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Arc wash

One of my goals on this trip was to take a long exposure night shot at the Place Charles de Gaulle/Étoile.

 

Apparently, the Arc de Triomphe was getting some kind of makeover; the side facing Avenue des Champs-Élysées had a scaffold on its left relief and the side facing Avenue de la Grande-Armée had scaffolding and photos of the reliefs covering the actual reliefs.

 

I attempted a few shots anyway and liked this silly one best--the Eiffel Tower in the distance, with its night light spinning in the sky, appears to be washing the monument.

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Uploaded on May 7, 2010
Taken on April 16, 2010