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Airports often offer interesting architectural elements. The Charles de Gaule (CDG) airport in Paris is certainly no exceptions. I took many pictures during my recent round trip to Marseille (I had a connection in Paris).

On my way over there, I took pictures in the ‘F Terminal’ where I was waiting for my connecting domestic flight. Most of the pictures are of details of the ceilings. In the connecting hub, corridors and ceiling were in concrete.

In the actual gate area, it was a mesh structure offering a lot of lines to work with.

On a precedent trip, I really liked the look of the gate area in Terminal E, used for international flights but I had to run to my plane to make it and took no pictures. On my return trip, I actually took an earlier first flight so that I could get more time waiting for my connecting flight in Terminal E.

The hub area just before looked similar to the hub in Terminal F, but with the ceiling in narrow wood planks, offering a different perspective.

Here is the actual gate area in Terminal E. In this first picture, it is early in the morning, with the sun just rising on the right.

Here is one end of the terminal. Some pictures were processed using a little bit of HDR technique, while some other are obtained by combining 2 exposures and using layer masks in Photoshop to avoid the overexposed situation through the windows.

 Larger versions and more in the album below.

CDG Airport, Paris, France