I’m not totally sure that a permit was required to use a tripod in France, but I’m pretty sure that was what was being requested as I was asked to leave the subway. I understood ‘no good’ and ‘Gendamerie‘ well enough to know I should probably leave before I was the defendant in an international incident. Tripod restrictions weren’t limited to the subway either. I was also escorted away from Jean-Paul Sartre’s grave. I really felt like a Stranger.
Capture Notes:
Nikon D700
Nikkor 17-35 2.8 AFS
Gitzo Traveler
Lexar UDMA Film
Aperture f/9.0
Focal Length 35 mm
ISO Speed 200
Processing Notes:
Capture – 9 images @ 1ev
Photomatix – HDR/Tonemapping
Nik Color Efex Pro – Pro Contrast
Nik Color Efex Pro – Glamour Glow
Nik Color Efex Pro – Tonal Contrast
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Justin -
Wonderful textures, tones and colors! I love France, so much history, character and panache, oui?
So how do you like the D700?
Just started making the conversion to LR 3 tonight, sitting waiting for my LR 2 catalog to be converted over, may be here awhile…..
Take care – jeff
I am digging it! I wish I could offer you more than that right now, but I gotta run. Needless to say it is a great camera…..
Thanks Jeff!
Ba dump bump
Nice shot. I like how all your lines, and there are a lot of them, are all parallel and perpendicular.
I wasn’t sure if anyone was going to get the Stranger reference, I’m glad you did!
nice one!
in paris the subway is dirty and smell very bad…on this photo he look clean!!
some months ago i tried to do some industrials HDR photos whit my tripod next to a chemical factory, and after too minutes i have been stop by 4 gendarmes, ID and car checked! i’am French and felt like a stranger in my self country!! :-(
Wow! I guess I was closer than I thought to getting arrested. I am glad I left when I did? How do you get a permit in Paris. I would love to go back and shoot some.
for take some photos in the subway you must contact the RATP
http://www.ratp.fr/
there some very nice stations in Paris! like station art et métiers, or magenta…