Wednesday, June 1, 2011

EIFFEL TOWER SILHOUETTE

Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XS, Promaster 19-35mm lens @ 19mm, ISO 100, f/20, 1/640 sec.
  While in Big Sandy, TN this weekend my brother Jim and I took off on a photo excursion into downtown Paris, TN on Sunday morning.  I must admit, it has been so long since I have done any photography on city streets that I felt completely out of my element. No moving water, no forest. What was I going to shoot?
  Well, after starting in on the streets around the town square and courthouse we headed to a park where Paris has their own Eiffel Tower that I was very excited about shooting.
  The tower hasn't always been in Paris and is very small compared to the original in Paris, France but is now a staple in the Paris landscape.
  I originally wanted  a vertical wide angle shot starting at one of the feet of the tower and stretching upward to the top but the iron railing around the tower plus being 3 feet or so elevated off the ground made that impossible.
  I then decided to move to the opposite of the tower and shoot back at the already risen morning sun. I carefully positioned the higher of the two "landings" centered over the sun to create a silhouette with the sun making a white halo behind the tower.
  I was auto-bracketing exposures and this particular shot happened to be a -2 shot that I fell in love with because of the really dark blue color the sky took on. A couple of small clouds break up the solid blue background and add to the shot as well.

3 comments:

  1. You just keep delivering some of the best imagery around Jerry, what a top drawer photo! LOVE the perspective and tones here, and the lines of the tower are truly dramatic!!

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  2. Great photo!! Love these kinda shots! Makes me wonder what this would look like Mono...

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  3. The light and shadows on this is just amazing.

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