Photographing Parallels © Baseball T-Shirt

This is an image of one of the most iconic structures in Paris. I really wanted to capture the beaming lights from the Eiffel Tower as they created parallel lines with those on the river Seine. Patience paid up after quite some time. So much has been written and documented about it, but here are some additional facts that may sound surprising to some. The Eiffel Tower was originally intended for Barcelona, Spain, but the project was rejected. After it was built, it was going to be demolished in 1909, but was saved because it was repurposed as a giant radio antenna. Gustave Eiffel had an apartment for himself at the top of the Eiffel Tower. And during WW2, when Hitler visited Paris, the French cut the lift cables on the Eiff...