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The great Lady from Paris


The great Lady from Paris
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Copyright: corinne corinne (coquelicot79) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 587 W: 222 N: 1925] (7792)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-06-23
Categories: Architecture, Artwork, Nocturnal, Mood
Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ7
Exposure: f/2.8, 1/4 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-06-25 20:26
Viewed: 388
Points: 46
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [French]
Who is thus the Eiffel Tower?

Date of birth: March 31, 1889 (flag at the top poses), built for the World Fair which was to celebrate the centenary of the French revolution
Age: 117 years

Contractor: Gustave Eiffel & Co
Engineers: Maurice Koechlin & Emile Nouguier Architect: Stephen Sauvestre
Studies: Started in 1884
Construction: 1887 - 1889 (2 years, 2 months and 5 days)

Composition: 18 038 metal parts,
2 500 000 rivets W
eight of the metal frame: 7 300 tons total
Weight: 10 100 tons
Height: 324 m (height with antenna)
A number of steps: 1665

A number of visitors until December 31, 2006:
229 623 812

Owner: The town of Paris

To repaint it every 7 years, one needs 50 tons of painting! Work of painting is made by a team of 25 painters and lasts one year!

To light it the evening one uses 352 projectors of 1.000 Watts each one.

A little history:

- In 1889, an American ambassador came to visit the Eiffel Tower equipped in cow servant boy with long hair, it was called: Buffalo Bill!

- Did you know how the Parisian ones adjusted their watch between 1900 and 1914? And well, in top of the Eiffel Tower, there was a gun and all days, at midday exactly, one fired the gun and thus everyone was per hour!!! Amusing, not?

- It was even sold!! And yes, a swindler, Victor Lustig had explained to a scrap merchant that the Eiffel Tower was going to be demolished and that it could recover iron. It had manufactured forged identity paperss of the Town of Paris and the poor naive scrap merchant had bought the tower, finally it had believed it!


And of the records, it still saw not badly this Eiffel Tower of it:

In 1934, one had installed on it the largest thermometer of the world, a 160 meters height giant thermometer!

In 1938, the King of England George V and the Queen Elizabeth came to Paris and to accomodate them, one hung to the Eiffel Tower an English flag which were 40 meters long and 30 meters broad and only weighed with him... 120 kilos.

to finish with his anecdotes, in 1969, one installed a skating rink there!!! and the first to have tested it it was a bear of the circus of Moscow which one had made assemble there high

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Started from Niort, my Virginia daughter and me, went to Paris so that it attends the concert of group MUSE with her brother who joined us over there. Me, I had five hours to await them and to walk me as a tourist with my camera in Paris, of course I could not not missed the traditional Eiffel Tower into night, some will say that I made in the very traditional one, it to me is true but how want you to lead especially in Paris and to find a parking space in if little time when you have some concern with your health (I will acknowledge it good once for all, because I know that now you regard me as a photographer like the others but I suffer from multiple sclerosis and if I walk well still, I don't run any more it a service, continue to regard me as before this declaration, I like the life, so unquestionable that its disease will not have the last word, I am too talkative lolll and one does not speak about it any more)

But these 5 hours enabled me to discover a small charming place in edge of the Seine, the gardens of the Palate of Tokio, where I enjoyed my first raspberry of the year offered by a very nice Japanese woman, I you would speak again about it and would show you the stereotypes of this pleasant place.


I spent a beautiful even short day and I brought back in the night my two children to Niort where Sunday was one day to sleep deserved well

Thank you for your congratulations for the passage for the 200 photographs on TL, I kiss you.
Photograph2u, eyusuf, allanbarredo, Liberty, Niva, eyesthetix, perryhooter, crabmistress, JohnTulip, tet, s_a_s_h_a, jean11-3, xvs1100, gnada has marked this note useful
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Excellent poster Corinne! Very good composition. Thanks for sharing
Allan

Humm Super POV. Tres jolie. Superbe capture, Belle photo de nuit.

Merci de partager.

