Cloister of the Arles-Sur-Tech abbey (4)

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A beautiful composition with a very nice lighting, Henri!

Nice cloister Henri. I like your shot.

It is a very interesting perspective Henri ,that gives the feeling of a square yard inside,is it? Good dof and light. I like the sloped arcs that the inside architecture of arcade can be seen through. Good crop decision imo.

nice diagonal. did u tried in b/w? toning seems quite beautiful for a bw version

Buon giorno Michele! Glad to see you again in my portfolio. Yes, I have a black & white version. See above. Perhaps a bit too dark ? I have prefered brought out the garden seen through the arcades. Of course, there is other interpretations.

Ruud, Guillermo and Pnina, thank you for your kind comments.

Very good composition and appealing though simple subject. Maybe you could move to the left a little to cover the blank sky but then we would not see much of the cloister. The B&W version is too contrasty for my taste. Regards, Michal.

Oooh - you didn't upload this before ... and I think that it's the best of the batch!! :-) I love the color tones in the wall/arches. It's almost like you added a sepia color (but I know you didn't). Really ... the best of the set of them.

bonjour henri, c?est une tres belle photo, in composition we call that an open frame beacause the diagonal lines take the viewer out of the frame, the diferent tone behind the archs give some depth at the midle left, the exposure for me is good i really prefer to see the sky a little bit burn than an unbiliveble HDR work.

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Thank you for those new kind comments.

Michal, my interpretation of this photo is "to look at the garden through the arches", that is why I have composed it not only according to the arches but also according to the garden, and I wanted to place the cypress inside the frame of an arche. This is also why I prefer this black & white version where the inside of the cloister is very dark. I can like another version but if it is not very different of the colour version it interest me less.

Lou Ann, thank you, perhaps I find also it is the best. In fact, if I have posted those four photos, it is because I don't know which one I prefer.

Thank you Fernando. I hope that this is not a really "open frame" as you say, because I prefer that the viewer look at the garden rather than he go out of the frame. Aside, excuse my ignorance, what means HDR work ?

Beautiful place,

I like this diagonal composition, lines and archs and a perfect warm light.

 

Best regards -Fabio-

The rhythm of the arches takes my eye round the courtyard before finally finding the restful garden inside. Beautiful shot , Henri, and very well composed and executed.

Hello Henry, Has the lines, dots and lights leads the viewer too in a photo or any visual message, allthough it was an open frame the diferents and more bright tones in the center of the garden attract has well attention; ( there is contrast), for the viewers, anyway the diagonal lines was very strong a good way to analyse it is closing your eyes and open it suddenly again over the photo and try to understand what is the most powerfull elements where your attention goes on, About HDR it is a digital High Dynamique Range increasing, this is considerated has a manipulation in this web and in the most of seriouse photo competitions, sometimes HDR was done doing different esposures shots of the same frame to match and mix them with software to get a fake for my taste and High Dynamique Range look. You can see a lot of 7/7 rated photos in this web who use this fake and unnatural photo technique where the software is more important than the photografer skills for more the software is very easy to use and a child can do a wow! HDR image:)

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Thank you Fernando. The words "High dynamic range" say something to me but I don't know what is the result of this treatment.

I feel as if I am walking in a maze..

and returning to my starting point..

love the interesting perspective..

marita

again a graet composition...the light of the inner side of the wall is very nice...I would darken a bit the outside light :)

the golden light on the inside of the walls gives this image a special touch. here you don't look across the arches into the garden, as you do in the others, the eyes stay inside the hallway. i wonder how it would be if you crop the dark part on the right to let the columns float to the edge of the image.