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DaVinci Climax


DaVinci Climax
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Copyright: Niel Muller (docdexter) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 200 W: 0 N: 110] (661)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-05-06
Categories: Architecture
Camera: Canon Powershot A75
Exposure: f/5.0, 1/1000 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-12-15 2:49
Viewed: 546
Points: 22
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
I went on a trans-European tour earlier in 2006, and still have a few pics that I need to post on here.

This is a shot I really liked of the (in)famous Glass Pyramid at the Louvre Museum in Paris in France.
Louvre Pyramid(its proper name) serves as the main entrance to the catacombs of the museum and has in the meantime become a landmark for the city of Paris.
Commissioned by then French president François Mitterrand, it was built in 1989 by the architect I. M. Pei from New York. The structure, which was constructed entirely with glass segments, reaches a height of 20.6 meters (about 70 feet); its square base has sides of 35 meters (115 feet). The construction of the pyramid triggered considerable controversy, many people feeling that this futuristic edifice looks quite out of place in front of the Louvre Museum with its classical architecture.

I watched The DaVinci Code again on DVD the other day, and thought I have to post this shot! If you have seen the movie, you will understand...

I took this picture standing in the museum itself and pointed my trusty Canon Powershot(anything else on a 30-day trip would have been suicide!) upwards. I hope you like it!

No alterations done apart from resizing.
Some info on the Pyramid was obtained from www.wikipedia.com
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hello! great shot! fantastic capture! I really like it! TFS
:)

Nice POV and sharpness. The sky makes an excellent backdrop doesn't it. I have a similar picture in my gallery.
May be a little more saturation of colours. You could try channel mixer in PP7, I find that works really well.

It have definitively a funny effect on that perspective. Move the wheel on your moose to make it go up and down and as the photo reappear from the top of the screen there is a small illusion of transversal inflating of the image!
The sky as random and the structure as logic patern! Good contrast it result!

great composition and well seen
This is the place where one can just shoot left right and centre and always get great shots! Well done!

Hi Niel,
This is an interesting capture, another way to see and show the Pyramid of Le Louvre inside as a web.
I must say I have always some problems to see Le Louvre referred to "Da Vinci Code" ...
A real pity that a monument full of History could be linked to this commercial stuff.
Le Louvre doesn't need Da Vinci Code to be famous and well-known all over the world for years and years. The same for Leonardo (Da Vinci ...).
I see you had a nice trip in Europe :)
Have a nice day !
Sylvie
ps : btw, Paris is not in the centre of France but in the North and in Ile de France.

Great shot, interesting POV, i like the symmetry, lines and angles this photo creates. Well done.
Tracey

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  • milas Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2163 W: 381 N: 2155] (23154)
  • [2006-12-26 9:22]

Selam niel; güzel bir çalışma tebrikler

great composition/ pov, lightr handled very well. love the lines
jaco

hi neil, thanks for your comments on my work, this is a neat shot of the framing of this structure, well captured, thanks scott

Hello Niel.
Great shot and beautifull composition.
Very good seeing.
Regards Frans

Great POV, Niel! I should have thought about this when I was on the very same spot as you were. TFS,
Freddie :)

This shot looks good, but its too bad you weren't able to crop this shot in such a way as to not give out continuinty on either sides, btu I understand it would be frankly impossible.

Keep it up

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  • karith Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 935 W: 44 N: 848] (5751)
  • [2007-08-29 18:04]

What a treat to see this POV in your image! I can just imagine standing there looking up into this amazing assembly of glass segments and the network that holds it all together. Well done, and thanks for sharing!

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