Being There (Page 3): Very impressive Bob, especially in download. :sm24: :sm24:...

Stash Loc: South Central Massachusetts

Very impressive Bob, especially in download.

Bizzy Loc: North Carolina

Love that you show the tower from a different perspective than the usual photo. Great job.

rkramer1

You mention the size of the tower. 30 some years ago we were in the eating level and decided to walk down. Down should be no problem right. Our legs were so sore we could go down any stair for three days.

Robert M Loc: Clifton, NJ

An amazingly artistic image. Thanks SO MUCH for sharing it with us! Always a joy to view your posts!

Bob Yankle Loc: Burlington, NC

infocus wrote:

A unique shot of the Eiffel Tower, never seen one like that before. Love the PP.

Thanks John. It's a magical place in many respects.

Bob Yankle Loc: Burlington, NC

Snap Shot wrote:

WOW! Never thought it was that big before...fantastic perspective Bob!

Thanks Bill. Well, you gotta think that any monument that towers over the city and that you can see from miles around has just got to be big, riight?

Bob Yankle Loc: Burlington, NC

waltchilds wrote:

Bob, you have really created a beautiful image here, love how you processed it.

Thank you Walt. I put just the edge of a neo-impressionism paint-style on it. I especially like the lawn that runs away down to am impressive building at the end of the park.

Bob Yankle Loc: Burlington, NC

jaymatt wrote:

The people certainly do give the structure magnitude. Nice photo, Bob.

Thanks John. The people are a trick I learned from Minniev .. to give scale to a well known scene, and add a bit of humanity as well.

Bob Yankle Loc: Burlington, NC

Stash wrote:

Very impressive Bob, especially in download.

Thank you Stash. Yep, there's a bit more detail in there that was equally as impressive as the view.

Bob Yankle Loc: Burlington, NC

Bizzy wrote:

Love that you show the tower from a different perspective than the usual photo. Great job.

Thank you Bizzy. It was certainly different than anything I had ever seen before. And effective.

boberic Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander

Bob Yankle wrote:

Paris, 2008 - an idyllic time. Neo-impressionist painting, with perspective on a grand scale.

Adding people for scale shows folks just how large the Eiffel Tower really is.

A wonderful use of perspective. The history of the tower is interesting. Eiffel built the tower as an exhibit fo the 1889 Worlds Fair in Paris. It was such a fantastic success that the Chicago Exhibition 4 years later was afraid the their fair would be a faiure. As a result the hired a man named Ferris to construct a competitive exhibit, Hence the Ferris Wheel. ( as an aside my sister once asked me how I know all this trivia-- my response--I have a mind full of trash)

Bob Yankle Loc: Burlington, NC

rkramer1 wrote:

You mention the size of the tower. 30 some years ago we were in the eating level and decided to walk down. Down should be no problem right. Our legs were so sore we could go down any stair for three days.

Thank you rkramer. I know that feeling.

Bob Yankle Loc: Burlington, NC

Robert M wrote:

An amazingly artistic image. Thanks SO MUCH for sharing it with us! Always a joy to view your posts!

Thank you Robert. Apart from the people, the detail in the arches added some great scale too.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Bob, a really nice bit of photographic work. It's also the first photo, that I can recall, of the tower that gives one the sense of its size.
--Bob

Bob Yankle wrote:

Paris, 2008 - an idyllic time. Neo-impressionist painting, with perspective on a grand scale.

Adding people for scale shows folks just how large the Eiffel Tower really is.

Bob Yankle Loc: Burlington, NC

boberic wrote:

A wonderful use of perspective. The history of the tower is interesting. Eiffel built the tower as an exhibit fo the 1889 Worlds Fair in Paris. It was such a fantastic success that the Chicago Exhibition 4 years later was afraid the their fair would be a faiure. As a result the hired a man named Ferris to construct a competitive exhibit, Hence the Ferris Wheel. ( as an aside my sister once asked me how I know all this trivia-- my response--I have a mind full of trash)

Thanks Boberic. Trivia is NOT synonymous with trash ..... it's ever so much more interesting (and cleaner by far).