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City of Lights
by mkitada ·
One last shot of Paris(photographers never tell the truth). I approached the Eiffel Tower from across the Sienne at sunset. It is everything you have ever read or been told of. It dominates the skyline for miles around. Up close, it soars above the river Sienne. A breath-taking site that has to be seen.
For the past 20 years tilting the horizon has become a “cool” trick to insert to make images look edgy or hip. I think it can be a great tool that can be utilized when a photographer needs to add more information to the frame and/or to place part of the subject into a better portion of the frame to improve the composition. Here the top of the tower would have fallen outside any of the normal areas of convergence. So, I tilted the camera horizon to place it(the top) into the upper area of convergence(the intersection of the right vertical third and the upper horizontal third)to make this interesting and hopefully memorable night shot of the Eiffel Tower. Again, Bonjour!
Tags: Composition, night, travel
