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. B
{K:1815} 3/29/2008
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Wow This one is fantastic. I was looking at Julie's profile and saw your link/comment on her gargoyle. These are so eerie, but fascinating at the same time. I love the composition and positioning. The view/DOF is fantastic:)
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Julie Salles
{K:22654} 1/26/2008
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Hi Dave, looks like you had a much clearer day than I did while up there. This is a great shot. I took one of him as well but certainly not as good as your.
All the best.
Julie.
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John Hatz
{K:156973} 10/1/2007
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Holly... :-D that is spooky, I really don't want to see that statue at night hahaha...excellent photo my friend, very sharp the details of the statue AND AT THE SAME TIME excellent viewed background, with great focus there too...WOW....with f/3.5??? AMAZING!!!
Best regards!
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Anna Schulz
{K:1186} 10/31/2006
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hi dave, you dont believe it, but i did the same shot. good captured... anna
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Joćo F * Photography
{K:41945} 10/7/2006
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Dave S. great photograph my friend well done !!
rgds
jo
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Brenzef Shopovlev
{K:789} 6/18/2006
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Good shot, I like it!
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Kelly Duntley
{K:13889} 6/13/2006
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You went to Paris!!! Wow good for you. This is cool. The composition is facinating. I love how the DOF is concentrating on the gorgole and he is looking out over the city. A surreal feeling to it. A creative angle. I really like this as the tile is very accurate.
Kelly
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Fadel J
{K:13974} 6/5/2006
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Very beautiful composition, it looks like the statue is looking right at the tower. Very nice work!
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Dr. Rafael Springmann
{K:89517} 6/4/2006
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Hi Dave,
You must have had a lovely vacation! I know this place because Rachel's children lived in Paris quite a few years & we visited them often, baby-sat their children & visited all over Paris. To get so close to this Gorgoyle & get this marvelous photo, almost all Paris included, you probably climbed high up. Well chosen for critique.
Thank you for your coments on my recent photo & welcome home.
Best regards,
Rafi
I attach my, much lesser version of one of these monsters, taken from the ground.
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Roberto Baez Duarte
{K:5317} 6/3/2006
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good picture dave. my brother made one similar three years ago, he wrote a comment before me. here is another way to see the gargola
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alberto baez duarte
{K:8175} 6/3/2006
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It is very impressive how two people can see same image within 3 years difference....!!!mine was taken in 2003 in one of my visits to Paris..
We have taken almost the same shot ..!! I have to say congrats to you too..!!!
alberto.
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George Black
{K:102014} 6/1/2006
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Great shot, Dave. I know you had a wonderful visit and amassed a huge number of images. Unfortunately, I won't get back there this year for my regular fix, and so it's good to see that everything is OK there. If you drop me a note at my email address (foto-art@comcast.net), I'll fill you in on what's happening with me.
All the best,
--George
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Khaled Mursi Hammoud
{K:54005} 6/1/2006
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Very nice Paris city view Dave... welcome back my friend.
Khaled.
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Eb Mueller
{K:24960} 6/1/2006
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Good show, David! Glad to see you post again! This is perfect idea, and a sense of humour, too. This framing of the Eifel Tower is sensational and certainly not cliche!
Eb
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Arthur Kornienko
{K:9686} 6/1/2006
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Hope you had a great trip to a very historic City. Must have been lots to see. This is a nice shot of the Eiffel Tower and it's surroundings. The Gargoyle sure makes the shot look dramatic. Nice perspective Dave. Very good dof.
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Nigel Watts.
{K:5234} 5/31/2006
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Great city photograph, wonderful composition with the gargole, river and tower in the same shot
Nigel
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jessie voigts
{K:6772} 5/31/2006
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wow - great shot!!!!!! love it!! lucky you...i love paris. this photo is particularly redolent of all that is paris. i love the grey/blue skies - they seem apropo to the gargoyle's watch. thank you!! (can't wait to see more!)....
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Engy Farahat
{K:11591} 5/31/2006
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Welcome back Dave :)
great capture. and excellent angle.
and very beautiful details. well done
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Andre Denis
{K:66407} 5/30/2006
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Hi Dave,
I wondered where you had gotten to.
An excellent first post from a trip of a lifetime!
I am on the side of the people who think that the sky is just fine in this image. I'll tell you why... The gargoyle is a great subject and of course the beautiful city scape below is fabulous. Wonderful composition, by the way! I think having said all this, the sky is perfectly allright playing the second fiddle in this image. SSure, a dramatic sunset or forboding storm clouds might look great in there too, but the sort of neutral sky also serves the purpose of drawing us to the details of the city and the gargoyle. I like it the way it is.
Did you have to unravel any big mysteries at the Louvre while you were there? Did you visit Mary Magdelene under that inverted pyramid?
Andre
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Larry Quigley
{K:12887} 5/30/2006
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Great composition and perspective, Dave. Nicely done! Larry
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Shirley Grove
{K:5514} 5/30/2006
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Welcome back Dave!!!!
