A bit of refreshment during the warmth of summer (~25°C here at the moment, but I guess this won’t last long as usual ☹️) I found a couple of years ago while in Paris.
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Monochrome Monday 6-43
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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #76 – on display
It’s time for Lens-Artists photo challenge. This week’s challenge is “on display” by Amy.
During the pre-Christmas time, all shop-owners want to sell as much as possible to make some profit. Thus, they decorate their goods in the windows of their shops as well as in the inside. Additionally, they try to attract possible customers with special (so-called rebates) discounts. But, they simply try to sell as much as possible.
When looking in my archive for a good image, I first scanned the folders containing images taken on different markets in France and Barcelona. But, I ended with this image taken in the Galeries LaFayette in Paris a few years ago. It’s taken in the basement in the perfumery department for ladies. These flacons contain a kind of fragrance. I liked the kind they were decorated.
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A rainy day in Paris
Monochrome Monday 5-49
In the old days, they used to decorate stuff. Nowadays you only see concrete, steel or glass 😦
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Comparing towers
I took this image on a rainy day during my second trip to Paris.
Here we have a modern tower representing the modern capital of France: office buildings made of concrete, glass and steel.
In the background you can see the Eiffel tower, built from 1887-1889 for the World Exhibition as a memorial landmark for the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution.
At that time, it was the highest building on earth. 324m of pure iron. Really a world wonder. Until, in 1930 the Chrysler Building in New York took over the label “highest building of the world”.
More of my images can be seen at my own blog.
Monochrome Madness 4-06
It’s time for a theme at Monochrom Madness Challenge again and it’t “repetition”.
Here we have a self-service bike rental station in Paris. Check out a bike in one station, ride to your destination and check it in at another rental station near your destination.
This is my contribution to Monochrome Madness organized by Leanne Cole. Look at here site on Thursday (Australian time), to see many more monochrome images created by many other talented photographers from all over the world.
I’d also encourage you to participate. The conditions are published in each of her Monochrome Madness posts.
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Monochrome Madness 4-05
This is my contribution to Monochrome Madness organized by Leanne Cole. Look at here site on Thursday (Australian time), to see many more monochrome images created by many other talented photographers from all over the world.
I’d also encourage you to participate. The conditions are published in each of her Monochrome Madness posts.
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Throwback Thursday: Paris
2012, Feb 25th
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Monochrome Madness 3-46
This is my contribution to Monochrome Madness organized by Leanne Cole. Look at here site on Thursday (Australian time), to see many more monochrome images created by many other talented photographers from all over the world.
I’d also encourage you to participate. The conditions are published in each of her Monochrome Madness posts.
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Monochrome Madness 3-42
A few days ago, my daughter watched youtube music videos on the TV in our living room. When I came in, she was listening and watching a cover version of “Dernière Danse” by the all-female e-string and e-piano band Amadeus. When hearing the music, I knew at once, I know that song, but with a voice. Next, she picked the original song by Indila.
One of the opening scenes in the original music video when the singer stands at a fence and looks over Paris from above the city. At once, I knew where that scene was filmed. It’s not far from the famous cathedral Sacré-Cœur on the Montmatre hill, where I took the image above. But, for this MMC I edited my image a little bit. Do you like it?
This is my contribution to Monochrome Madness organized by Leanne Cole. Look at here site on Thursday (Australian time), to see many more monochrome images created by many other talented photographers from all over the world.
I’d also encourage you to participate. The conditions are published in each of her Monochrome Madness posts.
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Monochrome Madness 3-38
This is my contribution to Monochrome Madness organized by Leanne Cole. Look at here site on Thursday (Australian time), to see many more monochrome images created by many other talented photographers from all over the world.
I’d also encourage you to participate. The conditions are published in each of her Monochrome Madness posts.
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Extra-Extra
For this weeks Photo Challenge at “The Daily Post” I picked again a photo taken in Paris, France. This weeks challenge is called “Extra-Extra” and asks us to show something unexpected in a photo. I was about to take a photo of the big, red heart in the fountain near by the Centre Pompidou and its mirror in the little water. In February there is usually no water in a fountain to save the pipes from bursting because of the cold that makes water freezing.
While preparing for my photo couple started to kiss not being aware of me :-(. They ruined my photo!
But, keep in mind, being in the City of Love photographing a kissing couple with a big, red heart in the background, is much better then the original idea!
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Make love, no war! 🙂
Monochrome Madness #14
Weekly Photo Challenge – On the move
This week’s assignment for the weekly photo challenge at The Daily Post is “On the move”. Cherry asked us, to focus on traveling. Otherwise, I’d have chosen another photo. But here is my contribution:
This photo is taken in Paris. For those of you knowing Paris well enough, try to guess, where I took it before scrolling to the answer.
