Sunset is around 10:30 pm in France right now and with the summer heat, we had plenty of time and motivation to roam around Paris at night. I have my favorite spots, they are not so original but they are lovely: le Louvre, along the Seine, the Trocadéro, the Eiffel Tower…
We walked across the Pont des Arts and were surprised to noticed a bunch of locks attached to the fence, like in Montevideo — I guess it’s good luck for lovers. Funny thing, I don’t remember seeing that many locks just a few years ago, I wonder how and why the tradition suddenly started. The bridge was packed at night and people drank and ate there after sunset. I had a lot of fun taking long exposure pictures of the Seine and capturing the motion of the tourist boats passing under the bridge.
Most of the area around the Eiffel Tower was blocked because of both July 14th (France’s National Day) and the FIFA World Cup village. Yet, the view from Trocadéro remains one of the best in Paris.
As for the Louvre, it’s a quiet spot at night, not so many people come take pictures of the pyramids for some reason. The main courtyard (Cour Napoleon) offers the best views on Pei’s controversial work.
You can follow our French trip here on Flickr: France (2010).
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Beautiful photographs. You certainly know your way around a camera and have the eye.
I love those zooming boat photos you have!
Did you secure your camera on somewhere? handheld or tripod? Nice slow shutter speed pictures! The night of Eiffel and Louvre are so pretty!
Zhu, these pictures are amazing! Wow. Thanks for sharing!
I can never get enough of Paris whether it is day or night 😀
I really like Paris. I know you don’t — but I just love everything European.
@Yogi – Thank you!
@Linguist-in-Waiting – The first one was an experiment and I liked the effect 😉
@micki – None of these shots are hand held. I have a tripod (for instance for the Louvre pictures), otherwise I use whatever flat surface I can find.
@Soleil – Thank you!
@shionge – 😆 And so do a lot of people!
@Agnes – Paris is still a nice city, I’m just spoiled 😉
These are just amazing photographs. I have had the chance to shoot some of these in London and they were related to London Eye or some other important places. These seems to be more professional and better than anyone else. Can I use some of these in my website?
These are just amazing photos and you seems to be a high profile photographer. I have had many french friends and they tell me all about france and paris. Can I use some of your photos on my website londonparistrain.com?
One of the reasons why I’m dying to go there… It definitely lives up to its La Ville-Lumière moniker! 🙂
Love the photos in this post, especially the long exposure.. I loved the late sunsets the most during this time of year!