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Convergence at the Pantheon

I love the converging lines of columns like this. The stone work is so old, and here I am just sitting next to it taking a photo.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	19mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/200s

Jaysus, I nearly dropped me phone when I spotted this scene in the Musée d’Orsay like. There’s your man on the left, pure glued to his iPhone, probably updating his Insta or whatever, and the other fella hanging on to some pamphlet or other. And there in the middle, this massive marble yoke, probably worth more than me gaff, just sitting there being completely ignored. Had to grab the shot with the camera – savage composition altogether. It’s gas when you think about it – here we are in one of the fanciest museums in Paris, and the only one paying attention to anything is yer man in the statue. Reminds me of walking down Patrick Street, with everyone’s heads buried in their phones while the city’s gorgeous architecture looms above them. Mad stuff altogether, boy.

(A bit over the top, but that’s how Perplexity thinks Cork people sound like. Accurate?)

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Focal length	26mm
ISO	10000
Shutter speed	1/500s

The curves of the Sacré-Cœur

The curves and textures of the Basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre in Paris are evident in this close up photo of the roof. I love how the curves flow, and the patterns repeat.

Aperture	ƒ/4.9
Camera	Galaxy S23 Ultra
Focal length	27.2mm
ISO	50
Shutter speed	1/540s

A moment at a French Café

In parts of Paris, they have such wide footpaths that café and restaurants have seating outside. The city where I live has done likewise, sometimes successfully, but more often, impeding pedestrians and annoying people. One pub claimed so much public real estate that pedestrians had to walk between tables to get past.

Aperture	ƒ/1.7
Camera	Galaxy S23 Ultra
Focal length	6.3mm
ISO	125
Shutter speed	1/500s

Awesome Statues

A young tourist listens to the audio tour of the Musée d’Orsay in Paris while the statue of Tarcisius, a Christian martyr, lies next to him.

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Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	26mm
ISO	12800
Shutter speed	1/400s

Flowers of the Eiffel Tower

The EIffel Tower in the distance while at ground level are lovely flowers and plants.

When you visit the Eiffel Tower, you’ll see the massive Jardin de la Tour Eiffel stretch off into the distance. In warm weather, the gardens are thronged with people in the evenings who gather to watch the Eiffel Tower light up.

This photo was shot on one such evening. The night was calm, and warm and it was lovely to be out.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	16mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/2s

Lost in Paris

Someone sits on a rock bench, lost in a book, while in the background a woman in white seems lost in the courtyard of the Panthéon, Paris.

A long figure seems lost in the courtyard of the Panthéon in Paris, while another sits on a rock bench lost in a book. An actual, honest to goodness, paper book.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	1000
Shutter speed	1/500s

A gift of colour

I was walking up the street behind a man dressed in blue and this photo presented itself to me. Pink and blue and a man in a baseball cap. All gone within seconds.

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Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	20mm
ISO	400
Shutter speed	1/500s

Parisian Tourists

On a road leading to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Tourists line in the middle of the road, in relative safety from passing cars, but other tourists stop and take photos with their phones.

Tourists flock on to the road near the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.

Admittedly, I was one of them, but I was just walking across the road at the pedestrian lights.

Aperture	ƒ/9
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	800
Shutter speed	1/500s

Feeling Slightly Disjointed

A couple look at themselves in the angled mirror facade of a building in Paris. Their legs are separated from their torsos by the reflection.

The mirrors of 123 Champs-Élysées reflect a broken view of the world, making passers-by smile and laugh.

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ISO	5000
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Human imitates statue

A woman sitting next to a statue unintentionally imitates the statue by resting her arm on the block the statue sits on.

The Jeunesse d’Aristote is a statue made by Charles Degeorge and is currently in the Musée d’Orsay, Paris.

Sometimes, we humans, unintentionally imitate others, even inanimate objects. Or maybe it’s just a comfortable way to sit. Degeorge captured that amazingly well in his work here.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	32mm
ISO	10000
Shutter speed	1/500s

Armed Soldiers patrol around Montmartre

Four soldiers walk up the steps of Montmarte. People are relaxing nearby and the Basilica can be seen at the top of the hill.

Four soldiers climb the steps of Montmartre up to the Basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre on a warm August afternoon. They slowly walked up the steps, without comment or conversation. Walked around the fountains above and up the steps to the Basilica.

It was unnerving, but months later, tourists were being stabbed and violently robbed in Dublin, and I remember people were calling for better security on the streets of the city. Some used Paris as an example and asked why armed soldiers couldn’t patrol the streets.

I think a better way of solving this issue is to make Dublin into a proper living city, with actual local people living in the city, not tourists in an Airbnb. Some chance.

David McWilliams called it, “People Before Bonnet” in the latest episode of his podcast. Worth a listen.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	16mm
ISO	250
Shutter speed	1/500s

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