The tower was lighted up with golden yellow spot-lights with sparkling lights superimposed on it for 5 mins every hour when night fall. It turned the wrought iron into a fantasy tower of hopes.

Googled some facts and figures of the tower, found some impressive info to share about the lighting of Eiffel Tower:

25 mountain climbers for the 5 month installation: 20,000 special light bulbs (5,000 per side) attached one at a time ; 40 kilometers of strings of light and electrical cords ; 40,000 joints and 80,000 various metallic parts weighing 60 tons ; 230 enclosed lighting fixtures and electrical boxes ; 10,000 m² of safety nets ; 120 kilowatts of power ; Budget total: 4.55 million euros HT

How I captured the shot: When the sparkling light turned on, the whole tower produced patch-of-white after camera captured due to long exposure. So I decided to capture it when sparkling lights became dimmed. The overall dynamic range was still within the camera capability, hence one single shot at F9.0 and hyper-focus and in-camera evaluation metering mode.

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