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Post by Peter S. on May 7, 2007 6:01:54 GMT -5
Dear fellow camera collectors, I spent quite some time to photograph the cathedral of Notre Dame. I found this as the best point to photograph it: On the other hand, the main facade is pretty impressive too: I took a small peek inside, too - but didn't have the time to visit the tower :-( I hope I come back to Paris some day! Best regards Peter
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Post by SidW on May 7, 2007 7:33:17 GMT -5
Very nice. Brings back memories. As you say there aren't many angles you can get at big buildings in a city (and after all Notre Dame is exposed on an island). Roughly from where you took the first picture there is (or used to be) a bouquiniste who specialised in pages of Gregorian music (removed from old worn out missals).
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Post by nikonbob on May 7, 2007 10:53:36 GMT -5
As you mentioned it is very difficult to photograph but you managed well. We were lucky enough to be at a regular Sunday service and the choir was excellent.
Bob
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Post by doubs43 on May 7, 2007 11:51:33 GMT -5
Nicely done, Peter. I think it's difficult to take a "bad" picture of such a magnificent structure.
Walker
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Post by herron on May 7, 2007 14:45:59 GMT -5
Peter: Those are nice pictures. I particularly like the first two. Low light (early morning or late afternoon) is wonderful for its atmospheric effects. I was in Paris last year only long enough to say I'd been there...passing through on my way from Amsterdam to Venice...so I never had a chance to see these (or any other) impressive Parisian sights!
I'm particularly impressed by the very vertical lines on that facade shot. Did you do any work in PS on the perspective?
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Post by Peter S. on May 8, 2007 2:35:52 GMT -5
Dear friends,
Thank You for Your encouraging words!
Ron, I adjusted the perspective in at least two thirds of the pictures I took. I didn't want to bring my rare Shift Rokkor lens with me. Besides this Minolta shift lens has only 35mm focal length. It is pretty good, but the usefulness is limited, as one most of the time needs a 24mm lens. But the number 1 and 2 from above were taken with a 35mm lens. Number 3 with a 100mm lens. Here I did make the bottom edge dark, as this was washed out by the bright light shining through the door.
I am very happy I was able to be there. But as I might have told You Paris is only 400km away from the place where I was born. I never have been there - but I always was shure, that I would be able to visit it sooner or later. I am eager to visit northern Italy (Rome, Milan, Firenze), Madrid, and the west coast of Turkey (Ephesos, Pamukkale). But I am not running short of time...
Best regards Peter
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Post by herron on May 8, 2007 9:35:53 GMT -5
I really enjoyed Italy.
My favorite spots: Naples, in the south (if you're there you must visit the Amalfi coastline - simply breathtaking)! Then, Florence, and the whole Tuscan region in the north. I could spend lots of time in either place (assuming I could afford to)!
;D
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Post by Peter S. on May 8, 2007 12:40:08 GMT -5
Oh Ron,
You are talking on a serious issue "assuming I could afford to". These days more and more Italians are starting to have their holidays in Germany, since they could no longer afford Italy :-( . Italy has become as expensive as Switzerland, but it is far less perfect...
Best regards Peter
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Post by herron on May 8, 2007 14:28:12 GMT -5
Must be all those foreign tourists..........LOL!!! ;D
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