In truth, the Eiffel Tower is actually quite small. In fact, it is not much bigger than a small garden ornament that an ordinary garden vine can easily cling to. In all seriousness, one of the great things about a wide-angle lens is that it can contain a great deal of “stuff,” due to its wide angle of view, plus it can focus very close. This gives us the opportunity to merge distant subjects with extreme close-ups to create some wonderful illusions. By walking up to the blooming vine you see above and shooting it up close while angling the camera upward, I created the impression that the vine is growing from the base of a very small Eiffel Tower.

Nikon D3X with Nikkor 16–35mm lens at 16mm, f/22 for 1/60 sec., ISO 100