Classic Sunday pic!
Sunday, January 10, 2010 Publié par Eric Tenin
I had to get up at 6 am on a Saturday morning just to take this photo for you! No I did not... I'm kidding. In fact I took it much later, but it was still grayish/blueish and covered, so they left the street lamps on. There is not much to say about it: it's Paris, it's La Pyramide du Louvre and yes, it's beautiful (and for once empty!). Have agreat Sunday everyone, I still find it hard to recover from the Jet-lag on my end (but I know I mustn't complain!).
January 10, 2010 12:20:00 AM GMT+01:00
Beautiful doesn't quite cover it. Really lovely, Eric.
January 10, 2010 12:21:00 AM GMT+01:00
Just enlarged this photo and I have to say that once again your framing is perfect.
January 10, 2010 12:30:00 AM GMT+01:00
Oh, wow, that's an interesting shot. Did you notice there is a ghost on this picture :O ?
(enlarge and look on the left)
January 10, 2010 12:39:00 AM GMT+01:00
icy coloured bue .. beautiful
nice< weekend Eric
January 10, 2010 12:43:00 AM GMT+01:00
Lovely. The atmosphere is wonderful.
January 10, 2010 12:52:00 AM GMT+01:00
your blog is making me so excited about the fact ill probably be moving to paris in october...and coming to visit even sooner! Thanks for the great photos!
January 10, 2010 12:52:00 AM GMT+01:00
NICE !!!!
January 10, 2010 1:44:00 AM GMT+01:00
Beautiful!
January 10, 2010 1:49:00 AM GMT+01:00
Amazing! Thank you for taking me away from the day to day life of the midwest :)
January 10, 2010 1:54:00 AM GMT+01:00
I see the "ghost" on the bottom left, Tomate!!
As far as your decolage horarie, Eric,(I never said I can spell, in ANY language)YOU ARE A WEENIE!Just joking, if anyone can understand, it is me. You have my sympathy.
On the otherhand, you sure can take a picture that lingers in our hearts.
January 10, 2010 2:22:00 AM GMT+01:00
Wow! I really want to come visit!
January 10, 2010 2:41:00 AM GMT+01:00
Beautiful shot! I can feel the chill in the air.
January 10, 2010 2:42:00 AM GMT+01:00
Yes Tomate! I love ghosts...
Such a clean, attractive photo Eric.
January 10, 2010 2:53:00 AM GMT+01:00
No ghosts for me, unfortunately (that would be fun!) but it's a ghostly picture all the same. Very dramatic and gorgeous and...I think I'll just stare at it for a while.
January 10, 2010 3:37:00 AM GMT+01:00
I love this cliche!
January 10, 2010 4:19:00 AM GMT+01:00
This is a great picture! Already my pick for next year's calendar. :-)
January 10, 2010 4:30:00 AM GMT+01:00
Ah, the Louvre in blue-gray! Lovely!
January 10, 2010 4:39:00 AM GMT+01:00
This picture takes my breath away.
January 10, 2010 5:12:00 AM GMT+01:00
Absolutely gorgeous!
January 10, 2010 5:14:00 AM GMT+01:00
Yes, this one is a classic. Merci.
January 10, 2010 5:35:00 AM GMT+01:00
Lovely in its absence of people and the low light level adds much.
January 10, 2010 5:58:00 AM GMT+01:00
I see a 2011 calendar, month of January presumably!
The composition, the lamplight, the absence of color—it's all gorgeous.
Tomate & PHX: I see a ghost too, but I see it to the right of the first lamppost (in the upper-right corner)—looks kinda like Jerry Garcia.
January 10, 2010 6:01:00 AM GMT+01:00
No, I'm not kidding about the ghost. We have a famous ghost in my family and I'm a believer.
January 10, 2010 6:33:00 AM GMT+01:00
Very
Nicely
Done
January 10, 2010 6:43:00 AM GMT+01:00
What a wonderful shot!! Merci!! Thanks to your lovely winter shots of the last few days I am beginning to feel like I am spending the winter in Paris!! That wouldn't be a bad thing at all!! ;-)
January 10, 2010 7:51:00 AM GMT+01:00
I visit Paris with you everyday, Eric, and everyday you make me more and more ready to come to see it with my own eyes...especially when you take the places I have dreamed of visiting my whole life (the Louvre for one) and make it as beautiful as I see it in my heart. Thank you for continuing this blog.....
January 10, 2010 8:44:00 AM GMT+01:00
Lovely and haunting photo...
January 10, 2010 10:04:00 AM GMT+01:00
i'm speechless....tres joli.
January 10, 2010 10:35:00 AM GMT+01:00
Très beau. I felt the urge of staring at it, quietly. Very interesting. The lines. The snow. Contrast between old and new elements, both covered with snow. The two lamps posts add something alive to the whole composition. Was the lamplighter around Eric? :)
I just want a resting week-end too. No jet-lag for me though. Homeworks and daydreaming will be fine.
January 10, 2010 11:08:00 AM GMT+01:00
Definitely a calendar shot, but better than that, reality. SO glad you captured this in the snow.
January 10, 2010 11:46:00 AM GMT+01:00
Beautifull! Reminds me the nice time few years ago on this place...
Thank you Eric!
January 10, 2010 1:54:00 PM GMT+01:00
This shot has such a dreamy, cinematic feel to it.
January 10, 2010 2:26:00 PM GMT+01:00
"I still find it hard to recover from the Jet-lag on my end" I have experienced jet-lag before, but it was always an 'all-over' sensation. To get it on 'your end' must be really uncomfortable. What's that like Eric?
