The last tourist in Paris
There’s one thing about Covid-19, if nothing else, it makes you feel like you’re the last tourist in Paris. For a while we’ve seen more visitors coming back to our museums and we could hear quite a few American voices…
Category Night Photography
All-Time Favourite And Farewell Pic To Friday Photo Challenge
Today I finally managed to make time for posting my last and final picture, aka farewell pic, for the Friday Photo Challenge. I must admit that I was pretty much dispirited when I spotted the news — somewhat belatedly —…
Paris by air
Such a beautiful sight … as the song goes (Tygers of Pan Tang, 1982). As I couldn’t fly, I went to the roofs of the Arab World Institute. January 2014
The Great Bear In the Pyrenees
Bears were reintroduced in the Pyrenees in 1996 (See Julia Stagg’s account here) and although our house is right there in the middle of “bear country” I must admit that I have never seen or heard one, even though I…
Day for Night Picnic (“Nuit Américaine”)
Here is an other version of the Picnic picture with selective colorisation which gives a “day for night” or “nuit américaine” feel to it. And this is the original version. I find the new rendition a lot more effective. Do…
Champs Elysees – Trailing Lights (2)
Here is the remainder of my Saturday night pictures of trailing lights at the Arc de Triomphe: One of my favourites. As cabs were passing by, a mixture of green and red lights. This dude looked really cool, and I…
Trailing Lights on the Champs Elysées
It starts with a picture of trailing lights at dusk, looking towards the Champs Elysées Then I moved, Clockwise, in order to capture the West side of the Arch, still looking towards the Champs Elysées, only slightly later. So that…
Ghosts In The Machine
Long exposure, 1.6 seconds, the red trailing traces are those of a taxi sign and a couple of headlights and rear lights. What I prefer though are the ghosts on the pavement on the right-hand side. Place de l’Etoile, Paris,…
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