heh, nice work with the facepod! great comp., i love that you didn't include the top of the tower. the gold lighting on the tower pops against the rest of the image. even love the cold drinks counter below.. i think you've captured parisian tourism at it's finest with this shot.
Haha! Call me a fairweather photographer if you like, but I think I'll stick with the more conventional methods of steafying a camera. Your idea would take the notion of a person "screwing up their face" to new levels.
I wondered about the English language words there, too, Pete. Hey, maybe it was Blackpool and SWMBO just told me it was Paris.