Salutations, Josée

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  • jentt Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 236 W: 74 N: 372] (2646)
  • [2007-06-26 3:11]

Bonjour Corinne
Une très jolie vue nocturne de la tour Eiffel parée de son habit de lumière. Elle se détache parfaitement bien sur ce ciel lourd et les reflets dans l'eau sont du plus belle effet. Un grand bravo.
Merci de partager...
Amicalement
Antoine

Such a photogenic structure as this deserves that such a good photograph as this be taken of it. The colour and light is magnificent. I'm impressed by the sky, it seems to add some drama to the image.

bonjour Corinne
bonne prise nocturne, à l'heure bleue, ce qui donne des couleurs intéressantes...
352 projecteurs de 1.000 Watts ! quelle débauche d'énergie ! après on nous parle d'économies d'énergie... enfin, passons...
la seine et les jolis reflets, peut-être que ça coûte cher la tour eiffel, mais quelle jolie décoration :)
jolie prise bien nette, bravo
amicalement
jo

Bonjour Corinne :o)
Ah je vois que le voyage-éclair à la capitale a permis de faire quelques clichés :o) Elle est vraiment belle notre Dame de fer, encore plus la nuit ... sacrée ambiance que j'adore et qui ne me lasse pas ! Bravo !
Bisoussss poulette ;o)
Marylou

bonjour Corinne
splendide ta grande Dame de Paris.
jolies couleurs chaudes
tu fais concurence à Lionel...je blague.;;
amitiés

jojo

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  • Danert Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 517 W: 10 N: 790] (3691)
  • [2007-06-26 13:03]

Bonjour Corinne,
Elle est magnifique cette prise de vue . Elle me rapelle également de bon souvenir de cette grande dame pour l'avoir visité en 2004, comme si c'était hier . On dirait que la photo a été prise de l'avenue New York de l'autre côté de la Seine . Encore un beau travail bien exécuté .
Daniel

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  • tibig Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 665 W: 26 N: 682] (7539)
  • [2007-06-26 13:37]

An interesting and pleasant view upon this almost too much photographed landmark. Very good colours and classical composition.
Regards,
Tibi

beaux commentaires, Corinne et cette photo me donne juste envie d'aller faire un tour vers notre belle capitale
bonne soirée
Josy

j'ai vu le commentaire pour ton toutou jespère qu'il s'est bien remis

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  • Niva Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 975 W: 0 N: 593] (7039)
  • [2007-06-26 20:12]

A Torre Eiffel!!! Sempre, um lindo Cartâo Postal!
Uma excelente fotografia, Corinne. Já estive aí e fui até o estágio mais alto, com uma vista magnífica!
I liked your narratives, too!
Um abraço, amicalement!
Nivaldo

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  • pathy Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 417 W: 38 N: 70] (1734)
  • [2007-06-27 3:48]

vraiment une tres belle photo nocturne de notre dame de fer ! je retourne à paris dans un mois et il me tarde !! je vais partir avec plein de cartes mémoire !!!! si tu veux je te mets un lien sur une de mes photos parisiennes ... tu me diras ce que tu en penses http://fr.treklens.com/gallery/Europe/France/photo86581.htm
bonne journée corinne

virginie

Corinne,
brilliant lowlight exposure.
Good composition and nice colours.

Best regards, Daniel

Bonjour corinne,supebe vue de la Tour Eiffel! De tres jolis tons de nuit. Tres belles lumieres et le reflet dans l'eau jusqu'a nous est un tres bon lead-in.

Bravo! Yan :)

pl

Hello my friend

Lovly capture here, really excellent POV and lighting is superb.

TFS regards Helen

This was worth waiting for , it is beautiful. I just say: wonderfull! TC
Rob

C ..great colors and good framed!

I like the distance to the objekt too!

JT

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  • tet Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 411 W: 40 N: 198] (3459)
  • [2007-08-04 23:06]

a very nice postcard! love the framing. good exposure too.

well done!
tet

Hi Corinne,
Excellent night shot of Eiffel Tower. The colors and light is magnificent and dramatic.
Good work.

Best Regards,
Alex

Hi Corinne,

This is such a wonderful picture of the tower. It is truly a fascinating piece of engineering and your image does it justice.

The colours and lighting are superb for the feeling you want to portray and the POV and compo are spot-on.

TFS

Dirk

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  • gnada Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2156 W: 58 N: 2598] (14437)
  • [2007-08-16 11:54]

Hi Corinne...
Excellent shot, i like it this colors, sharpness and very beautiful view.
Bravo, George

coucou corinne

ah oui, fais attention à toi.... ;)
tu as bien réussis cette prise de vue de cette grande dame,
un superbe cadrage, bravo à toi
Nadine...

Salut Corinne,
D'abord merci pour ton commentaire sur mon écureuil.
Ensuite, félicitations pour cette photo de la grande dame. Elle est très réussie. Le jaune de son éclairage ressort très bien sur le fond sombre du ciel.
Merci pour tes notes très interessantes...et bon courage pour la maison...
Amicalement,
Stephane.

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