Friday, November 30, 2007

Place Vendôme ready for Christmas


Several of you have asked me for some Paris Christmas decoration photos, so let me start with this one, that I just shot a couple of hours ago on Place Vendôme (which I already shot from further away here). They scattered several candlesticks throughout the place and installed special projectors to enlighten the column in the middle. Really nice.

14 comments:

  1. Oh mon Dieu, Eric - this is one of your finest!! I love the giant candlestick chandelier and how it illuminates the figure at the top! My last trip to Paris, I stayed at Le Lotti and had a spectacular view of this monument, however this one takes the cake! Merci.

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  2. Incredible! Keep the Christmas in Paris photos coming!

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  3. Incredibly beautiful Eric, thanks for bringing it to us. I have a blue tree today!

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  4. When I click on the photo, it looks like the statue is being reflected onto the low cloud ceiling. Really a great effect!

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  5. Oh yes, it's a great effect - well spotted Michael! I have a photo on my blog which combines Christmas lights with gorgeous George at the moment, which is a funny link between this photo and the one here which caused so many comments! Still can't say I'm a fan (of the ads, the coffee's ok), and I still haven't bought the coffee maker, although my girlfriend's desperate for one for Christmas... the George Effect..?!

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  6. Ah, elegantly festive! The shadow of the statue on the cloud cover is wonderful,
    -Kim

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  7. Thank you so much! Now the Place Vendome is on my must-see Christmas list!

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  8. Paris! Night shots!! Christmas!!!
    J'aime des decorations de Noel. Love this photo, Eric, and soooooo look forward to more.

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  9. Paris is beautiful any time of the day...but lit at night it is extremely so. Nice capture, Eric!

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  10. A superb photo of the Place Vendôme - congratulations! Perhaps you would care to share your insights and photos of this lovely Parisian site with our community at trivago?
    Greetings from Cape Town,
    Pierre

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  11. Great night shot! (I totally missed mine the other day, so I'm really glad you thought of it! ;)

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