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All Lit Up
All Lit Up
teuton01


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Hidden Gem -- 1,000th Challenge! (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Sigma 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 DL Aspherical IF Hyperzoom for Canon
Location: Paris, France
Date: Mar 4, 2009
Aperture: f7
ISO: 100
Shutter: 8 sec
Galleries: Cityscape, Travel
Date Uploaded: Mar 4, 2009

This picture has probably been taken a million times over, but I was pleased with my attempt. This was in June, after final exams for the college kids. They were out on this lawn drinking wine and celebrating the end of the semester. My talked with them for hours about different lives.
Taken in shutter priority at 8 sec @ f7. It is during the hourly light show, but at the slow shutter, all the lights appear to be on instead of flickering.

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Avg (all users): 5.2132
Avg (commenters): 5.6316
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Views since voting: 743
Views during voting: 608
Votes: 469
Comments: 40
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/17/2009 09:43:14 PM
Very nice sense of darks and lights.
03/17/2009 09:29:11 PM
Nice but a little over exp.
03/17/2009 07:52:21 PM
Great timing. The lighting is nice.
03/17/2009 02:21:51 PM
Beautiful building, and photo. The lights are incredible. Not that you can do anything about it, but that one bright street light is the only drawback.
03/17/2009 02:16:58 PM
Glorious spectacle, a night for wine, song and romance.
03/17/2009 02:07:50 PM
Ah, Paris, I love sitting on that lawn with a bottle of wine. I've seen this light show from the air, it's fantastic. Great timing on this shot.
03/16/2009 10:46:58 PM
Nice tower.
03/16/2009 03:01:45 AM
Well captured and presented.
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03/15/2009 11:42:43 PM
the sharpness and detail could improve
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03/15/2009 11:08:32 PM
exposure is off and post-processing needs work.
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03/15/2009 12:23:00 PM
exposure is just a little off imo
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03/15/2009 10:18:59 AM
I would love to see this in person one day, a lovely shot.
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03/15/2009 07:12:13 AM
i suspect that you have over exposed the highlights the mids and shadows are missing a bit.
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03/15/2009 05:25:27 AM
pretty nice exposure for such conditions ;)
brano
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03/14/2009 03:46:08 PM
The tower's shape is really nicely accentuated
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03/14/2009 10:54:33 AM
wow that is something...what time of year is this...looks like summer from the trees...excellent long exposure
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03/14/2009 10:00:21 AM
This would make a nice postcard.
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03/14/2009 08:36:33 AM
Always nice to see the Eiffeltower with all those lights.
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03/14/2009 05:33:49 AM
I recommend to tone down the exposure a bit to get more details back
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03/13/2009 08:39:37 PM
wow, so cool all lit up, looks like it belongs in a magazine
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03/13/2009 07:36:06 PM
looks great lit up
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03/13/2009 05:36:23 PM
I heard that the Eiffel tower light show is copyrighted! It must look great in large size.
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03/13/2009 03:42:52 PM
Nice perspective, it looks very colorful.
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03/13/2009 02:56:28 PM
Very beautiful shot
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03/13/2009 01:53:33 PM
A decent shot of the Eiffel Tower.
03/13/2009 08:22:25 AM
Beautiful. Nice detail and colors. 8
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03/13/2009 06:58:09 AM
Lovely night shot of the Eiffel tower.
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03/13/2009 06:50:53 AM
Looks a little over lit up but very good shot all the same.
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03/13/2009 06:13:57 AM
nicely done
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03/12/2009 12:20:08 PM
Good pic. A little dark in parts.
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03/12/2009 11:14:48 AM
I wish there were more details in the rest of the scene.
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03/12/2009 09:22:32 AM
beautiful photo, just wish that the tower was centered in the frame.
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03/12/2009 05:11:45 AM
beautiful, the one starlight on left looks a bit out of place with out any others.
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03/11/2009 11:55:39 PM
lovely
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03/11/2009 10:02:10 PM
Gorgeous detail of the Tower at night. I like the off center composition, subtle and different.
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03/11/2009 02:25:36 PM
Love how brilliantly it stands out from the surroundings all lit up like this.
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03/11/2009 01:12:44 PM
i like the composition, but the light is too bright loosing the detail in the tower
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03/11/2009 09:09:01 AM
Nice capture! I'd love to see this in person! :)
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03/11/2009 05:33:02 AM
OK, this is a huge missed opportunity. You should of moved to the right a bit more to centralise the tower. It just looks all rather snapshotty to me.
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03/11/2009 03:51:54 AM
good night shot!
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