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Symmetry, something that architectures thrive upon!! which is what we see here, in this arcade of lanterns in front of the famous glass pyramid at the Louvre. T...
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Symmetry, something that architectures thrive upon!! which is what we see here, in this arcade of lanterns in front of the famous glass pyramid at the Louvre. The city of Paris is filled with such symmetry :-) And in yesteryears, they were actual lanterns, which with age, have made way to electric lighting. But the effect still remains!!
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Location
This photo was taken next to the glass pyramids at the centre of the courtyard of the famous Louvre museum in Paris, France.Time
This most definitely is one of my favourite monochrome / black and white compostions. This was taken at about 9pm on a cold December night in 2017. I had to use a tripod to balance the camera as well as adjust the height of the camera, so that I can get the lanterns at a proper height for the image. I remember having shivering hands, since it was particularly cold that night and the tripod was certainly a boon, to keep the camera steady and not shake it.Lighting
The important aspect of the lighting here was the fact that there was no other light apart from that coming from these lantern lightposts, which meant that I could do normal night light photo shoot, without having to adjust the lighting to eliminate other background from the city lights. I wanted to highlight the fact that these lanterns worked as the main street lights back in the old days when they used to keep oil lanterns / candles within them as well.Equipment
This was shot with the Sony A6000 camera fitted with the 55-210mm lens, attached to a standard tripod. The camera settings were set to an aperture f/6.3, ISO 3200, shutter speed of 1/60 and focal Length 210/1. The camera was also set at shutter speed mode, to enable minimal city lights burning into the image.?Inspiration
I was always looking to shoot lamp posts in a perspective view, and in monochrome. This was always difficult in a busy city like Paris, with all the people roaming around, or with vehicular movement and extraneous city lights killing the beauty of the lamps in series as seen here. Seeing these lamps in the courtyard of the Louvre immediately told me that this was the spot that could work to fulfil my desire to take such a shot.Editing
The only post-processing I had to do for this photo was to adjust the brightness and shades of black in Lightroom, to eliminate any background lights diminishing the highlight on these lamps. Everything was taken care by the lighting within the photo.In my camera bag
My equipment is very simple. My camera bag always has my Sony A6000 with the 16-50mm and the 55-210mm lenses. Apart from it, I have the tripod for specific situations. And viola! I am all set to go clicking. Keep it simple keep it light, this is my motto as then, I do not have to spend too much time unpacking and setting up the camera and spend more time in composing and picturing the final image in my headFeedback
The best advice I can give for such photos, from whatever I have tried so far, is to ensure that the lighting in the surrounding is not too bright. Not everyone can have a camera that allows low focal length and so, many a time you can end up with too much light when you try to do long exposures. Also, be patient as this is the key to get any good image. And try to compose it in your head first, before you take the shot as only then you will end up close to what you imagined, with the final picture you get.
