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Sunset at The Eiffel Tower
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Our train got into Paris Gard du Nord around 17:30, then we walked to our nearby hotel, just by Gare du l'Est. It was a quick turnaround, as I wanted to be out at a Parisienne landmark by sunset. Now, I know that most of my photos are at sunset, sunrise or the blue hour, but there simply is no better times to shoot landscapes, especially colour and HDR ones. There are exceptions to the rule, obviously, but 95% of the time this rule holds true, at least in my style of photography.
We got to the Eiffel Tower ridiculously early, so went for some food while I waited for the light to change. As soon as the sun started dropping, I raced to this little park in front of the tower and started snapping away. Poor Anna had to wait patiently while I ran backwards and forwards changing position, getting different angles and adapting as the light changed. When the sun got to a certain point, I noticed how it shone through this gap in the hedge. I waited until I could frame it with this little tree as well.
We were quite lucky to get any type of decent sunset, as it had been spitting a few minutes beforehand and the sky was covered in dark storm clouds. We even saw thunderstorms later on from the top of the tower. Thankfully the clouds broke up for a while as the sun dipped beneath the horizon.
The Eiffel Tower (La Tour Eiffel) was completed in 1889 in only four years and was the entrance arch to the World's Fair that year. It was designed by Gustave Eiffel and held the title of the tallest man-made structure in the world (324 metres) for 41 years until it was surpassed by the Chrysler Building. To make it look more uniform to people on the ground, the tower is actually painted in three different shades of paint; the lightest at the top and the darkest at the bottom.
This is a 7-shot HDR. You nearly always need to take more than three exposures if you're shooting directly into the sun, as the range of light is far greater than most normal scenes.
This photo is for Carol (in a barrel), as she went to Paris a few days before me and probably didn't bother taking any sunset shots.
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Details
Canon EOS 5D Mark II / ISO 100 / f/14 / 17-40mm @ 17mm
Comments and faves
bjarne.stokke, photoronin, bytegirl24, musesyndrome_, and 360 other people added this photo to their favorites.
TheFella (21 months ago | reply)
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Unlimit℮d (21 months ago | reply)
Great sunburst you have in this one. I like how the tower looks against that soft sky.
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tomatofamily (21 months ago | reply)
well waiting to get your marvelous images. Congratulation!
bytegirl24 (21 months ago | reply)
excellent tone and details.. super exposure and sunburst!!
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musesyndrome_ (21 months ago | reply)
So beautiful!
calba (21 months ago | reply)
I knew an Eiffel Tower shot had to be coming! You did not disappoint...lovely!!! Love the sunburst!!!
Bill_Giannoutsos (21 months ago | reply)
Great details!
.brianday (21 months ago | reply)
beautiful shot
Keith Moyer (21 months ago | reply)
Awesome shot Conor!
Fotos de Lujo (21 months ago | reply)
Wonderful image. Love the details. Nice color tones. Great capture.
Derrick_Nguyen (21 months ago | reply)
Poster like capture. Very beautiful.
...arpi... (21 months ago | reply)
awesome!
Rh+ (21 months ago | reply)
Impressive view of such a popular structure! Love the colors and detail.
Claire A1980 (21 months ago | reply)
Amazing! I'd love to be there :)
kama_art (21 months ago | reply)
the light!....all your shot´s are full with this brilliant golden light!....great!!!!!
Sangy23 (21 months ago | reply)
Nice POV here!! Different!
wei1881 TAIWAN busy.. (21 months ago | reply)
Nice shot
Ray Cavicchio Photography (21 months ago | reply)
Wonderful... The your perspective and capture of the sun flare make this shot as close to perfect as you can get.
gimmeocean (21 months ago | reply)
Great work, Conor! Another big fave! All that running back and forth was worth it!
InVICKtion (21 months ago | reply)
Wow awesome HDR pic love the colors and especially that flare, but one question did you manually take some exposures as I thought that canons can only take 3?
areyarey (21 months ago | reply)
the old lady never looked grander, fantastic light
planet_us (21 months ago | reply)
This is a fantastic shot. The sunrset is beautiful. Really super colours.
Torg22 (21 months ago | reply)
Great picture fella, your HDRS are the nuts. I need to experiment more.
black-dawn [deleted] (21 months ago | reply)
so beautiful *-*
Wojtek Toman (21 months ago | reply)
After looking at the thumbnail it looked very similar to one of the recent Ratcliff's shots. As I really like his works I must say - great job (and this one is quite different from his when viewed in full size ;) ).
▲ohcoco▲ (21 months ago | reply)
Thanks Cony! You AROK! Even though you are a holiday copy cat.
Kay Gaensler (21 months ago | reply)
Beautiful composition Conor! I love the silky clouds and the light looks fantastic! Well done mate!
vulture labs (21 months ago | reply)
Nice shot dude, looks like you had a great trip.
Rob-tography (21 months ago | reply)
Brilliant, love the sneaky little sunburst :)
KilburnieDigital1 [deleted] (21 months ago | reply)
Wow this is really nice.
romvi (21 months ago | reply)
beautiful capture, love the sun rays
yopinori (21 months ago | reply)
Wow !! Beautiful capture, Conor !!
Ido Gur (21 months ago | reply)
Wonderful image
very nice colors
great composition!
murphyz (21 months ago | reply)
Great little sunburst, and nicely processed. Also - thanks for the interesting fact on the tower - I had no idea it was painted 3 different colours. I'l be using this exciting trivia at social events for the next year at least...which will be a relief as I've been using the 'Nokia's text message tone on their phones is actually Morse code for SMS' bit for the last decade.
Finnadian Tigress (21 months ago | reply)
Beautiful and that flare is fantastic :o)
Giacomo Carena (21 months ago | reply)
cool work! love it!
kimberly ann kern (21 months ago | reply)
Stunning sun flare, that really setting off the whole image.. Beautiful work my friend!
.Terry Cheng (21 months ago | reply)
Love the sunburst and the beautiful sky. Fantastic perspective of the Eiffel Tower!
Alexander Ipfelkofer (21 months ago | reply)
i favorite this despite the eiffel tower, just because you did such a nice job with it :)
Anindo Dey (21 months ago | reply)
Just gorgeous!!
Olympe B. (21 months ago | reply)
Fabulous work!!!
silvcurl09 [deleted] (21 months ago | reply)
The ghosting & sun flare really sets this image apart Conor, great piece of work mate !!
KivetOnRock (21 months ago | reply)
I like the angle of Eiffel tower. Usually its photographed directyly on front but it looks much bigger and more complex on this direction. well done!
~Life by the Drop~ (21 months ago | reply)
Outstanding
(Ledesma) ― Discovering Myself (21 months ago | reply)
bravo !!
Mohamed Kazzaz ( محمد القزاز ) (21 months ago | reply)
composition is perfect and tones are amazing
ciccioetneo (21 months ago | reply)
Awesome shot !!
Silvilia (21 months ago | reply)
Wonderful sun hidding behind the trees! great image!
jardj1 (21 months ago | reply)
Instant Fav, no need to say more, what a shot
tattoogirl12 (-break-) (21 months ago | reply)
gorgeous flare and perfect composition!