Paris, Eiffel Tower, Pont d' Arcole Bridge, Notre Dame, Seine, Champs-Élysées, Arc de Triomphe, Gin & Tonic, Rue de Fleurus

Paris Paris is a city that I have been allowed to visit several times, but only once after my interest in photography was awakened. And then, there is much to be left in a city full of sights, nightlife, traffic and cultural events.
Eiffel Tower The highlight of this trip to Paris was clearly the visit of the Eiffel Tower during the day, where after some time waiting in line, we got up as high as we could do. I can fill many pages with pictures from here, but it's going to be too boring. So I'm careful to bring the photo that I took on the evening of September 11, 2011. Behind us here we stand, this evening, a memorial concert was held for the dead at the terrorist attack in New York ten years earlier. A very special experience to listen to talks and music for that occasion. The Eiffel Tower has been photographed from many angles and with different lighting. It was therefore a small challenge to find a little creative way to get a new picture of what might be the most photographed subject in the world. I even thought it was exciting to try to bring the light effect into the water cannon that stands up in this park and found the image above both fun and original.	EXIF: September 11, 2011. Time 20:55:02. Closes 30.0 sec, Aperture f / 22. Focal length 15mm. ISO 100, Camera Canon EOS 7D, Canon EF-S15-85 F / 3.5.

Pont d'Arcole Bridge The Eiffel tower is well visible throughout the city, and it was a little fun for me to try to combine with some long lights and the atmosphere of the city this evening. See more of my long light photographs here.	EXIF: September 10, 2011. Time 20:58:22. Shuts 30.0 sec. Aperture F / 22. Focal Length f / 22. ISO 100, Camera Canon EOS 7D, Canon Canon EF-S15-85 F / 3.5.

The Shadow of the Eiffel Tower But since this is a photo blog and it is said that an image says more than a thousand words, I'll take a picture to illustrate just this. You see immediately where the picture is taken, it gives an insight into the dimensions, and not least, what the tide the tower has in the audience.	EXIF: September 10, 2011. Time 13:21:48. Shuts 1/100 sec. Aperture F / 14. Focal Length 15mm. ISO 200, Camera Canon EOS 7D, Canon Canon EF-S15-85 F / 3.5.

Notre Dame I could also posted many pictures from this beautiful cathedral, but time and space are limited, so I'm only post the picture from the altar. The reason is because this is a picture I'm very proud to have taken. First of all, because it's abundant of people everywhere, it's not allowed to use a tripod or a flash. So, it's trying to make a long exposure photo while people pushing one and trying to get a nice picture with handheld camera. Something that's not that easy, and when I'm using High Dynamic Range (HDR), three exposures are taken while the camera is kept completely silent. This picture is bright and therefore I'm proud of it. Read more about Notre-Dame here.	EXIF: September 9, 2011. Time 10.04.26. Closes 1/20 sec.Aperture f / 5.6. Burned 85mm ISO 1250, Camera Canon EOS 7D, Canon EF-S15-85 F / 3.5 Lens.

Seine Walking along the Seine, the river that flows through the city, I primarily connect with romance and love. Even when we went here on the bright day, where there was a light drizzle in the air, there were pairs of hand in hand, on some coats sat young couples and seemed very cozy. The tree that I have called "The Love Tree" has its clear traces of many couples who have fallen in love here and put their eternal allegiance. Amzing.	EXIF: September 9, 2011. Time 11:16:31. Shuts 1/100 sec. Aperture f / 7.1. Focal length 15mm. ISO 125, Camera Canon EOS 7D, Canon Canon EF-S15-85 F / 3.5.

Av. des Champs-Élysées Knowing who is the typical Parisian is not good to know. But, I choose this pair as a typical copy of the "man in the street" in Paris. Along Paris's parade street, Av. des Champs-Élysées, there are parks and avenues the way you see here. And we went up here on the north side, from the Musée du Louvre and up to the Arc de Triomphe. I choose to posted the picture here, because it has so much to tell; who is this couple? what does he point to? It is autumn, it is yellowed in the laurel and the pigeons rub in the garbage that has blown out of the garbage boxes. There is a bunch of youth who have gathered up there. What's up?	EXIF: September 9, 2011. Time 12:59:26. Closes 1/500 sec. Aperture F / 5,6. Focal length 70mm. ISO 400, Camera Canon EOS 7D, Canon EF-S15-85 F / 3.5.

