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These are some pictures I took last Spring!
EDIT: Oops, I forgot to finish this. I would love some suggestions or critiques. I'm not a great photographer, but hopefully I will be soon! Thanks!

La Tour Eiffel. View from hotel window.


Again...


Notre Dame from the same window.


Close up of the carving on Notre Dame.


Chapel in the Palace of Versailles.


An Egyptian obelisk in Paris


A Tudor style house in Chartres.


Chartres Cathedral. View from a narrow street.


Chartres Cathedral from the top of a hill.


L'arc de Triomphe.


Notre Dame Cathedral


A statue outside of Museé D'Orsay.


Bird's eye view of Paris.


The top of a column in Paris.


A lovely street in Paris.


Basilique du Sacré Cœur.


Top of a column.


A monument whose name escapes me.


La Tour Eiffel.


La Tour with trees!

I like the horse!
I would say that you should be propping your hand against something, because a lot of the pics are wonky.
Also, that will keep the camera steady, and you get a straight picture without fuzziness In the picture of the men carved into a building, I would suggest a portrait of one of the men, and then zoom out and get the landscape.
The Eiffel Tower... The pics are a bit wonky, and the camera setting's off. you need to have bright colors, because all you have here is grey, grey, grey!

"A lovely street in Paris. " I would say go in the middle of the road, and then take one with the camera straight at the monument.

"La Tour Eiffel." I like this one (second to last) It shows just how big the tower is, and there is color with the green grass. Good work (I think you're a little off centre, Geometrical symmetry makes a photo perfect!)

I must say, I'm quite confused by the last one... what are you trying to accomplish with a bunch of trees tilted more than slightly?

Anyway, you probably didn't get the best day for the photos, I admit that they would have been a lot better if there wasn't a murky grey lingering everywhere.

Keep capturing, and the better you'll get!

Argh! So much beauty! ~Brain overloaded.
Lovely pics you've got there!
Please don't tell me you live there. That would be so...woah.
V-v-versailles?!
*starts mumbling about the Treaty Of Versailles for her History project*
Ahh, sorry, got carried away there.
So this is what Versailles looks like.
And I thought Paris would be more... Parisian XD
I guess its because I've mainly seen pictures taken at night,
With the bright lights and *cough* romantic atmosphere.
Good job

*dies*

OMG, I'd love to go the Paris. This is just so beautiful!

As for the crit, I'm afraid I'm not quite sure how to do photography. I suppose the best way to take better pictures is to really know how to work your camara? *flails* Sorry. I just think the bird's eye view of Paris is phenominal. I love pictures that shows an entire area, and it's even better if it's from above!

Ugh. I'm being unhelpful. But, even if I can't comment on your photography skills or techniques, I can say that you know when to take a picture!

~Evi

Whoa! That's beautiful! Do you live in Paris?? Lucky you if you do...I wish I did. I'm not good with photography, so I don't really have anything to critique here. The only thing I noticed was that some of the pictures were a little foggy, like the Basilique du Sacré Cœur...I'm not sure if that's the camera or not..But, if not, I would get a tripod or something to hold the camera steady. Anywayz, is the picture of the street the Champs-Elysees? It's beautiful! Great job on this...I wish I lived in France...Oh, and gold star for you!
fluteluvr77<3

Oh my lord, so beautiful!!! I'm jealous! I'm just beginning to embark on my journey with photography, so there's not much advice I can give you, other than to focus a bit better. Like fluteluvr77 said, some of the pictures seem a bit foggy and unclear.
I absolutely adore that second to last picture, of the Eiffel Tower. It's lovely.
You get a gold star.

Thank you all for your comments! Unfortunately, I do not live in Paris. I went for a week a few Springs ago. Someday I will live in France though. And England and Italy and Germany and Austria and Belgium! I hope to spend at least a month in all of those countries at some point in my life.

Anyway, I don't think it's the camera that made my pictures all foggy. That was my very unsteady hand. I'm not great at photography but I'm getting better.

Thanks again!
-Winter

Who-a! Winter! I am jealous! (June here, by the way!)

Now! Sure, there are ways to improve your photography, and as far as this goes, these are good. It's no use being all nitpicky on them since we know that you can't easily go back and retake the photos and these are mostly for remembering the trip.


But... wow! I'm jealous! You got so close to the Eiffel tower! Did you climb it?

Some places in New York look like these old French buildings. I wonder if the architects who designed them were French .

The lawn shot of the Eiffel tower is my favorite. I would do anything to be there right now! France is such a beautiful place, isn't it?

I actually like that horse one. It's sort of cute .

I'll come join you when you move there .


June

Wow! Thats some amazing looking architecture! I'm not much of a photography critiquer, but I'm impressed at how well you capture each monument/building. Very, very pretty!