france Window in Monpazier

When I was in Europe, I came to the quick realization WHY people photograph doors and windows and alleys. WOW! They're so photogenic. So ... you'll see some pics here that I took of windows and doors and alleys in Europe. This one was in Monpazier in Southwest France. Enjoy!!

Any comments or ratings are appreciated!! :-)

I love the color of the shutters, and the moss growing on the ledge. Oh yes, and the one broken louvre ;-) Keeps it from being perfect (not really!)

Thanks, Linda! I was actually thinking that you might like this one. :-) And, yes, I agree that the broken louvre makes the shot!

Love iron balcony w/red flowers. :-)

This is charming already but the missing slat in the door just adds even more to the picture.

Balconies and flowers make for wonderful love stories, very nice Lou.

Wonderful, Lou Ann, very lovely capture. The dark corners of my pic are just terrible black clouds, you could see them in my actual photo.

Thanks for your comments, dear friend!

Very nice, Lou Ann. Great composition and execution. Well done!

I love this!!! I am waiting to see more....

I like the row of pots! These sorts of balconies are more a mediterranean feature as it gets too cold to sit around outside further north.

Lou Ann, this is great, reminds me so much of Europe. The flower pots on the balcony and the shutters are a dead giveaway. I know this is France, but it could be almost anywhere in Europe. Very nicely captured.

Lou Ann- I love this. It reminds me of a painting. I just couldn't resist playing with this one and showing you my interpretation. Not meant to be better, just a variation. Now that my arm is healing I can do some small stuff. I gotta get back in practice.

YAY!! Jayme - feel free to play with any images of mine that you ever want to! :-) I saved what you did ... thank you SO much!! I'm going to re-post it smaller so that everyone can enjoy it without clicking.

Here is Jayme's rendition (thanks, Jayme!!) :-D

I like what Jayme did!

Very typical look in villages ( balconies and windows) in France, and you caught the essence.

 

Beautiful, and other nice posibility of Jayme's.

 

Pnina

I like the insert "re-do" version with more shadow detail. Good symetry, Lou Ann.

Glad you liked it, I played with it off & on for a few hours (something I just had NOT been able to do). Now I just have to get busy with some of my own images awaiting processing. :)

I like the original, but Jayme took this up a notch, imo. Nice work, Lou Ann - you have to have a quality shot in order to "play" in PS.

I really like this, Lou Ann. I like wrought iron in all manifestations, and doors and windows are always nice.

 

The first thing that hit me was that it was so close to being perfectly symmetrical that it was probably worth the while to do the perspective correction/crop in Photoshop, which is what Jayme did. I am not sure that I would have cropped it exactly where she did, but I don't know if there really much choice, given the small amount of shutter visible on the left.

 

This is very good work, in any case.

 

--Lannie

to be able to open these shutters on a sunny spring morning? Lovely shot, excellent color.

I love this kind of shot, beautiful textures and colors, nice details to enjoy. The perspective correction is surely a good idea.

Beautiful, Lou Ann. Those 19th Century houses for the Bourgeois and notables are typical. Very well seen.