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ClaudioAdriano β Push The Limits
Published: 2005-06-06 12:02:57 +0000 UTC; Views: 1126; Favourites: 27; Downloads: 164
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Photo taken outside the Eiffel Tower (Paris - France)."Basic instincts, social life
Paradoxes side by side
Don't submit to stupid rules
Be yourself and not a fool
Don't accept average habits
Open your heart and push the limits"
Enigma - Push The Limits
About the title: Gustave Eiffel pushed the limits in it's time and place. The Eiffel Tower was built for the International Exhibition of Paris of 1889 commemorating the centenary of the French Revolution. The Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII of England, opened the tower. Of the 700 proposals submitted in a design competition, Gustave Eiffel's was unanimously chosen. However it was not accepted by all at first, and a petition of 300 names - including those of Maupassant, Emile Zola, Charles Garnier (architect of the OpΓ©ra Garnier), and Dumas the Younger - protested its construction.
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i really like this. i think the main reason is because it's a heavily photographed landmark, and yet you've taken away all traces of this being 'just another holiday snap'. i like the colours and i like the polarised, grainy effect; it looks like it was created from blue ink. the sum of everything is a very moody picture. i'm interested to know what the statue to right was of. it looks a little undefined.
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I wanted it to seem very dreamy, so I changed the contrast a lot.
The statue on the right is a horse (they have lots of statues in bridges, and that is one of them).
Glad you liked it 
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it's a really interesting shot. it looks as if there was a storm. so i like the overall atmosphere, with the strong contrast between the light and the dark
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Yeah I added lots of contrast to the pic, I thought it would look more interesting.
Thanks for the comment
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mmm contrast and colors are amazing... well done!
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que foto espectacular!! merece 
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axo que todas as fotos que vi da torre eiffel essa foi a que mais gostei,pois da um tok suave ...
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Muitos nΓ£o gostaram muito, por causa da 'poeira' que meti na imagem ... achei que dava-lhe um ar mais interessante do que a foto original
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The pic looks a lil fuzzy but I really like the contrast.
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Yeah I guess it looks a bit fuzzy ...
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yes he did push the limits...and aren't we all glad that he did 
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Yeah it's a pretty monument ... Glad you liked the photo
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I love this look. As a hopeless romantic, the eiffle tower is like this perfect embodiment of that idea for me. LOVE IT! Color is perfect.
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Thanks ... yeh I wanted to give a mystical/fantasy effect to the pic, so I adjusted the original image a bit.
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it's a nice foto with interessting colors
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Very nice work this is.
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Thanks
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Wooooah, I love the perspective and the light n dark factor.
Only thing that bugs me is the graininess in the clouds, but someone already pointed that out 
I just love it
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Thanks ... yeah I thought that the grayness in the image would give a better effect (making it seem a bit different, looking more like fantasy), but I guess I was wrong.
Yeah I did liked the Eiffel Tower, but I prefer the Notre Dame cathedral ... I hope that I can go back there someday
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lovely shot- the blues look really effective
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i like this because its an unsual picture of a typical tourist monument.
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I'm glad you like it
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Love the colour and the silhouette effect works really well, I like this.
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This looks great but it seems so dark and blurry.
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Can't please everyone
The blurry was kinda intended to make a dreamy effect
And if it was sharped, it would be to common in my opinion.
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Wonderful! The perspective and lighting are perfect! I think this one deserves a
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Thanks ... and thanks for the +fav
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the lighting is beautiful and the clouds frame it nicely
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NΓ£o tens que agradecer
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Unreal..... simply unreal. I can't stop staring at this. It's just.... incredible! Unbelievable! So haunting and so thrilling... The colors are striking. I am in awe. This photograph has captured my imagination and left me breathless.
Beautiful!! Faving it now!!
Comment for a comment? ::The Last of Vail::
-Shadow
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Thanks ... yeah I thought it was an interesting shot at the time, but I think that it's the contrast that gives it a feeling of deepthness in it.
Thanks for the comment, & for the +fav
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Thanks ... and thanks for the +fav
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Thanks ... and thanks for the +fav
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Yeah, it really is ... you should go there one day, it's a wonderful city (I miss it already).
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I was there last summer...but I want to go there again. and again
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Yeah, I would like to go back there too
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