This was a lovely couple I met in Paris who allowed me to do portraits of them in front of the Tower. It was a beautiful day, a bit cloudy, and poetic in its own right. I later emailed these photos to the missus with my best attempt in my very broken French. Her email reply? “Thank you for the photos. The photos are really lovely but your French, however, is not.”
Ah, should’ve paid more attention in French class!
This is my version of the theme Close, as part of the weekly photo challenge that can be found here.
how very french of them..
great shot through..
Emma, I smiled when I saw her email – I totally thought the same thing!! Thanks for your comment
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Lovely photo
NN – Thank you
Really appreciate your comment.
Lovely!
Thank you Fergiemoto! So wonderful of you to stop by and to leave a comment!
Sweet
Thank you Madhu! So excited that you stopped by and left a comment!
Yes very French, tell it like it is!Lovely photo,so romantic!
GG – Thank you! It is truly romantic, that was a perfect day and love was certainly in the air!
omg … GREAT shot!!! so romantic!!!
Thanks Stephen, for your comment and for stopping by! It was truly a romantic moment (although I’ll admit that 10 minutes later, some kids kind of changed the aura when they started filming for their zombie movie. Not making this up)
haha! nothing like a few zombies to put a damper on a special moment … i hate when that happens!!!
beautiful photo – love how their bodies echo the tower
B&W is so evocative – ah, amour…
Iris
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Iris, your comments are always so thoughtful. And it’s true – funny how I didn’t realize until now that this was the aesthetic appeal of this photo. Thank you, as always, for stopping by!
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Now that is truly romantic… I love the mystery of not seeing their faces too.
Thank you eof! And special thanks for sharing your thoughts. They were lovely people, to be sure, but only being able to see their body language gives the photo a cool symmetry that certainly mimicks the Tower, no?
It does compliment the tower image… Great job!
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Really lovely, the b & w lends it a lovely feeling of nostalgia! xxx
Thanks Ail! It was one of those cloudy, overcast days, and I felt that the b&w did a better job of capturing the mood. Awesome of you to stop by and leave a comment. Thanks!
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What a lovely photo! The French, however, take their language very seriously, and are unfortunately often a little unforgiving in their criticism!