Swee Ching Photography

Unfortunately, I did not have many worthy shots of the Eiffel Tower during my short time in Paris. Other than those taken from outside of my hotel (posted here ), below are the remaining shots that I like to share. To commemorate France presidency of EU, the Eiffel Tower was lit up with in blue, and special twinkling light starts-off from 8pm onwards every hour into the night. Pictured here is my wife taking a shot of the lighting with our Fujifilm F11. If you like to see more photos that I've taken at Paris, click here for all my previous posts related to Paris.

Continuing from my last post on Paris , here some shots of the Arc de Triomphe , located at the centre of the Place Charles de Gaulle in Paris. It was drizzling that evening and it was difficult to get the shot shown above (setting up tripod, having people looking at you, wiping rain droplets off the lens etc). Still, those element gave a bit more drama to the shot, especially where cars had their head light on due to low light situation. Pedestrian underpass is available to reach the center of the arch. While I was setting up my tripod, the French police stopped me from doing so, said the tripod might damage the floor. Floor is made of stone, while my tripod legs have rubber tip... Anyway, not wanting any trouble with the police, I put down my backpack, rest my camera on the bag and took the shot above. Finally, the arch was lit for the night. Got better colour with this shot, done without tripod. As with most historical monuments here in Paris, the arch has plenty of intricate desig...

I was in Paris in October 2008 for a few days stopping over from Germany and will head over to Scotland from here. The following photograph of the iconic Eiffel Tower was taken on a Sunday morning around 10am at Rue Saint-Dominique street, just outside of my hotel entrance. Eiffel Tower from Rue Saint-Dominique, autumn 2008 , originally uploaded by Ho Swee Ching . More of my thoughts of Paris and other nice photographs follows. Saint-Dominique street is located at the 7th Arrondissement in Paris. Apparently, Paris is segregated to 20 Arrondissements , or area. A 20-minutes walk along this street will lead you to Champ-de-Mars , the large park where Eiffel Tower is located. Being close to the heart of Paris, this area gives me a sense of class, as the shops seems to be catering for upper class residents (at least, that's what I think). Rue Saint-Dominique, 7th Arrondissement, Paris , originally uploaded by Ho Swee Ching . The streets here is quite narrow, with a one-way lane, and a ...