Pictures Taken By you...

[ClaesGefvenberg]

You really captured the Trevi Fountain well, Claes. That's not an easy picture to take. The fountain is very wide and there isn't usually enough room to back up to get it. And there is always a crowd of people in front blocking the view.

Thank's... Yes, you're right about the crowd: They were there. The place was absolutley jammed with people, so I had to resort to my bag of tricks: I simply held the camera as high above my head as my arm would reach when I snapped that picture. Not an easy feat with the slow shutter speed I had to use, I assure you. I had to and hold my breath in order to keep it reasonably steady.

Claes, you can either paint those guys out of the foreground (I do things like that all the time in Adobe or Photoshop) or you can just crop up higher than they are - you have room. It would improve the shot.

You're right, it would. I just haven't bothered, that's all.

/Claes

[Virgil]

Thank's... Yes, you're right about the crowd: They were there. The place was absolutley jammed with people, so I had to resort to my bag of tricks: I simply held the camera as high above my head as my arm would reach when I snapped that picture. Not an easy feat with the slow shutter speed I had to use, I assure you. I had to and hold my breath in order to keep it reasonably steady.

That's true you must have used a slow shutter speed. Well done!

[Madhuri]

Its a very long shot. How do you take such shots? or is it a normal shot, but seems like long one.....

Very nice lighting effect you have captured.

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Its a very long shot. How do you take such shots? or is it a normal shot, but seems like long one.....

Um...Well, I think I was maybe 6-7m from the fountain... At least no more than 10m.

Very nice lighting effect you have captured.

Thank you. That, as it happens, is easy: Just refrain from using the flash. Excessive use of flash has ruined uncountable otherwise very good pictures.

/Claes

[Janine]

Claes, I copied out your photo and I put it into my Adobe Photo Deluxe and painted out those figures. The artist in me had to do it. It turned out great and was easy since that whole bottom area is basically blackish. Just clone the area of color and paint out. I used the "touch up face" in the menu option. It improved the picture - now it is a masterpiece! Want me to post it? I could upload to my hosting site and put it back in for you.

[Madhuri]

Did you make this sketch in you signature Janine?

[ClaesGefvenberg]

The artist in me had to do it. It turned out great and was easy since that whole bottom area is basically blackish. Just clone the area of color and paint out. I used the "touch up face" in the menu option. It improved the picture - now it is a masterpiece! Want me to post it? I could upload to my hosting site and put it back in for you.

Absolutely. I'm dying to see how it turned out. Then we can bask in the glory of our joint venture

/Claes

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Ok... I still have not exhausted my supply of Paris pictures. Here is another batch, fresh from the scanner:


The Eiffel Tower... We went there straight after emerging from the Catacombes, which probably means that we achieved the greatest difference in height attainable in Paris that day.


Trocadero, seen from the tower.


Sacre-Caeur.


Catchy tunes played at the steps of Sacre-Caeur.


Cité des Sciences de Paris la Villette - Not the best known of the attractions in Paris, but pure heaven for tech nerds.


Cité des Sciences de Paris la Villette.


The last few meters of Tour de France 1993 - at Champs Élysées. Miguel Indurain won.


This poor bloke waited and waited for hours... and had fallen asleep when the tour went past him.


And finally: A couple of night shots of the tower...

[Madhuri]

The view from the tower is sooo nice. The city looks very well planned and organised.

You must have missed taking part in the race, Claes, knowing that you too are fond of bicycling.

Do people go up the Eiffel tower? (or is it something silly that I have asked?)

And the sleepy guy looks very cute...hehehe......

I am taking the next flight to Paris, now...

[ClaesGefvenberg]

The view from the tower is sooo nice. The city looks very well planned and organised.

It is, and I believe I recall reading somewhere that the wide straight boulevards is a result of Napoleons wishes. It came at a price, though: Lots of buildiings were wrecked in order to satisfy his craving for splendour.

You must have missed taking part in the race, Claes, knowing that you too are fond of bicycling.

To be honest... No. It is a gruelling race. I'll venture a guess that the part of the riders anatomy in most intimate contact with said vehicle suffers badly...

Do people go up the Eiffel tower?

Oh, yes. The picture of Trocadero was taken from the top platform, some 300m agl. I would not reccomend anyone suffering from vertigo to go there, though.

And the sleepy guy looks very cute...hehehe......

He also looks like a chiropractor patient. Can you imagine what his neck must have felt like after hours in that tree, with his neck in that angle? I shudder at the thought.

I am taking the next flight to Paris, now...

May I reccomend that you wait a few months? If you go now, you'll most likley find it too cold for your liking.

/Claes

[Madhuri]

It is, and I believe I recall reading somewhere that the wide straight boulevards is a result of Napoleons wishes. It came at a price, though: Lots of buildiings were wrecked in order to satisfy his craving for splendour.

Dont know what to say, but the view is very beautiful.

To be honest... No. It is a gruelling race. I'll venture a guess that the part of the riders anatomy in most intimate contact with said vehicle suffers badly...

I understand If that is so, its a wise decision not to take part, only do it if its short distance

Oh, yes. The picture of Trocadero was taken from the top platform, some 300m agl. I would not reccomend anyone sufferig from vertigo to go there, though.

I knew there was something silly that I asked , so the tower is 'The Eiffel Tower'

Where is my mind these days?

He also looks like a chiropractor patient. Can you imagine what his neck must have felt like after hours in that tree, with his neck in that angle? I shudder at the thought.

I saw the picture again and I was wondering, how did he climb the tree? There doesnt seem anything to hold on to for climbing. Oh, well, people do silly things all the time and can fall asleep anywhere.

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Where is my mind these days?

In Paris?

/Claes

[Madhuri]

In Paris?

/Claes

Possibly....

[Niamh]

Okay i didnt take these pictures but i think they are lovely and wanted to share them with you all!

This was taken by my friend Mickaela when she was visiting the west of Ireland.


And this was taken by my Friend Jens Friend Andy. Its a picture of the custom House in Dublin.

[miss tenderness]

wow , Cales:

Niamh, breath taking pictures,loved them so much, you have real talented friends.