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Saturday, 03 November 2007

Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci (cropped v2)

 

This was another attempt to get a good shot of Mona Lisa but the same problem. One of the photos for Mona Lisa was taken later in the afternoon but still so many tourists.

Here, the photo was cropped (and even some post-processing could not remove the remnants of the white blob" (lower right). Compare it with a complete framed Mona Lisa, taken by another visitor. Part of the culprit of the white blob, is the glass covering the painting. The greatest cause of the problem are too many tourist in Paris, France during summer.

Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci (cropped)

 

This was another (bad) copy of Mona Lisa because there were so many people taling photos with flash as <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/godsoe/85204798/">shown here by another visitor</a>.  There were possibly 8-10 rows of people at the Louvre (Paris, France) when I visited, much worse than the one shown in the link.  Another  photo for Mona Lisa was taken later in the afternoon but still so many tourists.

The second summer I visited, the same thing, in fact worse because it was early summer.  So, I gave up  the idea of ever being able to get a good photo of Mona Lisa.

Here, the photo was cropped.  View a complete <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariamel/140501174/">framed Mona Lisa</a>, taken by another visitor.  Part of the culprit of the white blob, is the glass covering the painting, but the number of tourists that summer was the main culprit.

 

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baseball93635 says:

Just work of excellence. I only marvel and truly appreciate the work of Leonardo Da Vinci
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cgc0202  Pro User  says:

Thanks for visiting baseball93635. He is one of my favorites too. I grew up seeing many of his works.
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cgc0202  Pro User  says:

Thanks for the fave Nadia. I just wish I have a better image of the Mona Lisa.
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fotovizions  Pro User  says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called The Truly Elegant and Classy, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
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