Eiffel Tower

I took this shot from the roof of a tour bus in Paris. The conditions to take a shot from a moving vehicle is not always ideal, since you are moving while taking pictures. I did have to make a few adjustments in Lightroom and Photoshop to correct some lens distortion that did result from taking the shot under these conditions. Pictures like this are always challenging to take since there are often people in front of the desired image that you would prefer not to include in the shot, and it is hard to hold the camera still while moving. However I was fortunate that this was not a major problem in this instance. The light for this shot was quite nice, and I always prefer to have a cloudy sky similar to this case, whereas a clear blue sky can often be uninteresting and dull. The people in the middle distance created an interesting feeling to the overall image.

Le Mont Saint- Michel France

Recently my wife and I took a trip to Paris and central France. Our tour included Paris itself, and central France. The Paris part of the trip was mostly done on foot and by the metro, while central France was seen by bus. Much of the trip included seeing much of the cultural aspects of France, such as the Louvre, several cathedrals in Paris, museums, and several well known tourist attractions. The central France tour was an education in French culture and history.
I brought my Leica M9 with me to document the trip, and take as many scenic photographs as possible, not only for the photography itself, but also as future reference for my watercolour painting. The Leica is the perfect camera for a trip like this. It  is light weight and not too noticeable by people you want to photograph. I brought only one lens, my 28 mm Summicron, and it worked very well as an all purpose lens. It is a wide angle lens, but I tend to take more wide angle shots anyway.
This is a shot of the cathedral at Le Mont Saint-Michel, which is on the coast of France, on a sort of Peninsula. This is a close up of the cathedral at the top of the rock outcrop, in evening light.