Gallop Racing in Longchamp
Dear readers, you cannot imagine how hard it is to capture those galloping gigis; the buggers are racing at 200 mph and you have approximately 1/6th of a second to take a “not so bad” picture. At least, this one…
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Nouvel’s Quai Branly Museum
Jean Nouvel is the architect of the controversial Quai Branly Museum. People who know Paris well, remember that for years on end the spot occupied by the museum used to be a wasteland turned into a car park or sometimes…
The Cambodian Pavilion at Cité Universitaire – B&W (Name Your Choice!)
The off campus students housing project is made of distinct pavilions representing different countries. This one is the Cambodian pavilion, with 2 different views, both in black and white. Name your choice! May 29 update at 7.00 pm, 4 votes…
Statues in The Park
A set of 2 pictures taken with my late Sony alpha 100 in Breteuil, the Château where you can see Puss in Boots IRL, well almost. The Château is a seventeenth century beauty, the statuary and the gardens are stunningly…
The (Old) Iron Lady (HDR photography)
Parisians are used to calling the Eiffel Tower, the Iron Lady, but as Britain mourned (or not) another Iron Lady recently, we might as well call it the Old Iron Lady. This HDR shot is made of 3 different exposures…
Cité Universitaire – Paris (HDR)
Cité Universitaire (international off-campus students housing of the Paris university), 2013
The Military School (B&W)
Paris, Ecole Militaire, black & white. 2013
The Bum Who Also Was a Tourist … or Vice Versa (B&W)
I was moving away from the Alexandre III bridge and as I left, I spotted that gentleman, in his overcoat, watching people around him and the view over the invalides. And then I saw his feet…
Flaming B-52 Cocktails in Le Havre
Last week-end in Le Havre was so soggy we had to stop for a beer at la petite rade in order to take shelter from the rain. When I write beer, I mean water of course, delivered from from that…
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