Snowstorm in Paris - a few pix
 

Last week it snowed in Paris - the city was really beautiful then...albeit a little chilly! I was only there for two days, so I spent most of my time walking around the Latin Quarter and the area around the Louvre. Went over to Notre Dame for the Sunday morning service. Here is a link to the PhotoWorks web site if you'd like to see some pix...

http://www.photoworks.com/share/shar...F6A&cb=PW#

When you're there, click on the "Launch Slide Show" button...

JB

Thanks Breadman, great photos. I especially like #14 and #20. The B & W shots look timeless. SusanEva

Great photos! Thanks for sharing. I love the snow scenes.

Thanks for sharing those fantastic photos. Paris looks great.

All I can say is, "You 'da Breadman." Those images are awesome. My wife and I were in Paris over the Thanksgiving holiday as well. The flakes were unbelievably huge. We got a few pictures as well, but the Walgreen's has them and I'm too lazy to get in the car and drive up there to pick them up. Anyway, it was terribly cold at times, but also very beautiful.

I want to see your pictures so badly, but for some reason, I can never get PhotoWorks album to launch....anyone have any trick? I just go to the page, I click and click on Launch and nothing ever happens? help, I want to see those photos!!! :)

Very nice photos.

Like your black and white. How did you get "some color" -- special filter or digital effect?

Great photos. The statue in #32 is Saint Denis.

Thank you Breadman!
It was a pleasure to see the familiar sights, in black and white too! Great photos!
That little street in the Latin Quarter reminds me of the one that we wandered onto and found a great wine bar, that I cannot remember the name of :)

Thank you, Breadman!

I, too, love the black and white. Makes the snow scenes even more effective, I think.

Byrd

Nice pix, B.

Thanks for sharing.

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Hi lyb,

Do you have an active popup blocker?

That might be the problem.

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Wonderful pictures! I love the black and white. Er.. dumb question here...
do you have a digital camera? ... and I suppose you just set a button to "black and white"?

Hi - I'm glad you're all enjoying the pictures! I see Paris as a black and white city, so that's why I converted the pictures from color (at least most of them). I also added a little grain to make it look like film. Photoshop is great! These were all shot in color originally with a Nikon digital camera (D1H). Not terrific resolution (only 2.7 megapixels) but it works for me...

Regards,
JB

Breadman,
Great gallery!!
Love the 'grainy' quality...a dreamy view of Paris...wonderful!!
Yes...I love Photoshop too!!

Wow, I needed that! Great pictures. I love the old black and white pictures of Paris, so yours are special (and dare I say of similar quality!)..I'd buy the poster :)

Thanks for sharing

Mike

Lovely! Especially viewing them on a snowy day here in DC (that doesn't look anywhere near as nice as Paris, unfortunately).

Yeah! I was able to see them from work...they are wonderful!!! As much as I'm a warm weather person, it makes me want to be in Paris during a snow storm!

Love them!

Breadman, thank you! I was there in mid-November..no snow. Thanks for the tip about doing black and white. I have Nikon 4 megapixel and will try other effects. I really like #21 (and the rest too). Does anyone know how to pruchase the poster (#5)?

I absolutely love your pics! Everything looks so familiar, as we stayed in the Latin Quarter too. Do you recall the name of the tiny street in the L.Q.?

Hi Cat,

I believe the street is Rue de Nevers ... it runs up from the Quai right next to Pont Neuf.

Regards,
JB

like em

I can't get them to open. Turned off my popup blocker but no luck. Have to sneak a peek at work.

Thanks, Breadman for the name rue de Nevers. I have it on my list for next trip, hopefully in '06.

Also saw in another post about your metro/RER mishap. Don't feel like the Lone Ranger. No matter how much you research ahead of time (and I did, for months and months), things STILL happen that make you feel stupid. That first trip is really a learning experience, though. It's a good way to get all the kinks out and ensure that you won't make the same mistake a second time (hopefully) At least I HOPE I won't get on the wrong train to Versailles again! :)

Bread *one of my favorite groups long ago.
You remind me how great black and white can be next to color that can be cosmetic.

Great pics! Thanks for sharing! :)

Breadman,

Great photos. We have never been in Paris in the winter but may try that next year when I plan to retire. Shots at Notre Dame are awesome.

Thanks for sharing.

Anthony

Excellent! I feel like doing the same with mine about Dijon! :-)
:-B Just a précision about the memorial, "gardien de la paix" is a policeman not a resistant (but he could have been both maybe..)René Revel was working in the 15th and died with 19 other policemen. "des policiers tués le 19 août lors des premiers combats autour de la Préfecture de Police : Boisson Raymond, Paillot Abel, Pierard Marcel, Maurizot Francis, Le Pape Marcel, Perrin André, Vallet René, Revel René" from here :
http://mapage.noos.fr/liberation_de_paris/documents.htm
:-)

Nice shots, Breadman! :) I personally love black and whites pics.

Once again..does anyone know if the poster in photo #5 can be purchased somewhere? Thanks.

I think the poster is part of the promo of the book of the same name. Maybe the book publisher has it, or maybe your local bookstore can get one?

JB

Thanks JB! I'll try that.

How lovely. I'd like to have #20 framed.

I would be curious to see the photos in their original color, because if they are like #22, the atmospheric element has not disappeared. I appreciate the color because it does not jump out as some do. My impression is that some images on other postings have colors that are simply too true.

Michael - this was a good exercise - see the last photo in the series - I added a side-by-side comparison composite .... what do you think?

http://www.photoworks.com/share/shar...BF6A&cb=PW

JB

great photos - you should sell them.

Breadman, obviously the BW has echos of past great photos of Paris, but the color one has its own atmospheric tone. As a matter of fact, I prefer the color one of St. Germain to the BW. Are you suggesting that you chose BW when you took the picture, rather than choosing it while editing?

I'll jump in. The color version IMO is quite nice. I agree with Michael that the bit of color you have is nice. Not too strong. But the B&W is still very interesting to me. Your photos are so good you can't go wrong :)

Thanks!

Michael, all the original images were color... But I did plan on making a lot of them B&W - it's just a personal preference. I don't know the bells and whistles on the camera well enough to switch around (quickly)from B&W to color. It's much easier after the fact! Keeps the options open...

JB

Beautiful photos. They carried me right out of my chair and I could feel the timelessness of Paris.