It just does not look the same without the looks. The Pont des Arts I mean. At least they could have made like a nice railing, the graffiti is just ugly. But what can you do. The sunrise that day was really not the best, and I even planed to go to the Louvre instead, but when I seen the ugly red shop in front of it, and few trucks parked in front of the pyramid, I quickly changed my mind. And this was a plan B.

This is a HDR from 3 exposures, created in Photoengine, finished in Photoshop.

Technique: Oloneo Photoengine, Number of exposures: 3, Camera Model: Sony a7R + Metabones MkIII Adapter, Lens: Canon 24-70mm F2.8, Focal length: 38mm, Aperture: 18, Middle exposure time: 5s, ISO: 100, Tripod used: yes, Location: 48.858876, 2.337803

The weather was all over the place the week I was in Paris. I ended up going three times to the Notre Dame, trying to get at least one shots with a nice sky. Not that I had that much luck, with it either being completely clear, or rainy. But at least for few minutes during one morning blue hour, the sky was usable at least :)

This is a HDR from 3 exposures, created in Photoengine, finished in Photoshop. I ended up using only small parts from the HDR, and most of the photo is blended in from the original exposures.

Technique: Oloneo Photoengine, Number of exposures: 3, Camera Model: Sony a7R + Metabones MkIII Adapter, Lens: Canon 16-35mm F2.8, Focal length: 18mm, Aperture: 7.1, Middle exposure time: 5s, ISO: 200, Tripod used: yes, Location: 48.853111, 2.347070

This must be my favorite place in Paris. Why else would I take so many photos from here :) And this time I didn’t forgot to take a clamp, so they are even nice and sharp :)

This is a HDR from 3 exposures, created in Photoengine, finished in Photoshop.

Technique: Oloneo Photoengine, Number of exposures: 3, Camera Model: Sony a7R + Metabones MkIII Adapter, Lens: Canon 24-70mm F2.8, Focal length: 46mm, Aperture: 8, Middle exposure time: 5s, ISO: 100, Tripod used: yes, Location: 48.842261, 2.321754

I hate shooting handheld. Not sure if my hands hake to much, but the shots almost always come out blurry. Or maybe I’m just too strict on what I find as acceptable sharpness. And the photo I’m sharing today, was taken handheld. The top of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris is a strict no tripod zone, with few people around always checking that you don’t use one. And even the railing (if you could call it that) is so horrible, that you can’t even brace the camera on it. So all you can do is handheld.

So here I used a very fast shutter speed, which was quite possible with how sunny the day it was, but I would still preferred a smaller aperture, but I rather went safe than sorry. This is a single exposure, edited in Lightroom and Photoshop.

Technique: Photoshop edit, Number of exposures: 1, Camera Model: Sony a7R + Metabones MkIII Adapter, Lens: Canon 24-70mm F2.8, Focal length: 70mm, Aperture: 7.1, Middle exposure time: 1/800s, ISO: 200, Tripod used: no, Location: 48.856510, 2.286782

Now that I know how this bridge is called (Bir-Hakeim bridge), I will still continue to call it Inception bridge (after the movie of course :)). It just fits so nicely, with all the repeating pillars and the view you get when you stand in the middle. Like something from a crazy dream :)

This is a three shots HDR, created in Oloneo Photoengine. Photo taken during the morning blue hour.

Technique: Oloneo Photoengine, Number of exposures: 3, Camera Model: Sony a7R + Metabones MkIII Adapter, Lens: Canon 16-35mm F2.8, Focal length: 16mm, Aperture: 8, Middle exposure time: 8.0s, ISO: 100, Tripod used: yes, Location: 48.856510, 2.286782