late for landmarks : Pisa leaning tower

12/12/2004 10:35:48 AM · #1

I was in Pisa for a business meeting and took the opportunity to see the leaning tower in the evening.

Wide angle with my Sony F707, the first one was corrected for perspective. Camera rested on a concrete pole, used self-timer.

Message edited by author 2004-12-12 10:37:21.

SummerBreeze

Canon EOS-30D

12/12/2004 01:30:39 PM · #2

You may want to adjust that picture, the tower appears to be leaning- LOL he he :).

Just kidding, nice shots though :)

JCDean

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

12/12/2004 01:36:19 PM · #3

Great pic! Did you get to see much more of Pisa? I was thete 6 months ago and it is a beautiful city. But I still miss Lucca where we were fortunate enough to stay a week.

Jinjit

12/12/2004 01:38:36 PM · #4

Nice shots! I never got the chance to see the tower in the evening, and during the day there are too many people around to get a clear shot.
These look like they are taken streight from the Italy traveler's guide! Clear and with a very attractive lighting.
Especially I love the left one.

I wish they didn't put those bars on the bottom part of the building though... Makes it looke a bit funny leaning just from it's second floor and on...

rscorp

Nikon D70

12/12/2004 01:43:24 PM · #5

Cool shots. You almost never see any images from Pisa that aren't shot during the day.

Jfredin, did you happen to climb on of the bell towers in Lucca to get a birdseye view of the city? Lucca is a gem!

JCDean

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

12/12/2004 02:00:56 PM · #6

No we didnt climb it, but some friends did.
There was just so much to do. I am currently working on gettins some of the pics online.

JCDean

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

12/12/2004 02:16:50 PM · #7

Well here's a start of the pics.
Let me know what you think.
Flickr

rscorp

Nikon D70

12/12/2004 02:26:51 PM · #8

Beautiful. I'm going back in May to play tour guide for some college friends so I'll hope to come back with about 2,000 pics.

SDW

Canon EOS-60D

Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

12/12/2004 02:31:43 PM · #9

Left you comments on both pictures.

Konador

Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

12/12/2004 03:14:01 PM · #10

Great shot :)
Here's my version:

The Leaning Tower

TooCool

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

12/12/2004 03:53:58 PM · #11

Originally posted by Konador:

Great shot :)
Here's my version:

The Leaning Tower

The owner of Domino's wanted to build a cantilever tower that would look like it was leaning. He was gonna call it the leaning tower of pizza...

12/12/2004 04:40:44 PM · #12

Originally posted by jfredin:

Great pic! Did you get to see much more of Pisa? I was thete 6 months ago and it is a beautiful city. But I still miss Lucca where we were fortunate enough to stay a week.

No, this was it, walked between train station, hotel and tower, haven't seen anything else unfortunately.

12/12/2004 04:44:03 PM · #13

Originally posted by Jinjit:

I wish they didn't put those bars on the bottom part of the building though... Makes it looke a bit funny leaning just from it's second floor and on...

Yes, too bad all those monuments get restored, spoils our pictures, LOL.
They are trying to stop it from falling over as far as I know.