I was lucky enough to spend a few weeks in an amazing apartment right next to the Eiffel Tower.

Panoramas are my true passion and I was looking for a great spot with a view to take some panos above the rooftops of Paris.

Every night at midnight, the Eiffel Tower turns of it’s lights. But what many people do not know, is that it starts sparkling one more time at exactly 1 am.

So while everyone has gone home to bed, the most magic moment happens when the Tower is pitch  black, but thousands of tiny flashes light it up for about 10 minutes. They all go off randomly which is purpose, however if you take a long exposure of a few seconds, you will notice that all those flashes will have gone off a few times each. What I love the most about long exposures is that you can record time. Something us humans can not do, so once the 3-6 second exposure was done, you end up with a beautiful Eiffel Tower completely built from those flashes. The whole structure of it is visible on your photo – something that is invisible to the eye.

I was amazed by this and so I stayed up every night til 1am and experiemented with this effect.

I think it is easier to let the photo speak, and you will see what I mean.

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