Eiffel Tower

Years ago I would load up a camera with Kodachrome Infrared film and fire away, usually at Fall Color time, and see how the images came out a week later when the slides were processed. Today a digital SLR would have to be converted to Infrared to get the same result and the photos would be shot blind as the processor would not be able to let us see the image in the shooting. So I have been playing with some Infrared-style effects in Photoshop and came up with an image I really like. Can you guess which image is the technical Infrared effect?

I also added one of my fall color images taken at a forest preserve in the 80s with Infrared film. Will it help you to choose the Eiffel that is in IF? A new topic will begin tomorrow with the beginning of December.

Eiffel Tower Panoramas

Of course, at times,the photos can speak for themselves. The panoramic view from the restaurant level of the Tower was wonderful.

Eiffel Tower

The focal center of Paris, of course, is the Eiffel Tower. We were fortunate to be scheduled for a champagne luncheon on the main level of the Tower, and we were whisked up to a wonderful meal with a chicken dish that may be the best chicken I ever tasted along with certainly the best potatoes (au gratin, naturally). A nice Bordeaux was on the table and the company was interesting and excited.

After lunch we had a good half-hour to enjoy the view from the observation deck. Some of the sights of Paris in the next post.

Nice Luncheon at the Eiffel Tower

Stratford out of the way, we got up early the next morning for a ride to St. Pancras International, the train station that is the London terminal for Eurostar. The high-speed train hits 185 mph and takes people through the Chunnel, making the time between the two capitols only two hours, fifteen minutes. An adventure in itself.

Arrival in Paris at the Gare du Nord was followed by an informative hour on a tour bus, seeing several monuments and buildings on the way to a wonderful luncheon. More on the tour in the next post.