Posted by Ian Bramham (Manchester, United Kingdom) on 10 January 2008 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.
This is the part of Montmartre that 99% of tourists never get to see as it is on back of the hill, facing away from the city centre.
It had been raining during the night and the stone paving setts were still glistening in the light of the streetlamps which gave the place a magical feel like something from a fairytale.
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HOT TIP FOR ALL AM3 CONTRIBUTORS : I've been having problems for ages with my uploaded landscape orientated images looking fuzzy and not as sharp as they should be....well I finally found the answer recently in an answer by Jason Kravitz to a query in the forums .....if you too have been having this problem the answer is to make sure you resize your photos to a maximum horizontal dimension of 800 pixels (vertical size is not limited). Anything greater than 800pixels and AM3 will automatically resize it leading to the reduction in sharpness.
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I had the size problem for some time also and have done the above with good results. Your image is beautiful.
10 Jan 2008 1:22am
@See The Light: Thanks Mary! - regarding the resizing issue I'm sure that there must still be lots of our fellow aminus3 contributors having this frustrating problem.
beautiful perspective
10 Jan 2008 6:57am
@eddy: Thanks very much Eddy - that's very kind of you!
excellent shot. looks like you had fun on your travels. Oh, and thanks for that top tip- much appreciated.
10 Jan 2008 7:06am
@Rhys: Thanks Rhys.....and I'm pleased that you found the tip useful!
That's a lovely shot. I like the mood in this one.
10 Jan 2008 7:29am
@blackivory: Thanks very much!
steal my breath why don't you, oh the drama! You've said it, there's such appeal, I can't possibly identify which area I enjoy the most, although I have to that the pavement is 'brilliant' in all connotations of the word!
10 Jan 2008 9:30am
@Lorraine: I was hoping you'd like it Lorraine!
Lorraine is right on! Everything is appealing on your take, I am speechless and I have benn there several times. Wonderful ;)
10 Jan 2008 9:57am
@ManuelaR: Thats really kind of you Manuela!
Beautiful night shot ! I like it a lot : light on pavement is perfect.
10 Jan 2008 11:27am
@Calusarus: Thanks - the degree of light and contrast to use on the pavement was something that I had a few goes at before settling on this version.
This is a sweet image...kind of invites you in...
10 Jan 2008 1:14pm
@Momo: Thanks very much Morris!
very nice image
10 Jan 2008 1:46pm
@yiannis krikis: Thanks very much Yiannis!
Beautiful photo Ian, great composition! I also had the same problem with the size of the photos until I read the FAQ and finally understood the problem, now everything is ok, another problem I had before was with the color space, but that is another story, but it has been taken care of thanks to Jason Kravitz!
10 Jan 2008 9:26pm
@Alfredo J. Martiz J.: Thanks very much Alfredo!
Terrific shot!
10 Jan 2008 9:41pm
@Steven: Cheers Steven!
Beautiful night shot ! very good traitement !
11 Jan 2008 6:09pm
@theys roland: Thanks very much!
Excellent !
12 Jan 2008 8:07am
@Pedram: Cheers!
This is a fantastic B&W!!!
13 Jan 2008 4:42pm
I used to live close to Paris (Montmorency) and I think you really captured the essence of Paris really well in this photo. Plus that I have a weakness for cities in black and white :-)
17 May 2008 10:28am
@Hoshisato: Thanks very much for that lovely comment....I'm so pleased that you think I caught some of the essence of the city!
Nice picture, the black and white technique make it even nicer, that street remind me my home town.
26 May 2008 1:28pm
A very strong b/w ! !
30 May 2008 5:47am
@Hans Stellingwerf: Thanks very much Hans!
Great detail and lighting. Very impressive.
31 May 2008 4:12pm
@Jesse Moscoe: Thanks very much Jesse...I'm really pleased that you liked it!
Excellent shot. Night shoy that was beautiful with tone perfect silver. Regards From Yogyakarta Indonesia.
10 Jul 2008 9:27pm
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