This statue resides outside Musée d’Orsay in Paris, I’ll just say that this was tone mapped rather than being HDR since I’ve ben reading a lot of booers boohoo-ing in general about all the fake HDR stuff flying over the interweb!
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Everybody says that you cannot see the entire Lourve in one day. I set out to prove them all wrong and failed miserably. This ceiling was but one of I can only guess about 7600 rooms, corridors and underground passageways that make up this monster of a museum. This was actually one of the more appealing sections of the museum – the lighting was kind of low here so the picture is oh so slightly blurry, but only just 
Oh, and the Mona Lisa was rubbish.
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On my last night in Paris I was all dressed up like an inexperienced and totally obvious P.I. – long leather jacket, upturned collar, big camera. I felt good though; it was Paris and in strange lands you get to play anyone you want. Right after I took this the Eiffel Tower illuminated in an array of amazing lights – apperrently it does this every night.(?) No one around seemed interested although my head nearly exploded with the excitement.
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After walking what seems like for an eternity around the Musée d’Orsay myself and a friend joined two other friends in a cafe across the road. We sat contently until an obnoxious waiter, clearly rueing the decision to become a waiter, approached us, said Bonjour (we didn’t really see him come over since we were tired) and then went ballistic because we didn’t say Bonjour back to him. Not the best way to teach us manners I thought…
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As I walked slowly down the Champs-Elysees towards one of Paris’s crowning jewels; the Arc de Triomphe, I wondered just how incredible the view would be. I knew luggin my idiot tripod all over Paris would surely pay off now. Myself and some friends climbed the spiralling steps to the top, emerging into a scence of light an colour – the Champs-Elysees stretched out below on one side, the Eiffel Tower on another. I quickly set up my tripod and attached my D300, ready to take some seriously cool shots. However some douchebag security dick had other ideas…
Aparently you are not alowed to use tripods when photographing from the top of the Arc de Triomphe!! The reason? Tripods are deemed professional pieces of equipment and so you pictures will be TOO GOOD!! I’ standing there with a D300 (which I have a fair grasp of its many functions) and a crappy €20 rickedy tripod, and it’s the tripod that is forbidden for fear of good photos!!
Needless to say I was irked. The few shots I took were handheld, including this one. The shutter speed was 1.3 seconds – not bad!
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I did an awful lot of walking while in Paris. I’d estimate on average about 5 miles everyday – it didn’t help that the only shoes I brought were bought just two days previously 
While on our travels into one of many museums we came across a section with old cannons, tanks, general reminders of long past wars. I can barely imagine this tank clunking along, trying its best not to just grind to a halt in a pool of it’s own crappyness, but I guess this technology was what was available at the time…
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That post from the top of the Arc De Triomphe will have to wait – there’s a story attached and I’ve no time to write it
I was surprised to find that you can take photos of nearly anything in Paris – whether you are in a museum like the Lourve or Notre Dame cathedral, nothing is off limits. This is but one of the many statues in Notre Dame, the light everywhere was very low lit, combined with the cold it created a rather gloomy atmosphere.
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Not a HDR photo today but different none the less. Without doubt one of the highlights of Paris was walking along the Champs-Élysées towards the Arc de Triomphe. This is one of the few shots I shoot with my D300 attached to my rather flimsy but protable tripod. The entire street is flooded with lights after dusk all year around and the view from the top of the Triomphe is something that must be seen to be believed – I’ll post that one tomorrow along with a frustrating tale of an authority stamping French douche…
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Notre Dame in Paris is home to bums, entertainers, tourists, and the Statue Of Charlemagne, I believe also known as Charles the Great, or King of the Franks. While at Notre Dame be prepared to be approached by randomers asking stupid questions – it doesn’t work to speak back in english as there’s a good chance they can speak it. A good tip though, if you can, speak Irish! – they won’t have a clue what you are saying, I didn’t even know fully what I was saying!
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Everything in Paris is so much more grander than here in Ireland, buildings are more massive, people are more rude etc… I’m pretty sure this was in Sacré-Coeur, on top of Montmartre, the highest point in Paris I’ll have you know. While recognizing some of the flags I’m sorry to say I can’t put a country to a single one My geography knowledge sucks.
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And back to Paris! I spent most of the first day photographing anything and everything near and around the Eiffel Tower. In some of the shots the Eiffel Tower is in the way but not the one below – you can pass this pond and flower arangement if you approach the Eiffel Tower from the side that the Wall of Peace is located, on the Champs de Mars. Like almost all my photos from Paris, this one was handheld – dragging a tripod around with friends is a definite no no
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This was my first significant glimpse of the Eiffel Tower in Paris (obviously), unfortunately it was a really gloomy day and so all the shot I took were rather dull compared to what they could have been. Also I didn’t get to ascend to its top due to maintenance work in progress!
It was still well worth seeing though – summertime though would have been a much better time.
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I’m finally back from Paris and it was fantastic – I saw plenty of sights, drank lots of cheap (as low as €2 for a bottle but better than most crap in Ireland), ate lots of great food, slept on the floor of my frend’s ‘small’ flat, and learnt no French whatsoever!
I have plenty of pictures to go through, but I’ve just noticed that I had the ISO set a little too high for my liking on the first day so apologies in advance if there is some noise in upcoming photos.
Below is Napoleon the Second, I think, Second or Third.
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