Hidden traboules

A total stranger would never guess what is hidden behind old Lyon's wooden doors...

One of the famous 'traboules' could lead you to a charming little courtyard, or an ancient-looking stone staircases, or reveal some curious architecture details :-)

Traboule well

Traboule balconey

Ancient and modern

By the river

A few views that caught my eyes while strolling along the Saône :-)

By bike

Bridge on the Saone

A red footbridge

Wall geometry

Whether it is a diagonal, a vertical or a horizontal line I love playing with geometry. Buildings are some very interesting subjects to choose for that purpose, since they offer a rather easy-to-spot symmetrical environment.

After taking those pictures separately and gathering them together afterwards, I thought they would make a pretty color scale, from yellow to pink - what do you think?

Yellow walls

Orange walls

Exotic wall

Lyon colors: golden bricks

OK that's a lot of color-themed articles... But how could I help - Lyon is so full of colors!

It has been raining a lot today, so I do need some sunny colors - here are a few golden bricks to chase this gloomy weather away :-)

Top of the stairs

Golden stone

Chazay street

Ancient arches

Old, damaged, concealed and maybe forgotten remains of a magnificent past... But many a random passerby will dream of the day when their prestige will be restored :-)

Ancient house

Closed door

Askew

Blue blue sky

♪♪♪ Someday I'll touch the blue, blue sky ♪♪♪

Bus lines

Suspended

Happy as can be

Portrait of my friend's dog :-) What a happy face, right?

Smiling face

Om nom nom

Happy as a dog

Lyon colors: pink shades

Colors are definitely a strong feature in Lyon! I can not resist gathering again several pictures on a color theme...

I fell in love with the pink-striped walls below - pink is not my favorite color at all, yet I think the contrast with the green tropical plants or this gray parapet wall was just too eye-catching to be ignored :-D

Exotic wall

Pink waves

Bridges over the Saône & Rhône

A few metal bridges crossing the rivers Saône and Rhône...

I love their thin outline, sometimes wrapped up with stone parts :-)

College footbridge

Buildings reflection

Banks of the Rhone

Street lamps

A focus on some street lamps - in Lyon again as you might have guessed :-)

Pink and white

Traboule archs

Changed their mind

Lyon colors: orange and pink

I've taken so many pictures of Lyon last year (maybe a little too much ^^) and don't know where to begin! So many things have caught my eyes there, from the beautifully colored walls to the magnificent old bridges that cross the Saône and the Rhône...

Let's start with some color samples: vibrant orange and pink were my favorite :-)

Pink to orange

Purple traboule

A touch of color

Photo mash-up #22

And today theme will be: STRIPES...

These striped walls in Rouen really caught my attention :-)

Happy 'stripes' day :-)

Frankfurt am Main

I made a little trip to Frankfurt in May and was really enthusiastic at the sight: many a nice building and beautiful places all around the city :-)

As you can see, I also used my phone as a camera - not so bad as I expected but still not my favorite type of photography!

Magnificent building

Skyline behind old opera

Lake park

Forest trip

Another trip through a nearby forest with friends of mine - the weather was really hot, happily enough I could use my camera as an excuse to stop and catch my breath ;-)

Soft wings

Battle within the leaf

Little wild strawberry

Long time no sea

It has been a long time already since my last article, I must confess that I've been a little too busy in the meantime and totally put my blog aside for a while... But I really missed composing and pairing similarly-themed photos so here I am, back to my usual hobby :-)

Among the maaaaany thing I've explored recently, I visited a small city in Normandie, Granville - and the 3h-trip by train was definitely worth it!

I couldn't bring my camera with me at that time as I feared the sea spray and the sand would cause a little too much damage to my Sony camera, so I used my newly bought Iphone (I know I know, yielding to fashion...) and the results were not so bad as I thought: one can make pretty correct pictures with a phone, now (I always doubted it^^).

A few examples of the beautiful sea - Normandie is not always rainy :-)

View on St Michel

Wave of turquoise water

Some water away

Photo mash-up #21

Today theme will be: BUSTED & GREEN :-)

Happy 'busted despite the green' day :-)

Pastel vibes

Some delicate colors in pastel shades :-)

Strange nope

Caterpillar on the road

Water dance