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Palais Garnier - Paris Opera House, Paris, France
in these days my thoughts often go to Paris, remembering the attacks and victims of January 2015 - so here are some earlier January photos of Paris - we often travelled to Paris in January - and we will continue!
Vue panoramique depuis la terasse des Galeries Lafayette, Paris.
Panoramic view from the terrace of Galeries Lafayette, Paris.
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Photo réalisée sur la terrasse du magasin "Printemps" à Paris, Boulevard Haussmann, avec un temps très froid...
Terrasse de Printemps, Paris, FRANCE
Boitier : Nikon D7000
Lens : Tamron 10-24
Trépied : Yes
HDR 3 RAW avec Photomatix
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This is by far one of the best interiors I've found in my travels around the world. I've taken quite a few of this building, but I liked the framing of this one.
If you're still wondering what and where it is, it's the Opéra Garnier in Paris, France. It was in fact the setting of The Phantom of the Opera.
This was actually taken more than a year ago and I can't remember a lot of the circumstances. My friend Anna assures me that I was standing here for a good long while waiting for a family to move out of the way, followed by another photographer who was getting shots over the balcony.
He should have seen the bigger picture and gone for the framing with the pillars!
People often wonder how I get my shots so free of people. Usually I have a tripod and blur them out using a long exposure. Sadly I couldn't use my tripod here, so I've used a tiny bit of Photoshop magic.
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Canon EOS 5D Mark II / ISO 400 / f/4.0 / 17-40mm @ 17mm
According to the tour guide at Opéra Garnier Louis Vuitton designed this library section of the Museum of the Opera. Actually she said "made this library," so picture Louis Vuitton, nail bag around his waist, checking his tape measure and swinging the hammer.
According to the Opéra Garnier website "The collections of the Library-Museum of the Opera (National Library of France) conserve three centuries of the theatre's history. The museum gallery houses a permanent exhibition of paintings, drawings, photographs and set models."
The museum was to my back when I took this photo and the ballerina in the painting was painted by Édouard Debat-Ponsan.
The Opéra Garnier is a national theater which has the vocation to be an academy of music, choreography and lyric poetry; it is a major element of the heritage of the 9th district of Paris and the capital. It is located on the Place de l'Opéra, at the northern end of the Avenue de l'Opéra and at the crossroads of many roads.
The building is a particularly representative monument of the eclectic architecture and historicist style of the second half of the 19th century. Based on a design by the architect Charles Garnier, chosen following a competition, its construction, decided by Napoleon III as part of the transformation of Paris led by the prefect Haussmann and interrupted by the war of 1870, was resumed at the beginning of the Third Republic, after the destruction by fire of the opera Le Peletier in 1873. The building was inaugurated on January 5, 1875 by President Mac Mahon under the Third Republic.
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After a few sunshine shots, I thought I'd drop in another interior shot today. Paris has it's fair share of interiors, most notably the Opera House which has some fantastic architecture.
Charles Garnier wanted this foyer to resemble the gallery of a classical chateau.The ceiling was painted by Paul Baudry and portrays themes from the history of music. It is dominated by the lyre, which is also found on other things, such as the heating grates and doorknobs.
Speaking of interiors, I recently post a shot of La Sainte-Chapelle. I was asked if I wanted to sell this photo, so I looked at getting a property release to allow this. after an email conversation with the historic monument people in France, they finally told me that they wanted 1100 Euros for the release. 1100 Euros! I declined the offer and I'm no longer going to sell the work.
This, plus the Eiffel Tower copyright silliness, shows me that the French have the wrong attitude to not only photography, but also to their architecture as a whole. I can understand having a nominal fee for these things, but this is simply ridiculous. Anyway, this photo is packed full of detail, so please view this larger. (Press L)
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Canon EOS 5D Mark II / ISO 100 / f/8.0 / 17-40mm @ 17mm
Et une vue panoramique sur les toits de Paris depuis celui des Galeries Lafayette.
View of Paris and Opéra Garnier from the rooftop of Galeries Lafayette.
Boulevard Haussmann, 9e arrondissement, Paris.
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The Grand foyer hall, 59 ft high, 505 ft long and 43 ft wide, was designed to act as a drawing room for Paris society. It was restored in 2004. Its ceiling was painted by Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry and represents various moments in the history of music.
Isn’t this room amazing? It’s not in the main part of the Paris Opera House, but it had the most ornate and Inception-esque room I’ve seen in a while. I took this photo while in the middle of experimenting with the Nikon fisheye lens. It seemed to fit the bill for these ornate grand locations that are still in a relatively confined space.
- Trey Ratcliff
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