Photo of the Week – February 8, 2013

I took this photo on a rainy evening last week on my way to a vernissage (gallery opening) for the exhibition of one of my favorite photographers. I got off the metro at Invalides to take bus no. 63 along the Boulevard Saint-Germain which would drop me off near the gallery. It was just after 6pm as I was waiting for the bus to show up, and I noticed that the Eiffel Tower was in it’s hourly sparkle state. The raindrops on the bus stop’s glass facade refracted the light from the tower and the oncoming traffic headlights. That combined with the early evening sky of blues and purples made for a picture perfect Paris evening. photo © Rachael Woodson