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Gateway to the Tower
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Not another Leaning Tower photo! But I couldn't resist taking this photo through the gateway. And no way could I make the tourists move out of the way. I was amazed with the amount of people there, and the shop keepers in tents selling whatever they could.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa was built between 1173 and 1350 to compliment the cathedral and overall complex of the Campo dei Miracoli. Construction was interrupted over its construction history and a lean became evident as early as 1178 when it reached the third level. It was continued despite the lean and finished with the upper most part correcting for the lean of the time. So one can now see how far it has come since not only the beginning but also the 14th century. It stands a total of 56 meters tall. By the end of the 20th century its lean had reached over 5 meters as it sank further into the unstable soil.
I scanned the photo on an HP Scanjet 2400, 1200dpi/48bit scanner. I have cropped it a little and sharpened it. I also thought of cropping it portrait-shaped with just the middle gateway showing, but decided I wanted to show the other gateways. |
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Nice idea Janice!
I think you did well to spot this point of view!
I think a crop is a good solution to this photo, because the ramparts at the top, are not quite in view! They are cut off, leaving us to wonder how far up they go, and what's above them!
It must be your lucky day, as i've spent todays workshop limits with you. I've done another workshop, again rotating the image so that the horizon is level. Although part of the photo should be leaning, the arch its viewed through should be level!
PS I like the leaning signpost in sympathy with the tower! ;)
This is a wonderful picture. I had seen the pictures of leaning tower of pisa but I had never known how its surroundings were. This picture gives me a fairly good idea of what surrounds the tower. Funny part is that one of the stop signs is also leaning like the tower.
Nice shot from a different point of view on Pisa. Nicely seen through the gateway. I really like these two people stopped looking into the arch. It's like a matte painting on the arch and they are admiring the painting because they cannot enter. But then mixed with the people moving in and out of the arch adds a different feel like the surreal in front of them mixing with a real scene where they are. Almost like they are stuck between the two. Perhaps it could be cropped to a longer view just above the keystone. And perhaps rotated just a bit to get the base of the arches level. But I really like this point of view and the way it frames the tower. It shows one of the many great lines of sight that exist all around the Campo dei Miracoli.
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