Peoria without the riverboat casino... Bemidji without the Paul Bunyan statue
-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I haven't ever really thought about it as ugly or beautiful until now. I'd > probably land on the positive side of it's aesthetics. > > It's hard to imagine Paris w/o it though. Like London w/o Big Ben, Seattle > w/o the Space Needle, SF w/o the Pyramid, St. Louis w/o the arch, NYC w/o > the Empire State Building. > > Tom C. > > >From: graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: OT - Eiffel Tower > >Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 12:53:12 -0500 > > > >But it is still ugly <grin>. > > > >graywolf > >http://www.graywolfphoto.com > >http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf > >"Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" > >----------------------------------- > > > > > >Tom C wrote: > >>Viewpoints towards art and artists change... Interesting short from "The > >>Writer's Almanac": > >> > >>Today is the anniversary of the official opening of the Eiffel Tower in > >>Paris (1889). It was built for the International Exhibition of Paris, > >>commemorating the centenary of the French Revolution. At the time, it was > >>the tallest structure ever built, at 1,000 feet. The architect Gustave > >>Eiffel was a specialist in bridges and the design for the Eiffel Tower was > >>based on his previous bridge designs. He chose to leave the tower's > >>skeletal structure exposed because it was the easiest way to protect it > >>from wind resistance. > >> > >>When it was finished many Parisians thought it was horribly ugly. Artists > >>and writers wrote a letter of protest, calling the tower a "truly tragic > >>street lamp," a "mast of iron gymnasium apparatus, incomplete, confused > >>and deformed." > >> > >>The writer Guy de Maupassant described the Eiffel Tower as, "A high and > >>skinny pyramid of iron ladders, [a] giant ungainly skeleton upon a base > >>that looks built to carry a colossal monument of Cyclops, but which just > >>peters out into a ridiculous thin shape like a factory chimney." He hated > >>the tower so much that he started eating in its restaurant every day, > >>because, he said, "It is the only place in Paris where I don't have to see > >>it." > >> > >>It was almost torn down in 1909, after the expiration of its lease, but > >>the city saved it because its antenna was so useful for the new invention > >>of radio. It's now the most widely recognized symbol of Paris. > >> > >> > >> > >>Tom C. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>>From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>Reply-To: [email protected] > >>>To: [email protected] > >>>Subject: Re: PESO - Dash > >>>Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 09:28:45 -0700 > >>> > >>>Thanks Boris, I didn't think about it in gray-scale but I may give it a > >>>shot. I like her brown eyes. Maybe I'll convert it, but leave her eyes > >>>brown... > >>> > >>>The lens was the 31mm f/1.8 LTD. I was laying on my stomach in the snow > >>>to get down to her level and was tossing handfuls of snow every few > >>>seconds to get her to keep turning towards me. > >>> > >>> > >>>Tom C. > >>> > >>> > >>>>From: Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>>Reply-To: [email protected] > >>>>To: [email protected] > >>>>Subject: Re: PESO - Dash > >>>>Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 15:16:13 +0200 > >>>> > >>>>Hi! > >>>> > >>>>>I went for a walk with our Border Collie last weekend. It's rare she > >>>>>goes on a walk with just me and without our other dog (the alpha). > >>>>>Anyway... > >>>>> > >>>>>http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4279519 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>Tom, what do you say about b/w conversion? It is a nice shot but I > >>>>particularly dislike the bluish-emeraldish kind on top of the image. > >>>>What lens was used, could you tell us please? > >>>> > >>>>As for the details - the big print would be necessary to fully ascertain > >>>>that. As it is - it is well done and well presented. > >>>> > >>>>Boris > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > > > >
