Napoleon III, after his exile in Britain, decided that there would be parks all around the City. Hence the Bois de Boulogne and many others such as Montsouris, which is in fact a converted limestone quarry. A blessing for modern…
When I “developed” that picture with my favourite piece of software (Adobe Lightroom 4), I hesitated a lot as to which kind of rendition I’d choose. At first, I really liked the original picture below. Rendition 1 (above) is therefore…
Creative bike parking through iron railings, an improvised bike rack – Versailles – Potager du Roi – Spring 2013
Man passing behind the beautiful gate at potager du Roi. The wide expanse of water behind provides the beautiful bluish background. None of the colours have been tampered with, the photo wasn’t touched at all. Nor we’re the two others…
The Nikon AFS 105mm f is a stunning telephoto micro lens. What’s more it’s a fixed focal lens and therefore forces you to move and frame your subject properly. It captures colours beautifully, so much so that a picture like…
Beautiful tall pine trees. Rock climbers with funny flat little backpacks they put on the ground lest they fall… Toads too, teaming the ponds in the many marshes around the forest.
A few weeks ago on a Saturday afternoon, I came across that Lady who was sculpting with barrier tape over the vent of an underground train. How’s that for a long-lasting work of Art? And a few hundred yards further,…
The Mont Blanc (left) seen from Saint Hilaire du Touvet
I wanted to take a few pictures of the stunning fountains on the Place de La Concorde a few weeks ago, but when I got there I realized there was no water. The statues were covered in scale and this…
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