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Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris

Posted by
Ian Bramham (Manchester, United Kingdom) on 20 October 2008 in Architecture and Portfolio.

A 2 minute long single exposure taken during a recent trip to Paris

(Nikon D40 with Sigma 10-20 at 10mm, iso 200, f22)

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Giovanni from Milan, Italy

A classical view of Notre Dame, nevertheless wonderfully captured! Love the long exposure and the b/w! Bravissimo!

20 Oct 2008 7:40am

Hoshisato from Ealing, United Kingdom

I love the effect of the 2 minutes exposure on the Paris night sky. Great subject, great composition, very nice!

20 Oct 2008 7:40am

Ana Lúcia from Leiria, Portugal

Just excellent!

20 Oct 2008 8:10am

Ian from Adelaide, Australia

Great looking sky - Love this scene.

20 Oct 2008 9:10am

GJC from Kyoto, Japan

Just terrific. The lighting is remarkable and I love how everything is smoothed out without losing too much detail.

20 Oct 2008 10:43am

Laurie from New Jersey, United States

This is very beautiful. The image is so clean and perfectly exposed.

20 Oct 2008 10:59am

Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada

Oh Ian, oh man, that's impressive, really like opening a chest and finding a treasure...

20 Oct 2008 11:17am

DaveB from Exeter, United Kingdom

Great long exposure, very beatiful

20 Oct 2008 12:20pm

Marzia from Italy, Italy

superb shot!

20 Oct 2008 1:25pm

MadScientist from Düsseldorf, Germany

Excellent shot, as always. Very silvery and elegant!

20 Oct 2008 3:56pm

Tilala from Bordeaux, France

Quelle maîtrise ! Je suis admirative ! Perfect !

20 Oct 2008 4:41pm

dj.tigersprout from San Bruno, CA, United States

just stupendous!! but how do you get that water to be soooo black?? i have tried the converter, but it doesn't give me these types of results!! :) any hints??

20 Oct 2008 6:32pm

Ted from South Wales, United Kingdom

Brilliant Ian!

20 Oct 2008 6:37pm

LGB from Portugal

Superb image. Just great! Should be sold there...!

20 Oct 2008 10:14pm

akarui from Kagoshima, Japan

Beautiful night picture of Notre Dame. Well done.

21 Oct 2008 3:21am

amy from Nanaimo, BC, Canada

As I've said to only one other member on Am3... If you keep on producing images like this I may just as well throw away my camera!! LOL!! This is truly a standing ovation image, Ian.

21 Oct 2008 3:33am

romine from Bucharest, Romania

excellent. but you have to admit that Paris helped :)

21 Oct 2008 1:46pm

Thomas Griffioen from Rotterdam, Netherlands

Just stunning!

21 Oct 2008 2:33pm

Stu from Kyoto, Japan

O.M.G.! This is a classic. That extra long exposure really paid dividends - the clouds are awesome. Super shot.

22 Oct 2008 5:25am

Frida from Sweden

Excellent shot! It's beautiful really!!

22 Oct 2008 9:21am

Vink from Grasse - French riviera, France

Excellent b&w shot ! Perfect

22 Oct 2008 1:33pm

Alun Lambert from cheshire, United Kingdom

very good long exsposure, great work

22 Oct 2008 6:45pm

Paco Díaz from Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Superbe image, you have made a great exposure.
Congratulations.

23 Oct 2008 7:33am

Pouhou from Apeldoorn, Netherlands

another nicely done

24 Oct 2008 6:58am

PhatSheep from Shetland, United Kingdom

Like the dreamlike clouds due to the long exposure.

24 Oct 2008 3:25pm

Francesc B. from région parisienne, France

Great B&W... your long exposure is perfect... my shot during the meeting Aminus in Paris HERE

3 Nov 2008 4:44pm

Vincent Bertrand from Montréal, Canada

This has to be the best picture I've ever saw of that magnificent cathedral. Excellent slow shutter use here, creating a dreamy effect to the clouds. Beautiful. I love how the two towers stand-out bold and loud like that.

18 Dec 2008 6:43pm

Theys from Charleroi, Belgium

This is very beautiful. magnifique job !

13 Nov 2009 11:22pm

Will from Gainesville, United States

great composition!

2 Oct 2012 5:42pm