Paris: Iron and Ivy, Shadows and Light

schmoo

Early this season I took a brief trip across seas to visit a good friend in Europe. I've already posted the shots from the castle that we explored but here are a few images from our jaunt to Paris.

As an American, I am so astounded that so many different countries and cultures are just a train ride away!

(Just a note: on this trip I only brought two lenses and they were both wide. That's the last time I ever make that mistake because holy omnipresent distortion, Batman! )

L'Arc de Triumphe
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Sweet light at the Louvre:

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Le Basilique du Sacré-Cœur
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And Montmartre, which is probably one of my favorite places in Paris:

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10) This woman struck me because she looked as though her world was ending:


Les Invalides

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And of course, Le Tour Eiffel:
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Maybe some of these would be better in Journeys, but I balk at the thought of how much typing I'd have to do for that. :lol3 More later as I get to them, I hope.

(Feedback always welcome!)

Qarik

that's some real nice stuff there shmoo!

coscorrosa

Those are fantastic, you did well with only two wide angle lenses. If you numbered the photos I could tell you which ones I like a lot vs. which ones I just like </lazy>

schmoo

coscorrosa wrote:

Those are fantastic, you did well with only two wide angle lenses. If you numbered the photos I could tell you which ones I like a lot vs. which ones I just like </lazy>

<img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/lol3.gif&quot; border="0" alt="" > Point taken... numbered!

(wow did I really put 17 images into a single post??)

Cuong

Love those IR from your 30D, especially #8 and #14.

Cuong

cmkultradome

Wow schmoo, these are all really beautiful!! If I had to pick my favorites I would say #1, 8, 15, & 16.

Stephanie

coscorrosa

schmoo wrote:

Point taken... numbered!

(wow did I really put 17 images into a single post??)

Alright, that makes it a lot easier. The ones I really really like are 1-17.

OK, now that I've looked at these again 2, 3, 8, 14, and 17 are my favorites, but they're all great. Great eye - and not just the compositions, but in finding the subjects that a lot of people (including myself) would overlook.

riseagainst

excellent pictures! I think i'd like 8 better in color though

Nikolai

Steph,
awesome series!
Love the place and your take on it!

dkoyanagi

Wow!

Llywellyn

Awesome set! Makes me miss Montmarte especially.

Love particularly the looking-upward pattern shots from both Triumphe and Eiffel.

Prezwoodz

Your pictures make me want to go to Paris, and I'm not sure ive ever said that before!

Excellent!

#15 really sticks out to me as amazing.

eoren1

Hey Schmoo,
Great work here.
Specifically:
3 is a great composition and use of angles
5 is just plain awesome with great light and capturing the sun star AND cyclists!
8 is very cool in IR - makes me wonder what those leaves looked like in 'real life'
9 is a great piece of detail work which you seem to excel at - I still remember a shot from the WWII memorial that I never would have seen
17 is my favorite of the whole lot though - great street scene and wonderful placement of the Eiffel tower out of its more typical presentations.
E

schmoo

Wow thank you all! I have to agree that Paris isn't a place that I really wanted to visit for a long time (I was there maybe 10+ years ago, before the euro), but the older I got the more I just wanted to go back, brave the other tourists and the Parisian attitude and just bask in the beautiful history, architecture, and most of all... FOOD! :bread

As for the exposures, a lot of these was just hand blending frames in CS4. Vive le Photoshop!