The nymph, wearing the golden chaplet and raising the golden torch, frames the Eiffel Tower, which is transformed into golden beauty by the golden sunset over the Seine in golden Paris.
The name for this image came easily for me.
Getting this image didn’t.
I had a free afternoon for sightseeing at the end of a business trip to Paris. I decided to end it by walking along the Seine from the Ile da la Cite and the pre fire Notre Dame, to the Louvre. My goal was to take a picture of the sun setting behind the Arc de Triomphe.
I was already tired by the time I started that walk and it was getting late. I hurried to get to the Arc to capture the best colors of the sunset. I must’ve been distracted as I went past the Louvre, thinking the Arc was closer to Pont Alexandre III. Upon arriving at that beautiful bridge, crestfallen, I realized my mistake.
Being out of time and too tired to make it back to the Arc, I decided to apply the “turn lemons into lemonade” philosophy, setting my tripod up near the nymph while enjoying the beautiful golden sunset over the majestic city.
Sometimes, lemonade can be very satisfying.