Purple Liberty by parisouailleurs

Purple Liberty

To support the Pancreatic Cancer Awareness month I played with the colors on Photoshop.
Except that, it's a sooc picture, did you know we have 3 statues of Liberty in Paris?
Didn't France give the statue to USA? Sorry silly Canadian here... I don't actually know... but I thought I remember that from Ghost Busters II
November 5th, 2010  
This caught my eye! I love France! Love your photos!
November 5th, 2010  
@icywarm yes we did but kept 2 small copies plus the torch wich is now the "monument" of lady Diana
November 5th, 2010  
I'm Canadian and when I immigrated the first thing I saw was the Statue of Libertyfrom abaord ship. nice picture..what is the flowering tree behind it or did you change the color to make it look purple. looks great
November 5th, 2010  
Awesome colors Helene, great shot!
November 5th, 2010  
@poochpottery merci beaucoup ! @bruni I changed them for purple, they are autumn classical colors... and the statue is green/grey
November 5th, 2010  
Wow great processing on this shot Helene
November 5th, 2010  
Well played Helene. Great color.
November 5th, 2010  
I didn't know that, but that is really interesting. I love how you played with the colours.
November 5th, 2010  
learn something new everyday! love the change in color!
November 5th, 2010  
Simply awesome!
November 5th, 2010  
Love, love the green against the beautiful purple. Great shot. :-)
November 5th, 2010  
the purple leaves in this are really stunning.
November 5th, 2010  
WOW!
November 5th, 2010  
love this purple project! great!!
November 5th, 2010  
Beautiful - a winner, surely.
November 5th, 2010  
I had no idea there were 3 statues of liberty in Paris. I think I learn something new everyday on 365! This is a fun photo! And thank you for your kind comments on my pics.
November 6th, 2010  
wow....didn't know that. love your creativity here ;)
November 6th, 2010  
This is beautiful, Helene. Love the purple. Why are there three statues in Paris?
November 6th, 2010  
Fantastic purple shot. Great work!
November 6th, 2010  
Wow, great shot! I had no idea there were mini statue of liberties in paris!
November 6th, 2010  
Love the editing! How cool, I didn't know there were three Statues of Liberty in Paris!
November 6th, 2010  
Very cool shot!
November 6th, 2010  
really?! thanks for the info :))
November 6th, 2010  
I knew you gave us one...didn't know you had three of your own! Very cool to know. And I love the photo!
November 6th, 2010  
this is so cool! well done! a fav!
November 6th, 2010  
freedom from cancer! who-rah!
November 6th, 2010  
We also have one in the capitol of SC, Columbia.
November 6th, 2010  
Very nice, Helene! I love the contrast of color.
November 6th, 2010  
What fun editing of the color. I know of the one on the Seine River. Where is this one?
November 6th, 2010  
I knew about the one @seattle mentioned... and I think I remember three mentioned in National Treasure ... or maybe the sequel ... but I don't know where the other two are. Great picture!
November 6th, 2010  
Very cool shot, my favorite colors are purple and green and it is always nice to see them together!
November 6th, 2010  
Great visual effect.
November 6th, 2010  
Lovely colors!
November 6th, 2010  
Oh, I knew there was _one_ statue of Liberty in Paris, I saw it in Frantic. It was of course a French gift to the US.
November 6th, 2010  
@kidatheart @moonshinegoober @vposey @parkerriverkid @roejan @earthbeone @girlie @kerri26 @melissapike @fysmith @peggysirk @pinktornado39 @revjoel @seattle @nevermouse @iiwi

Looking for information to answer all you questions – thank you for all your nice comments and interest about Paris - I discovered a 4th one I’ve forgot!

-The one pictured is in the Luxembourg garden (about 15 feet tall) offered by Bartholdi, the designer in 1900
-There‘s one in the 15th arrondissement at the Pont de Grenelle, on the Swan island. It was offered to Paris by the American community of Paris to commemorate the centenary of the French revolution. It faces United States. There’s a post on my blog here http://tinyurl.com/365yjty
- The Musée des Arts et métiers has the 1/16th model used for the construction of the one in NYC (did you know Eiffel designed the structure?) and was given by Frederic Bartholdi’s widow.
- At the Pont de l’Alma the replica of the torch given by the International Herald Tribune in 1937 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the newspaper, next time I’ll go there, I’ll post a picture on 365!
November 6th, 2010  
Gorgeous photo :)
November 6th, 2010  
Glad I came in late so I could not only enjoy your lovely purple picture but also read your comment on the location of the 4 statues. I will have to share this with my kidergarten students who study "symbols of our country" (whicjh includes the statue of liberty) and later in the year they study Paris. What fun to be able to tie together the Eiffel tower and Miss Liberty because of M. Eiffel's role in both.
November 6th, 2010  
Ahhhh, they loved it so much they kept many copies.
November 6th, 2010  
@icywarm That's so funny "saw it in Ghostbusters"; movies can teach us a lot, and you are and Ghostbusters are correct, as the SOL is a gift from France.
November 6th, 2010  
@allie912 Allison, if I can help in any way with your students juts ask me :)
November 6th, 2010  
a beautiful and symbolic shot.......well done
November 6th, 2010  
Awesome! Thanks for the info too, I didn't know that there was a statue of liberty in Paris, let alone 3!!
November 6th, 2010  
Cool theme pic x
November 6th, 2010  
Interesting fact. Didn't know of the other Liberties.
November 6th, 2010  
Love it!
November 6th, 2010  
Bia
I like what you did! I also didn't know there were so many different statues of liberty in Paris! And I actually lived there! I only knew about the one on the island and about the torch at Pont D'Alma (I lived fairly close to it and used to walk past it almost every day - it always amazed me how there were ALWAYS flowers there even years after Princess Diana died.)
November 7th, 2010  
love the processing! I didn't know that about the statues of liberty!
November 7th, 2010  
I love this! I figured the French must have a ton of liberty statues around, given the one in NY was given to the US by France (or so I heard at least). Gorgeous contribution to the theme!
November 7th, 2010  
Brilliant use of colour!! Fab stuff, and I didnt know you had one, let alone three!
November 7th, 2010  
how cool, I love the colors!
November 7th, 2010  
Great pic! I love the processing.
November 12th, 2010  
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