A Naken foot We visited Paris in connection with our annual "honeymoon" autumn 2011. Of course, the goal was to see all the major tourist attractions that the city has to offer, but my husband also wanted to see many of the sites mentioned in Dan Brown's book "Da Vinci The code ". And, one of the listed cathedrals in the book is Eglise Saint-Sulpice, as it was natural to visit on our hiking in the Latines district. After seeing this, we were both hungry and thirsty and headed for a street restaurant. But, I still went with a camera around my neck and discovered this foot in the eyelash and just had to take a picture. I chose this picture to hang out in my Gallery Fevik, and I had many fun conversations with guests, and especially one of our regular visitors to the gallery. The conversation was often spun around who the foot of this person could belong to? An outsider? My regular guest pointed out that he had clean and nice nails on his feet. And yes, it seems that the perpetrators have just performed pedicures. And, as we see here, two pairs of men's shoes. A suitcase and towel. So what's going on? A tired traveler who has chosen to sleep out on a mild autumn night? Or, something different? I do not know the answer, I took the picture and hurried to pick up my dear. The answer is only the one who owns the foot that knows.	EXIF: Date 10. September 2011, Time 18:04:04, Shutter 1/60, Aperture F / 8.0, 32 mm, ISO 100, Camera Canon EOS 7D, Canon EF-S15-85 F / 3.5.

Arc de Triomphe Most people have a sense of how the Arc de Triomphe in Paris looks like. I thought that a picture from the staircase where one comes down from this great memorial will give many of my readers a new insight. Turning up in these stairs is a little exercise in itself, and when one has been walking for long hours in advance, this became a small exercise. However, the motivation to reach and inspect the city from this very famous landmark gave unknown powers. You can see my outside pictrue of Arc de Triomphe here.	EXIF: September 9, 2011, Time 15:47:38. Closes 0.4 sec. Aperture f / 3.5. Focal length 15mm, ISO 800. Camera Canon EOS 7D, lens Canon EF-S15-85 F / 3.5.

Gin & Tonic Perhaps I should have called this picture for "Something good in the glass", but now it's Gin & Tonic, served at the outdoor restaurant cross over from Notre Dame. And, this picture stands out as the symbol of this cafe and the restaurant culture that the city is so famous for. After a long day, with a lot of impressions, it's good to sit down to just absorb all the impressions, watch the crowd and chase a chat with random passersby. It's a vacation there!	EXIF: September 10, 2011. Time 21:33:09. Closes 1/13 sec. Aperture f / 4.0. Focal length 10mm. ISO 100, Camera Canon EOS 7D, Canon EF-S15-85 F / 3.5.

16 Rue de Fleurus To end this slightly different travel letter, I choose the picture of this door to No. 16, Rue de Fleurus. It is quite coinsident that it became this door. We were hiking after visiting the Palais du Luxembourg and walked a little around, to find a restaurant to get some supper or late lunch. And we are approaching time for sunset and the low sun sheds long shadows over the façade and the front door. For one or more reason, I have many pictures of just doors. And, I've seen that some other photographers have the same interest. Why? I do not know, but maybe a door says something about what those who live behind want to convey about themselves. Perhaps it's just that a door hurts the curiosity of what's behind. Perhaps it is a symbol of safety and security. This door imparts ancient greatness. We are not very far from the Palais du Luxembourg, the old royal palace, so here have probably uppeclas being living. The balcony is typical of Paris and French architecture. At the same time the shutters hang on the side of the windows, a little tired of weather and wind through generations. When I wrote this travel letter, I found back to this address, and through Google Map, I found the pictures of the way it appears today with a completely different light. My image is taken with the High Dynamic Range (HDR) technique, which gives me a detail that gives picture life and a story, even though it's just a door.	EXIF: September 10, 2011. TIME 17:43:10. Closes 1/60 sec. Aperture F / 8.0. Focal length 20mm. ISO 100, Camera Canon EOS 7D, Canon EF-S15-85 F / 3.5.