Winter Dawn

Posted by Ian Bramham (Manchester, United Kingdom) on 7 January 2008 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.

This photo is of dawn's first light breaking over Paris.....no sun but dramatic nontheless I thought.

The photo was taken last week from the top of Montmartre, just a few paces from the steps shown on yesterday's photo.

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Comments (18)

Michael Rawluk from Prince George, Canada

I am so jealous. It would cost me a small fortune to go to Paris.
Beautiful shot. The colours give it a very gentle look.

7 Jan 2008 1:45am

@Michael Rawluk: Thanks Michael - one of the joys of living in Europe (even way up here in the North of England :-) is the opportunity to easily visit so many beautiful and culturally diverse countries.

Steven from Montreal, Canada

Nice exposure with a very cool sky!

7 Jan 2008 4:18am

@Steven: Cheers Steven - I'm really pleased that you liked it!

eddy from Tehran, Iran

well done

7 Jan 2008 4:33am

@eddy: Thanks Eddy!

Sujit Sudhi from Hyderabad, India

Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.

7 Jan 2008 5:30am

@Sujit Sudhi: What a lovely thing to say - thank you!

GJC from Kyoto, Japan

This is fabulous, and it's so interesting that it has such a different feel than yesterday's. Those pearl grays make one sigh for their lovliness -- the kind of muted study of coloring Whistler would love. This is a real winner.

7 Jan 2008 5:51am

@GJC: I'm really pleased that you like the photo so much - I'm afraid that I don't know Whistler's work very well at all apart from seeing one painting in an art museum (in Paris funnily enough!) about 20 years ago now.

By the way aminus3 images are sometimes a little fuzzy...if you want to see a sharper version I've posted it on DPReviews Nikon D40-80 forum together with 7 others taken at roughly the same time during a nightime walk to Montmartre. Let me know what you think...
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1034&thread=26330034

badala from Leiria, Portugal

Postcard perfect.

7 Jan 2008 6:32am

@badala: Thank you very much badala!

Guillermina from Buenos Aires, Argentina

Dramatic indeed. Look at all those shades of lilac and violet mixed with grey... Truly beautiful.

7 Jan 2008 7:35am

@Guillermina: Thanks Guillermina - I've posted a mini-series of night photos from this part of Paris here if you want to see more from Montmartre .....http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1034&thread=26330034

Ondro from Brezno, Slovakia

excellent city-scape :) I like the color of the sky :)

7 Jan 2008 7:39am

@Ondro: Thanks very much Ondro!

Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada

Delightful, love the enhancement caused by the light...the tones are magnificent and the mood, ahhh the mood

7 Jan 2008 8:02am

@Lorraine: Hi Lorraine - Im really pleased that you liked it.
I've posted a mini-series of night photos from this part of Paris here if you want to see more from Montmartre .....http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1034&thread=26330034

Brian from West Lafayette, Afghanistan

Dramatic! The colors are a wonderful mixture indeed--I agree with GJC; it's almost a Whistler!

7 Jan 2008 9:35am

@Brian: Thanks Brian - I don't know Whistler's work at all well but I'll take that as a major compliment.

I've posted a mini-series of night photos from this part of Paris here if you want to see more from Montmartre .....http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1034&thread=26330034

yiannis krikis from thessaloniki, Greece

very nice colors

7 Jan 2008 11:17am

@yiannis krikis: Thanks very much Yiannis!

I've just posted a mini-series of night photos from this part of Paris here if you want to see more from Montmartre .....http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1034&thread=26330034

Will from Gainesville, United States

beautiful shot!

7 Jan 2008 2:44pm

@Will: Thanks Will!

alex centrella from fresno, United States

well shot!

7 Jan 2008 3:15pm

@alex centrella: Thanks Alex!

Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom

I like the looming winter sky over the Paris skyline, and the way the eye is drawn to the bright streets at lower left. Its an inviting image with plenty of drama.

7 Jan 2008 5:36pm

@Richard_Irwin: Thanks very much Richard!

Rags from Plano, United States

awesome view! The half day half night look that it has makes for a very interesting image.

7 Jan 2008 9:23pm

@Rags: Thanks Rags - it was one of those photos where I didn't think I'd get anything useable but ended up being really pleasantly surprised by the result out of the camera....I had been hoping for a traditional sunrise but was so amazed by the way that the wintery dawn light finally appeared that I had to take a photo.