Pictures from Europe (8.20.08-9.5.08)
Paris - Eiffel Tower from our hotel room
I have been back from my trip to Europe for a little over a week now and I finally sorted through hundreds of pictures. Amanda and I went to four cities in a 2.5 weeks: Paris, Berlin, Oswiecim/Auschwitz and Istanbul. We flew around everywhere and were lucky enough to stay in some decently priced nice hotels.
I trimmed all the pictures down to about 400, but also made a “best of” set on Flickr that sums up the whole trip in 117 pictures.
I also took a ton of video, so I’ll be making a video of that as soon as I find some time.
Check out the pictures on Flickr:
Paris, France (8.20.08-8.23.08, 9.3.08-9.5.08) (128 pics)
Berlin, Germany (8.23.08-8.27.08) (95 pics)
Oswiecim, Poland (8.27.08-8.28.08) (24 pics)
Istanbul, Turkey (8.28.08-9.3.08) (155 pics)
Best of Europe 2008 Set (117 pics)
Also below are some of my favorite pics:
Paris - Champ de Mars at night
Paris - The Louvre
Berlin - Brandenburg Gate
Oswiecim - Auschwitz Concentration Camp
Istanbul - The Grand Bazaar
Istanbul - Basilica Cistern
The Louvre in sepia would look really good.
Why did you pick the cities you did?
Chris
September 14, 2008 at 12:02 pm
Thanks man – I’ll flip it to Sepia and see if your photographic eye is right.
We went to those cities because Amanda hadn’t seen those cities in Europe yet…switched out Ireland for Paris because of distance, and also I was pushing for that because I haven’t been there before.
jeff chin
September 16, 2008 at 8:56 am
I used to have no desire to go to France… then I realized I love French food. Ireland is good times but downing a bottle of wine at a cafe is probably just an good.
I took the liberty: http://derecola.com/storage/ChinLouvre.jpg
Chris
September 16, 2008 at 9:40 pm
Sepia looks nice I suppose – do you think it looks better? I just always thought sepia made pics look old timey, but I don’t know much about it.
jeff chin
September 16, 2008 at 9:51 pm
Personally, I think the picture looks better. What makes the picture good as it’s taken is the play of light and dark; sun vs pyramid. The color, what little there is, doesn’t add any dimension to the photo and I’m usually a fan of taking it out it those situations. You want to highlight the contrast, which monochrome can help do. If you’re not a fan of sepia, a higher contrast b&w works too. Even what they call chromium monotone would work.
Chris
September 17, 2008 at 7:48 am