After having shot the Bastille Day fireworks from the Champs de Mars the last couple of years, I tried a different viewpoint, with hopes of getting some reflections in the Seine. Previous years' photos are quite different, so, in case you'd like to have a look, you can see them here: 2014 Paris Eiffel Tower Fireworks, and here: 2013 Paris Eiffel Tower Fireworks.
It was a beautiful night, cool with a light breeze. Crowds stretched for miles in every direction. I know, because I walked miles in a radius around the tower, searching for a good viewpoint. The best ones were overwhelmed with spectators, including crowds of photographers with tripods. There were some funny spots where you would see a narrow stripe of people standing in the street - all looking where the fireworks would be - just between two buildings.
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The bridge you see between us and the tower is the Passy Viaduc. It has car lanes on bottom, and a metro line on the top. Trains were going by every other minute of the show, so the riders got quite a view.
The Eiffel Tower sprouts into a palm tree of blue and green light. The cool thing is, the ones at the top fire in sequence, rotating like the hand of a clock.
A lot of people won't like this one, but I have to let my creative side out every once in a while. I can imagine people saying is "Oh, that's all done in Photoshop." Nope! It was all done in the camera at the time of the photo.
Earlier that same day, I went to the Catorze Juillet military parade on the Champs Élysées. Click here to see the photos.
More fireworks photos coming soon.
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