It’s taken while going upwards to Sacre Coeur with the funicular railway.
You can find much more posts on Paris here in my blog. Check them out. Have fun.
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Street Life
A short visit in Paris
When we were in Fourqueuex for visiting the Fête Patronale, we had some hours free, to visit Paris. As I wrote in my first post for this trip last Tuesday, we had bad luck with the weather. It was constantly raining during our hours in Paris. But, nevertheless, I was on a walk with my camera. Even the walk was shorter than planed, I have some photos to show.
Some members of our group were shopping at La Fayette or Les Halles, others went to Sacré Coeur and Montmatre and some sat in a restaurant most of the time.
I was very wet. It was quite warm, so a raincoat wasn’t really necessary to keep one warm. But, because of the rain we needed it. An umbrella comes very unhandy for a photographer. So, I went without my jacket most of the time, when the rain was only slightly drizzling.
At last we had a rest in the Carousel at the Louvre palais. Sitting in a warm and dry space and having a cup of hot coffee. While I had a second cup. my wife and a friend went window shopping and buying some nice gems.
Now, you have the opportunity, to see a bit of Paris too. Take a dry seat, get a cup of coffee, tea or any other drink and enjoy the photos. I crosslinked some of my other posts as a further reference.
I’m back from France … again
I was in France last weekend for attending the Fête Patronale (Saint’s day?) in our partner town, near Paris. Here, in my region this kind of religious celebration is unknown, at least for me, even I found at Wikipedia, that is also held in Germany in the major catholic cities.
I was part of the delegation to visit them and we started at Friday morning with a bus and arrived in the early afternoon.
We were welcomed with a drink and in the evening we went for a barbecue with sucklings, fresh veggies and wine (we are in France!).
It was a nice evening, even it started raining slightly. What a pity.
Beside the official speeches and a horn blowers choir, they played music from the wonderful Nolwenn Leroy, a female singer from Brittany. You can find a few of her songs at youtube. It was a nice evening.
Our Saturday didn’t had an official appointments for us. So, our plan was to have some free hours in Paris. But, during that night our bus was burnt down. Until now, we don’t know, if it was a technical defect or if someone played with fire. Although, most of us started to the city of Paris by taking the train, instead of the bus and had some nice, but wet, hours. I’ll do a separate post on Paris.
At night we were on the festival again. Enjoying a quit good cover band live on stage. A cover band is a music band playing popular songs from the charts instead of their own songs. Unfortunately it was still raining.
Our last day, the Sunday, began sunny but with fire alarm in our hotel. Fortunately it was a false alarm. Rumors said, two women had smoked in their room. Now it was time for an official meeting with the city major in the city hall while the festival weekend went on.
We, instead had some free hours again. Time for visiting a french market. I’ll queue a separate post on this market, too.
Sunday afternoon, after the arriving of another bus, we were able to start home again. We arrived save, but late at night.
Daily Prompt: The Stat Connection
Today’s assignment for photographers at the daily prompt is: connection.
Stairs connecting levels in a house or also in the streets. They help us to migrate from one level to another. It’s also a synonym for learning, because learning helps to develop another stage or level of education.
This photo is taken in Paris. The stairs will bring you from the Carrousel shopping center in the underground near the Louvre Palais up to the Tuileries, a large garden behind the palais.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Curves
Here is my contribution to this weeks photo competition at The daily Post.
It’s taken at La Fayette department store, women building, in Paris.
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Trains in France
France is one of our neighbours and We share a long common border. Nevertheless there are so many things much 
differnent in both countries. Do you remember my post on the cemetry or how to cover a roof? You could also have a look at my posts on Brittany, to see photos of the houses over there.
Now I show you a few trains.
l’Hôtel des Invalides
I have to admit, I was kind of surprised when arriving at Les Invalides (The National Residence of the Invalids). I expected to visit a church, but arrived at a military museum. So we didn’t enter it and were satisfied to watch it from outside.When visiting a museum, regardless what they are exposing, you need at least half a day to walk around an watch the exhibition.
It’s an impresive building glowing
Being mobile in Paris
When in Paris and want to come around to see the interesting monument, galleries, shops or what elss is interesting for you, you have to move. You can go by foot, take the bus or the metro or you can take a bike. A bike? Yes!
The Parisian streets are crowdes with cars and pedestrians. The French style
Standing on a higher gruond
It’s not so easy to get an overview over Paris, even there are no skyscrapers. But the houses are still high enough, to avoid overlooking the city. There are also not hills around Paris, except the Montmarte Hill. S
o, when standing in front of Sacre Coeur, you can have a good sight over the city. You can also climb up the Eiffeltower.
But I’d recommend going up the only skyscraper of Paris. With around 200m it’s smaller than the Eiffeltower, but you can also see the Eiffeltower. But from where?
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