Hope you had a wonderful trip and looking forward to seeing the pics.
This is an amazing capture - I love it.
Regards
Shirley
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Mary Slade
{K:40338} 5/30/2006
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Welcome back - hope you enjoyed Paris Dave! Loooks like you saw lots of it. Amazing to get all this in while he looks over all. Great scale of things.
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jacques brisebois
{K:73883} 5/30/2006
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perfect pic Dave, very nice composition and DOF, a real nicely seen and done. Take care.
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Quix Photography
{K:20204} 5/30/2006
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Oh Wow... I love gargoyles.. have one at home myself called gorgon, mines a little bit smaller than this though, but I believe he protects my place just as vigilantly... lol.
Love the way you have this gargoyle to the left of frame looking out over Paris... the angle is exceptional (& a tad scary for those of us afraid of heights.. lol) so 10/10 for bravery just snapping this.
Love how you have caught some of the famous landmarks & you have the eiffel tower perfectly positioned here also. Even the river below right... you truly have captured it all here.
I see some would have prefered the bright sunlight & although I could see that being a bonus I do not think the subdued lighting harms this at all... I think the bleakness of this shot works well to bring out a forboding atmosphere.
Paris must have been fabulous... would love a trip there myself sometime... & I bet Notre Dame was amazing.. thank you for sharing some of your holiday with us... looking forward to some more of your shots.
Keep well & bright
Sue x
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vanessa shakesheff
{K:68840} 5/30/2006
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Great capture and fanatastic views..the gargoyle looks a bit menacing though..nessa
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NN
{K:26787} 5/30/2006
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I“m sure you had a great time in Paris! I hope this guy does his job properly :) A very good angle here, making the figure look huge and the big city so small.
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Yamil Saenz
{K:12434} 5/30/2006
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Dear Dave,
I hope you had a great vacation.
We missed your pictures and comments.
Excellent shot with magnificent details and dof.
Take care.
Yamil
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Larry Hammond
{K:16631} 5/30/2006
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Really love your choice of angle here Dave, first the gorgoyle, then the busy, busy city, so beautiful.
So happy for you to visit Paris, will be many beautiful photos from you, can't wait!!
Best, Larry
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Robert Chin
{K:22282} 5/30/2006
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Welcome back Dave.
Very good composition and exposure,no wonder Paris is safe.!LOL.
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Kenneth C. Long, Sr.
{K:4245} 5/30/2006
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Dave, very nice, well composed shot of the city, great detail, good job.
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Alison DuFlon
{K:36566} 5/30/2006
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What a wonderful view, i really like how you have made the gargoyle so prominent in the foreground, it does look like it is ruling the city. Wonderful composition, hope you had a great time. Alison
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Del Metheny
{K:25617} 5/30/2006
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Welcome back and I am looking forward to more photos. Very good composition in this one. Very well thouoght out. Del.
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A.L Carter
{K:567} 5/29/2006
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nice comp! Looking foward to see the Paris series.
Al
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Markus Scholz
{K:23722} 5/29/2006
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A classical view over Paris, with the Eiffel Tower as a good counterpoint to the devil looking down. Good to have the boat in the image.
Regards, Markus
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Hakan AKIRMAK
{K:15913} 5/29/2006
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Very nice work Dave! But I prefer colder color than this if I would take.
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Larry Fosse
{K:66493} 5/29/2006
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Dave!..you're back and you brought a friend...super composition...ove the Gargoyle in the corner of the frame...and fantastic cityscape
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Pat Oates
{K:3046} 5/29/2006
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Nice composition Dave. With the stone coloring of the gargoyle, the shot almost has a monochrome appeal.
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Dave Stacey
{K:150877} 5/29/2006
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Hi Miles, thanks for the commment! I agree it would look a lot better under other conditions, unfortunately that's the way it was when we were there, and there wasn't time to got back!
Dave.
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Laura Spell
{K:24080} 5/29/2006
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Very good Dave! I am looking forward to seeing Paris vicariously, through your photos. My paternal great grandma immigrated to this country from there. This is a well composed image, the colors and lighting seem good. Details are sharp. That gargoyle looks evil! lol
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Michael Charles
{K:4348} 5/29/2006
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One ugly creature. Very nice view...
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John Bohner
{K:8368} 5/29/2006
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I agree with Miles. On the other hand you got lucky (or did you wait) for a boat to fill the water space. The perspective of the gargoyle makes it appear it is looking at the Tower and that adds to the image as well. Good luck and thanks for sharing.
John B
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Miles Herbert
{K:1947} 5/29/2006
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Nice idea, but let down by the dull sky and poor lighting. Would imagine that this would look brilliant taken at dusk.
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Gregory McLemore
{K:35129} 5/29/2006
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What a well protected city, striking composing and capture, excellent work.
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