Friday, August 19, 2011

From High Atop...


la Plus Grande Roue de France
( shot through the window)
Tuileries

21 comments:

Parisian Heart said...

This is an AWESOME photo, Virginia! I have never seen one like it! Wow! Wow!! Wow!!!

Shane Pollard said...

An amazing view Virginia.
I've never seen Arc de Triomphe from this angle before - very clever!

Wishing you a wonderful weekend.

Shane :)

Castles Crowns and Cottages said...

Oh là là, c'est si haut!!!! SUPER! Anita

Lowell said...

Very cool. I like the way the long lens compresses things.

Joe said...

Oh wow. Such a spectacular shot Virginia. A wonderful boulevard.

Genie -- Paris and Beyond said...

Wonderful shot with a 50's postcard view of this famous avenue... glad that you were hanging on tightly!

Daryl said...

The sepia effect gives it an old time look ... until you look at the new buildings in the background .. nice!

PerthDailyPhoto said...

What a wonderful shot Virginia, it has that 'vintage' feel to it, what a sight!!

Sérgio Pontes said...

Nice shot, i like it a lot

Jack said...

Wonderful, Virginia. It looks like something from the 30s. Or, so they say. I wasn't around.

Starman said...

I love the Grande Roue, but for obvious reasons, missed it on the last trip.

jennyfreckles said...

It does look vintage. I would NOT like to try driving down there!

La Petite Gallery said...

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Harriet said...

Another beautiful photo -- you really know how to please us!

Alexa said...

Wow! If it wasn't for La Défense, I might even believe this was a vintage photo. A view (and photo op) like this might even be worth a slight case of Ferris phobia.

Shell Sherree said...

This is especially special, V.

Julie said...

The compression of distance is superb, VJ. It makes La Defense appear to be 'just there'. Nicely processed, and nicely shot in that just-off-centre way.

Virginia said...

Julie, when you're bobbing around in that glass capsule (avec rain splatters) you just snap away and pray for something. I actually chose sepia because the color was so awful! There you have my confessions!

James said...

Excellent shot! Sepia gives it a classic look.

Unknown said...

Beautiful! The sepia effect resulted very well.
Salut

TheChieftess said...

Looks very vintage...like it's straight out of WWII!!!