Paris in 36 hours!

[Schweppy]

2 of my mates came over Monday night and we were really bored so for a laugh I said, lets drive to Paris!

Half hour later and we were packed, had a £14 return ferry from Dover to Dunkirk booked and a full tank of diesel. (Managed to borrow mates Saab 93)

1 of the guys drove there and I drove all the way back! We were shattered! Leaving at 10pm, we arrived in Paris at 8 yesterday morning. A quick 3 hour power nap was needed in the car and then we spent 8 hours visiting the Eiffel Tower, Louvre and Arc de Triomphe! We left at about 9 last night and got home at 6.30 this morning.

What a day!

All photos were taken on my new Canon 400d with standard Lens. As you can probably see, I'm still learning how to use it!

One thing i'm not getting used to is shooting in RAW and then having to manually adjust! The photos look quite dull i think, and also the sky is completely textureless.

 

[b3nje]

first eiffle tower pic is class.


me and my mates always come up with ideas like this yet we never have the cahooners to do it

 

[Fletcher]

Good stuff.

I do like Paris

 

[Beef-Mc]

Lol what a way to spend a day off

Pretty cheap ferry as well.

 

[BenWall]

Its the best when you do it like that, just go three on impulse. Im going to be doing it some weekend soon.

 

[b3nje]

like conteo - yeah i'm doing this impulse thing 3 weeks on friday.

 

[Schweppy]

LOL, beat me to it!

 

[James.]

Skys can be sorted by PP. Unless it actually is just a grey dull type of day!

 

[JR]

Sounds mint, lol at the Saab.

 

[dick]

pmsl conteo. ahh dear that did make me laugh...

is there a sky there?

just shoot jpeg, and set levels in camera for what you are doing.
its not worth shooting raw all the time imo. just raw and jpeg the raw incase u need to go really the big, the jpeg for normal, save PPing time.

ye the sky is blown out, welcome to the world of correct exposure! could have set and AEB up and HDR'd them to put some sky in.
or get an ND grad-grey. or a polariser. or just stop down a bit, things can be brightened up but cant really rectify things completely blown out.

 

[mace¬]

The Eiffel tower one looks good, like the angle. Sounds like a good road trip.

 

[-Leigh-]

That was just crazy.

Could you still see that huge dent in your car from the top of the tower?

 

[ukaskew]

Can't see the pics yet (at work, no Photobucket access) but sounds like a great trip.

I did Venice in 36hrs last year, was a bit more planned than your trip but was still great fun, amazing what you can pack in when you just blitz it!

 

[jayxx83]

amazing story mate. impulse ones are the best!

 

[Leeshez]

Looks like fun.

 

[Tigger]

Love the "random mad notion" expeditions - get quite a few between me & my best mates

2nd shot of the tower is cool

 

[Schweppy]

^ lol. There are plenty more of my mates doing silly poses under it!