Awful Eiffel Contrails by brewgirlca
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Just a very brief swing through Paris on the way to beautiful Beaune. A great difficulty of photographing Paris on a clear day is the nearby presence of Charles de Gaul International Airport. Being one of Europe's major transportation hubs this produces contrails so numerous that they cloud the sky with unsightly lines. I wonder if there ever really is a clear day in Paris?
Ah yes, and yet you still notice of the presence of the Eiffel Tower? Yes I thought so. It is hard not to notice it in Paris. When it was being built the tower was protested as being ugly engineering by 300 artists, one for each meter of its hieght. After its construction one of those artists, Guy de Maupassant, ate lunch there every day for the rest of his life because it was the only place in Paris where he could not see it!
Comments (26)
barryjeffer
Like every place else on Earth, Paris is being covered with nasty pollution in it's skies. Hell it's hard to see the sky at all these days with all the highrises, cell towers, billboards..etc.. crying shame.
RodS
Contrails or no, it's still a great, well composed photo, Roxy! Maybe it's just my warped sense of artistic interpretation, but I think it's much more interesting with the contrails/clouds than if it was just a bald sky. The contrails almost seem to form a star shape in the sky - and it adds to the imposing presence of the tower. The sweeping curve of the stone bannister leads the eye right to the tower. Then the eye gets to play in the sky for a while before going back to Paris's famous landmark. This is brilliant.
brewgirlca
You are right Rod, now that I look more closely I see what looks like a giant pentagram in the sky. Interesting what the human eye can create from random patterns!! The lines are better than a flat blue sky.
LadyAlys
I agree with RodS. The way the clouds have formed add something to the overall image. A nice softness to contrast the harsher metal and stone prominent from the tower and foreground. While still keeping with the more linear formation showing through the image. A bright clear sky would feel like empty space to me in this photo. Much better than the snapshot I got during a quick drive through Paris. Having about 10 minutes to not get hit by traffic while still getting a good shot of the tower. :) The overall composition and POV are very nice.
Faemike55
I really do like this shot as well. even with the contrails
glix70
For me they are chemical trails and not normal contrails and "they" created a specific sign in the sky. Lovely b/w eiffel capture!!! :0)
Tracesl
excellent
poet001
Excellent capture Roxy and I love the B/W. It adds almost that Lithograph effect. Very nicely done!!!
magnus073
Roxie, I really enjoyed reading Rod's observations and your response to them. Nice job capturing this slightly sad scene.
eekdog
everybody has their own feelings on them, i'm not sure were to stand on that issue. cool capture, Rox.
ArtistKimberly
Excellent Image,
zil2008
Interesting photo in many ways. Photography is supurb (great job) and showing this sky were the jet streams ( contrails)from all the planes coming and going and the layers of the planes on their own flight paths. Looks like a freeway going in and out of DeGaul airport. One thinks what is in those contrails when they settle to the ground especially around a busy airport. We live in a rural area and can sit and watch this kind of pattern of planes traveling across Canada. Excellent image Roxy.
mtdana
The Eiffel tower is such an icon I don’t think of it as ugly. As for the contrails I agree with the other comments and I like how the geometric lines of the trails and tower contrast of the and curved railing. Very nice capture!
blinkings
Yep you should have said you waited on purpose for the pentagram to appear! It adds interest for me. The contrails are only water vapour and don't worry me.
giulband
Perfect example of how must be taken photos!
legolie
A great capture of that famous monument :-) Fortunately, I live in the South of France, in a small town .... far from Paris :-)
angora
nice addition! stunning shot!!
JuliSonne
Wonderful composition .....!!! I like the Latin Quarter and Notre Dame. Paris is always worth a visit! Have a good time there.
3dpoetry
Well captured
drifterlee
Very beautiful shot. I was there about ten years ago and loved it.
OddMuse
A beautiful capture!
nefertiabet
Fantastic capture and b&w effects!!!
designem
Wish was there, chemtrails or not ...
leroysquab
Actually I don't think those contrails are at all awful in this particular interest (although the B&W and title reminded me of Ansel Adams' own hatred of what he called sky worms). It is a beautiful composition and photo, contrails included. I actually like that odd distinct hatching of the contrails, playing like a ghost of technology in the background against a scene which otherwise might well have been indistinguishable from one taken 100 years ago. It not only adds to the richness of the image but adds an ironic note as well. Bravo, Roxy! Great image!
RaykesPictures
A very different view, and a great result.!
Rhanagaz
Great B/W image - it reminds about "The Ugly Duckling" story! ;o)
photosynthesis
I'm way behind on comments, but better late than never, right? The Eiffel Tower has been photographed so many times that it's difficult to come up with a fresh take on it & you've done an admirable job of it here. Visually, the contrails make the sky more dramatic & the balustrade in the foreground & Seine in the midground are very nice compositional features. A very fine photo...