1/4? handheld? wtf?

nice. any reason for those candles?

nice. The nuit blanche here in Paris was quite photographically interesting as well.

I notice that you have labeled this one as handheld.
My question is, how do you get a 1/4s shot so crisp and sharp without a tripod?

Awesome!

How is it that the bags didn't catch on fire? :-)

Nice capture, I had so much fun exploring the city during Nuit Blanche. But I missed this one!

In the southwestern United States and especially in New Mexico, candles in paper bags are called "luminarios". On Christmas Eve, residents of Albuquerque and other parts of New Mexico place luminarios on their sidewalks, roofs, etc. as Christmas decorations.

The tradition is to fill the bag with about an inch or two of sand. The candle is then placed inside the bag and lit. In theory if the candle burns all the way down the sand will keep the bag from catching fire.

In honour and worship to the Postal Gods, all bow! :-D

Cool shot.

Interesting photo you've captured here. Is it normal for the candles to be placed around like that? I've never seen it before.

Interesting shrine. Is "nuit blanche", white night, like what they call "take back the night" in Ottawa? A night for women to (try to) take back the ability to feel free to walk in the city at night. Or any time of day perhaps.

The US, and we here in Canada, speak of being free - but there is much that is still locked up with fear, hate, and ignorance.

We have freedom of speech here - if you're ready to die for what you say. Just like anywhere.

*sigh* This image instantly made me think of my beloved Canon 30d, which cold and cruel Canada Post lost and never brought home to me. So sad....

I really like this one; there is a certain humour to it, too. It looks as though the mailbox is giving a speech to an attentive (albeit flickering) audience!

what are the candles in the paper bags supposed to represent?

Is that considered art?!?

for a second, it looked like a candle light vigil and "shot at nuit blanche" sounded like a murder.

Yeah, luminarias actually. I live in New Mexico and we do them for Christmas and New Years and line them up around my yard. They look good. Nice pic Sam

That's almost as signigicant as the great fog installation you pictured earlier. No, it's not art; fun, though.

Funny and nice, I didn't know that "la nuit blanche" had the same name there as here in Paris.

Weird but interesting.

Perhaps they are celibrating the Christmas cards that came by post or mourning all those letters that have been lost?

I can get pretty slow at 17mm but I don't think I have tried 1/4. Were you propped against something? Very nice though and you picked a goos scene to center the subject with. We can't always get aways with that. Very good Sam. Glad you got this photoposted again.