Paris Sky Over the Grand Palais and Pont Alexandre III

3 October 2017 · Paris

Cumulus clouds stack deep over the Esplanade des Invalides, dominating a Paris skyline that holds its ground just enough. The Grand Palais dome and the gilded column of Pont Alexandre III anchor the horizon — present, but not competing. The sky is the subject; the architecture is the frame that gives it scale. Classic Haussmann lamp posts and an autumn-green lawn keep the foreground grounded while everything above it moves.