Blois, a charming town in the heart of the Loire Valley, is renowned for its rich historical and architectural heritage. With its majestic royal chateau and picturesque narrow streets, the old city. I often roam that place in search of picturesque cityscapes with light trails at night. Here are a few.
Blois By Night Without a Tripod
Paris by night is rather exciting, mostly when the yellow vests have gone home to rest for a while. Blois by night isn’t bad either. A little quieter for sure, but with patience, one can capture speeding cars at night. I didn’t have a tripod with me on that night so I used whatever I could rest my camera on in order to perform long exposure photography.
Looks like the Monaco grand prix.
All three lights, red, amber and green at the same time.
I'm a photographer and watercolourist. I have practiced photography since childhood and digital photography since 1995. I turned it into my main occupation in 2021. I own a photo studio in Paris, France.
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Je suis photographe et aquarelliste. Je pratique la photographie depuis l'enfance et la photographie numérique depuis 1995. J'en ai fait mon activité principale en 2021. Je possède un studio photo dans le 15e arrondissement de Paris
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Je suis photographe et aquarelliste. Je pratique la photographie depuis l'enfance et la photographie numérique depuis 1995. J'en ai fait mon activité principale en 2021. Je possède un studio photo dans le 15e arrondissement de Paris
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I love the first two especially, with their unexpected points of view — but that last one is cool too, because where else would you see all three lights illuminated at once? Wonderful shots, Yann!
Thank you kindly Heide. I hope that the dreadful winter is behind you.
The fact is I didn’t have my tripod with me hence the unusual points of views you are mentioning. I had to rest my camera on some benches and walls and especially for the last one it was sitting on some not so flat pillar I kept being afraid of seeing my camera fall down the stairs!
Oh, the anguish of imagining your camera topple off some unstable perch! I’ve been there too, Yann — though my results weren’t half as creative as yours. Chapeau !
Merci 🙂