Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Paris Rouge XLI - Le Parapluie Rouge
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The morning we arrived in our flat last month it was cold and rainy. I flung open the gorgeous windows and peered to the rue St. Roch below. I spotted this lady with her red umbrella, but couldn't quite get the shot I wanted. I decided to climb onto the window sill and hang over the wrought iron railing. Mary and Peter found me in this precarious position. I got the shot!!!
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- Virginia
- Birmingham, AL, United States
- I am a former elementary school teacher, a full-time photographer, lover of all things French ( whose French is slowly improving), obsessive Paris traveler, enthusiastic church and community volunteer, and grandmother to 5 delightful grandchildren.
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I fell in love with Paris in March 2007. It was as the French say, le coup de foudre : love at first sight. As a result of that trip, my photography took another direction. Since that time I have pursued a career of sorts in photography and dreamed of returning to the City of Light. November 2008 found me strolling the streets of Paris once again. My first visit I was so overwhelmed with the incredible beauty of the city, I photographed it as a "tourist". In 2008 I returned and I looked at the city with more of a photographer's eye. I wanted to capture the unique, the small details, and oh yes - the people! This blog was started as a photo diary of that trip, but I have been most fortunate to return to the city j'adore 15 times since. Each time I leave, I wipe a tear and start planning my list for the next trip. Paris may well be a moveable feast, but I think it's best savored in person! Someone told me that once you have been to Paris, you will leave a piece of your heart. I left mine right there, but I brought home some wonderful memories. It is my pleasure to share them with you.
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25 comments:
You really are quite the talent, V
Virginia, you have put YOUR sign...(sorry for my english...I know that in Italian I would know what to write!)Kiss, Cy
RED!
Well seen and photographed !
YESSSSSS !
So glad you got that one. Brilliant!
Beautiful shot, well done!
Fabulous shot in all aspects, and le parapluie était rouge! So glad that you did not fall from that window.
G
Hello, I like rain very much. It's good to see any kind of rainy photos.I feel the smell of the air. Thanks, Éva from Hungary
well done you!
Virginia, I am so glad you captured the moment and doubly glad you didn't fall doing so! Great photo, I love the way the rain glistens on the street and on the umbrella and the splash of red (and the brown of her handbag) are a wonderful contrast to the rest of the black and grays.
You must have been moving quickly to capture this 'Paris Rouge' moment before it got away. I am having fun visualizing the scene of you taking this photo.
This shot was SO worth risking life and limb for. Hope you're appropriately proud of yourself for catching this one—it's wonderful!
Fantastic photo!
I just love how she is all in black with the popping of red umbrella!! It is so cool how the scooter got in the photo!
Pamela :)
Woah! Fantastic red!
Cor! You snapped it and no camera-shake either! Brilliant.
Hope Peter and Mary didn't have a moment of fright thinking you'd taken leave of your senses and were about to jump !
Great photographer's reflexes there, that could have so easily been a case of "the one that got away".
The shot was worth the effort.
Tres, tres charmant.
Thank you all for your comments. Now that I look back on it , I was rather foolish to take that risk but I guess since I'm still in one piece, it was worth it.
V
Fabulous shot V!!! Well worth the precarious position you took to get it...especially because all went well and you are safe and sound!!!
I can 100% imagine the scene of you leaning out the window to get this fabulous shot! I love it so much - the red stands out.
Some story behind the photograph! Congratulations on a job well done!
I love it! The red umbrella and the wet ground create a wonderful scene. Maybe it's even the same woman as my photo. :)
It looks to me like madame is walking toward the restaurant La Cordonnerie Chez yvette et claude.
I can picture the window that you took the photo from.
A perfect and daring shot|
Indeed! She has quite some stride, your lady with the red parasol.
Love this one, the light, textures, colors, perfection. The lines and the direction of her walk leads me to think it is her scooter.
Wow! This is a must see photo. It's super, worth the effort, V. :-)
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