Arc de Triomphe and Eiffel Tower, Place de l'Étoile, Paris

4 October 2017 · Paris

From street level at Place de l'Étoile, the Arc de Triomphe fills the right edge of the frame while the Eiffel Tower holds the horizon a kilometre behind it — two landmarks sharing one composition, each keeping its own scale. The cobblestone roundabout leads the eye between them under a sky that has broken just enough to let flat, even light settle across the stone façade. Autumn traffic moves through the foreground, indifferent to the architecture overhead. Paris compresses centuries into a single sightline; this frame catches the compression.