January 10, 2010 2:33:00 PM GMT+01:00
Apologies for my previous comment, but you had it coming. Great photo, very real sense of perspective with the receding lamp posts and the distance faded Pavillon Richelieu and Pavillon Sully. Definitely a candidate for the 2011 calendar. Dermo
January 10, 2010 2:55:00 PM GMT+01:00
«Il n'y a personne!» J'espère que vous n'étiez pas seul quand vous avez pris cette photo. La scène où un monsieur reste debout seul dans la neige, c'est un peu... au moins ça nous donne envie de lui dire "Courage!". :9
January 10, 2010 2:56:00 PM GMT+01:00
Agreeing with everyone this is a great shot. Since it's really far from my house, thanks for take time to capture it.
January 10, 2010 3:09:00 PM GMT+01:00
I don't see what you see, Alexa, but there is a man walking in front of the first small pyramid on the left, dressed all in white, with a hoodie on. He looks like a walking "ghost".
January 10, 2010 4:40:00 PM GMT+01:00
wowwww it is so..... gray! and beautiful. Seems like the whole city is asleep, everything is quiet.
Lovely.
January 10, 2010 5:02:00 PM GMT+01:00
It's mystic and so-so beautiful. Thank you, Eric, for all your shots - they're always stunning.
January 10, 2010 5:03:00 PM GMT+01:00
Next year's calendar should have a photo per week... otherwise it will be a waste of fabulous pictures! We're in January and I already have several that I want to vote.
January 10, 2010 6:35:00 PM GMT+01:00
Absolutely gorgeous ! Congratulations Eric ;-)
January 10, 2010 7:04:00 PM GMT+01:00
41 Comments so far!! Wow, it's another photo hit! Top of the charts as they say in the radio biz.
I was walking down the street in San Francisco and I saw a car flattened out and what appeared to be huge staples stapling it to the side of the outdoor wall of an indoor parking garage. I walked further down the street and saw a monster statute reclining and its face was looking up at the sky. The statute (the length of the building) is on the roof of a building (I don't know how many stories high). I thought to myself if I did a San Francisco Daily Photo, I would definitely post those things. But, alas, I do not have Eric's photo eye so I doubt that I would do the subject matter justice.
I am doing a painting of the Louvre now. I use my photos for points of reference when I paint. I also use my sketches and hand-written notes. I manipulate to get the desired results. I am never happy with my photos by themselves (just certain aspects) -- they are just visual notes to myself. I do not consider myself a photographer.
I fell in love with your photo at first sight and thought, I am going to hang this photo on the wall. It's stunning, you've done it again.
January 10, 2010 7:12:00 PM GMT+01:00
I see the ghost. I don't see Jerry Garcia though.
January 10, 2010 8:56:00 PM GMT+01:00
ooooooh, no ghost! just imagination :-)
I feel like to be there :-)))
January 11, 2010 12:43:00 AM GMT+01:00
wishing i was there! But it's 75 degrees here in Altadena today so I'll appreciate my blessings! Tres joli! Moody. Evocative.
January 11, 2010 1:28:00 AM GMT+01:00
It is stunning, it makes me miss Paris so much!!!
January 11, 2010 1:52:00 AM GMT+01:00
I've been following ParisDailyPhoto for a long time, and this is one of my all-time favorites. I just made it my desktop wallpaper.
January 11, 2010 6:14:00 AM GMT+01:00
I was surprised (not really) to find my immediate response tonite to today's photo reflected in so many of the comments here: Yes! This photo expresses the epitome of Paris for the 2011 January calendar. It's very touching. (And thanks, Eric--your color calendar arrived January 02--I'm very happy.
January 11, 2010 6:25:00 AM GMT+01:00
This photo is beyond stunning ... It's magical!
January 11, 2010 3:56:00 PM GMT+01:00
Oh, how beautiful. I would have to agree with many others that this is a calendar shot for 2010. Just gorgeous!
January 11, 2010 5:33:00 PM GMT+01:00
How beautiful. I wish I could be there in person.
January 11, 2010 6:24:00 PM GMT+01:00
Beautiful! Thank you for remembering that many of us love these typical photos that so essentially capture Paris.
January 11, 2010 8:00:00 PM GMT+01:00
Gorgeous photo, simply perfect, thanks
January 11, 2010 9:02:00 PM GMT+01:00
Phenomenal shot! Both eerie and beautiful at the same time. I'm really loving all the snowy Parisian photos the Paris photo bloggers are posting. Keep them coming!
January 12, 2010 12:06:00 AM GMT+01:00
Wish I was there to see Her in her coat of white. She wears it well!!!
January 12, 2010 3:41:00 AM GMT+01:00
Just love it, a magical touch has it.
January 12, 2010 7:55:00 AM GMT+01:00
Oh wow, this is great!!!!
January 12, 2010 9:45:00 PM GMT+01:00
Love this photo! Gave you a little link love here:
http://www.gypsysguide.com/2010/01/london-baby-and-wales-and-ireland-too.html
Ciao!
January 13, 2010 3:34:00 AM GMT+01:00
I'm with Alexa about the calendar. It's a beautiful, beautiful shot.
January 13, 2010 5:48:00 AM GMT+01:00
LOVE this photo. Really calendar-worthy. --Elizabeth
January 15, 2010 12:22:00 AM GMT+01:00
beautiful!!
January 15, 2010 6:16:00 PM GMT+01:00
I hope we will see this one on next year's calendar. Very nice.
January 22, 2010 6:37:00 AM GMT+01:00
Beautiful!!
January 24, 2010 5:10:00 PM GMT+01:00
How beautiful. My wish is that one day I will get to visit the Louvre. Peace.
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