Paris Deserves Another Post
It is well known that photographer’s best friend is the [Delete] key. Unless they have a Mac, that is, in which case they are screwed. ;-) But if you can’t force yourself to delete enough of them, that’s when you have to resort to writing multiple posts from a single shoot… still, it’s very true that most of my pictures suck, as do everyone else’s, so let’s hope I didn’t overdo it. :-)
Louvre is a magnificent place at night. Majestic and calm, inspiring and breathing history ‒ you can almost hear the walls whisper their memories. It’s also a nice place for a romantic walk with a sweetheart, as ‒ unlike rest of the town ‒ it’s not too crowded.
Notre Dame, despite being too famous for its own good, is still my favourite Paris landmark. There just is something about its Gothic architecture contrasting with rest of the cityscape, and the gargoyles on the roof hungrily observing the streets for easy prey, that makes it very special to me. The simple fact that such cool creatures dwell on the roof of a Christian monument is awesome. :-D In the previous post there are two similar ones – the main difference is the photo processing technique used ‒ HDR in once case and Exposure Blending in the other. But still – this one is my favourite, although it seems to be more amused and mischievous than dangerous. :-)
From all the weird and wannabe artistic shots I took, this simple “point straight up and shoot” still works best for me. :-)
This is a high contrast non-HDR version of this photo. Which one is better?
Here you can yet again see the dark interior difference between Exposure Blending and HDR. I have a HDR shot similar to the first photo here. The organ photo was a bitch to take without a tripod, because I had to zoom in a lot, especially the over-exposed bracketed one. So I overdid it and made it look like a painting. :-) And this statue is a single-exposure photo that favours play of light and shadow, made possible by the fact that there isn’t any overwhelming source of light present.
Noticed the CCTV cam watching you from the middle flower? :-D
Either I wasn’t exactly in the centre, or the masonship isn’t completely accurate. Probably both. :-D
What’s better than one TGV train? Four of them, of course. Notice that the last one is a different type, with maximum recorded speed of no less than 574.8 km/h.
This last one is just playing with perspective, most relevant to those who know where the statues are relatively to the tower. :-) I don’t think I’ve ever seen this take on the Eiffel tower, anyway.
Thanks for watching. As always, constructive criticism is most welcome. :-)
Tags: city, hdr, photo, places
