That is correct. I learned that the last time I visited Paris (2000). This time we will visit the tower at night, just before leaving for home.
Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 10:15 PM, John Sessoms <johnsess...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Interestingly, they're both work by Gustav Eiffel. > > Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi designed the Statue of Liberty, but it was > Eiffel who did the engineering work that made the construction possible. > > > On 4/5/2017 16:45, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > >> Thanks, Ken. >> >> You will note that this is an iPhone image, not one taken with a DSLR. >> Also, it was a "Grab" shot, as our river cruise boat was turning around. >> I >> took it because I like the juxtaposition of the two, each strongly >> associated with one particular locale thousands of miles apart. The >> statue >> of liberty apparently is a small version made by the sculptor in the >> process of preparing for the bigger version, and the city of Paris decided >> to install it on the Seine so folks would see it. Previously, it was >> hidden away in the Luxembourg Gardens where it was hardly notice. >> >> I will play with the image a bit when I get home, and your advice will be >> helpful in trying to make it stronger. but it is what it is. >> >> >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> >> On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 1:12 PM, Ken Waller <kwal...@peoplepc.com> wrote: >> >> Ah, so they finally took the Statue back ! <;+) >>> >>> Great subjects but moving your point of view slightly to the right to >>> omit >>> the building on the right and shooting in the portrait orientation would >>> improve the shot - the space to the left of the tower doesn't add >>> anything. >>> YMMV >>> >>> Kenneth Waller >>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel J. Matyola" < >>> danmaty...@gmail.com> >>> Subject: PESO: Two Icons >>> >>> >>> Along the Seine >>> >>>> https://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2017/ >>>> 4/5/two-icons >>>> iPhone 6S >>>> Comments are invited >>>> >>>> Dan Matyola >>>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >>> > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
