Finding new and innovative ways to photograph the Eiffel Tower is a huge challenge. So many photographs have been taken by so many people in so many creative ways that new angles are nearly impossible. So, I set out late one evening in the spring of 2012 during a visit to Paris to find a new angle and a new way to present the tower. I started from far away and kept moving closer, trying to find a new vantage point. I finally settled on this one as the most different perspective I could find. Most people shoot the tower from afar but not many photographers take a close-up view. In addition, shooting Eiffel at night has its own set of challenges including people, lighting and perspective. The combination of the lights and the close-up view made this my favorite. Of course, there is symmetry as well, except for the burnt out bulb on the row of lights at the bottom…
![Eifel at Night](https://tkahler.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/20120402-Paris-Eifel-Tower-BH.jpg)
This image was taken with my Leica V-LUX 3 using my set on 5 mm. The camera was set on Aperture priority mode with the aperture set at f/8, shutter speed at 1 second and the ISO at 100.
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Cool shot.