f/2.8D ED (rented)

Featured in the group Night Photography on August 25, 2009