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Clouds and leaves by the Arc de Triomphe

Posted by Aaron Schmidt (Auckland, New Zealand) on 21 September 2004 in Architecture and Portfolio.

I must admit that I'm quite proud of this photograph ... it does well to capture the sense of beauty that I feel when I wander the streets of Paris.

Over the years I have taken hundreds of photos of this beautiful structure, most of them being of the standard tourist variety ... this time I wanted to try something different. I began to experiment with wide angle shots, placing the Arc into the corner and filling the image with the empty blue sky. After 30+ photos, I decided it was enough and packed up my things. But as I was leaving I walked by a young tree on the corner and was quickly tempted into taking just a few more pics.
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Canon EOS REBEL
1/400 second
F/11.0
ISO 200
18 mm