Crossing the Passerelle Léopold-Sédar-Senghor leads directly to the Jardin des Tuileries, a garden between the Louvre and Place de la Concorde. Catherine de’ Medici created this formal garden in 1564 and opened it publicly in 1667.

The well-groomed trees and the ornate architecture made for a delightful combination. Seeing this group, I zoomed to the maximum 120mm equivalent and further cropped in post. Not only did this frame the group more prominently, but it also created telephoto compression to make the background building loom larger. Combined with the trees, it formed an outside room within the garden.

I also wanted an architecture and garden picture, so I shot again at 120mm equivalent, though uncropped this time. I made sure the trees better framed the building.

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