Hôtel de Ville and Blurry People

Posted by
Jason Kravitz (Brussels, Belgium) on 14 October 2008 in Cityscape & Urban.

Paris was abuzz on Saturday night Oct 4 during Nuit Blanche which is a festival each year where there are activities all night long throughout the city.

Aaron probably has a very similar shot as he was advising me on the best way to stabilize my camera in the city without a tripod. That guy is like MacGyver !

Canon EOS 40D 1/5 second F/5.6 ISO 800 24 mm

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Comments (15)

Kylie Greenan from Richmond, Australia

Wow, so magestic and wonderfully sharp, how did you both do this without a tripod? I am in awe. Great image Jason, I feel like I am there!

14 Oct 2008 5:38am

rem_la from Villiers, France

elle est sympa cette vue avec ce fantome vert !

14 Oct 2008 6:07am

Francesc B. from région parisienne, France

Another beautiful night scene, Jason !

14 Oct 2008 9:30am

zOOm from Paris, France

Great night shot.

14 Oct 2008 11:15am

dobbino from Cape Town, South Africa

Lovely photo, beautiful detail. So are you going to give away the tips on stabilizing the camera?

14 Oct 2008 11:56am

@dobbino: I think for this shot we used a little shelf that was attached to a garbage can. I set my camera to burst mode and fired off a few quick shots then picked the sharpest of the series (with the best composition of blurry cars and people)

Eleftheria! from Athens, Greece

It's a great night shot!

14 Oct 2008 12:17pm

Seb! from Gard, France

Very great night shot ;-)

14 Oct 2008 12:56pm

peter from new york, United States

tres jolie! great shot : )

14 Oct 2008 8:26pm

TahWee from Adelaide, Australia

this is an amazing shot! i always can't take a night scene shot without a tripod.

14 Oct 2008 9:32pm

Hercules from Jacksonville, United States

Great pic, love the motions

15 Oct 2008 12:34am

aLv|N from Melbourne, Australia

great shot. how did you do it without a tripod?

15 Oct 2008 1:11am

Laurie from New Jersey, United States

Beautiful hotel and lovely night shot. I love the movement of the people.

15 Oct 2008 3:38am

Ian Bramham from Manchester, United Kingdom

wonderful photo Jason.....I really love that combination of blur and sharpness!

16 Oct 2008 7:46pm

Monte Stevens from Fort Collins, United States

Guys with steady hands get on my nerves! :) this is a great shot as you have done well on the color.

17 Oct 2008 8:34pm

DarkElf from Perth, Australia

wow! i missed this one previously... fantastic shot! the action and the light are amazing... if this is hand held then it is even better!

7 Nov 2008 1:38am

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