31 October, 2006 | Leave a Comment

I took this photo on Saturday night at the Canal St. Martin. Now you know what I do on Saturday nights — I hang out at the local canal with all the drunks and stoners. (Incidentally, I took this photo in the same spot where I took my other photo that I thought kinda looked like an Impressionist painting.)

In person, the canal was very dark — so dark that I could barely see what I was shooting. The lamps you see gave off very little light and the trees’ reflections in the water were nothing but dark shadows. I decided to take a photo just for fun and when I looked at the image in my camera, I couldn’t believe my eyes. It was like a whole secret world had suddenly been revealed. With the naked eye, this landscape looked nothing like what you see in the photo. I have no idea how the flash on my little camera illuminated this scene in such a way. It was so very dark that it was almost impossible to get a photo that was not blurry. This photo is a bit blurry if you look at it closely (and at a larger size). But at least I got one semi-decent shot of this hidden Parisian scene. Like so many other places in this city, if you take the time to stop and look beyond what is immediately visible, you are rewarded with something special and secret, a gift to you from Paris.

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1. Aloha Pineapple Says:

   October 31st, 2006 at 7:40 pm

   I love this photo!

2. gigi Says:

   November 2nd, 2006 at 7:52 am

   Beautiful. As so many of your photos of Paris are. Seems like you are having a real love affair….Thanks for sharing!

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