Ghosts in the Enchanted Garden—In André Le Nôtre’s Parc de Sceaux gardens, the fountains are only turned on for holidays. Consider the incredible engineering feat it was to create this display in the seventeenth century!

I photographed the water display in the Parc de Sceaux from the top of the progression of fountains to show the sequential nature. I also used two shutter speeds: one faster, intended to capture the water in motion, and one slower in order to show a smoothing effect on the water in the pools and to capture the reflections. The point of this complicated process was to show both silky slow-motion water along with crisp spray from the fountains.

Nikon D800, 70mm, six total exposures; three exposures at f/8 and ISO 320, with shutter speeds ranging from 1/500 to 1/80 of a second; and three additional exposures at f/32 and ISO 50, with shutter speeds ranging from 1/6 of a second to 1.3 seconds; tripod mounted.