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April 28, 2012
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Jan 12, 2012, 4:24:38 PM
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.0 (Windows)
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:icongyaban:
This kind of shot is not my specialty, but I wanted to try an architecture photo, and was really clueless about the best location for it. It took me some research until I ran into that sculpture by Igor Mitoraj. It is located in "La Defense", the business district next to Paris, where are all the big companies towers.

There was a lot of wind this day, and my shooting window was very narrow due to an appointment: I really hoped for some blue sky through the clouds. Everything was ready and set: tripod, composition, aperture, manual focus on hyperfocal, remote in hand... I finally got some luck just before leaving the place. This file was the last on my memory card.

I really liked the irony of such sculpture - a man who lost the major part of his head - just next to that endless, megalomaniac tower. I tried to catch that cold irony I felt in my photo.
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:iconchryssalis:
Amazing perspective and i love the title and concept!::clap::clap::clap:
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:icondienaerrin:
Wooooow, this shot is incredible! How did you do this? I was at this place by myself and thought about the irony of this sculpture surrounded by these skyscrapers, too ;)
But my photo is just an ordinary one ;)

Super great work!
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:icongyaban:
Thank you very much :-) It wasn't too hard to shoot, but I had to use a very small aperture to get everything in focus, so had to use a tripod. Nothing complicated :-)
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:icondienaerrin:
Next time, I hope I've got more time on my hands, so I'll give it a try :) Thanks!
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