Oradour (I) Photo | TrekEarth

Photographer’s Note

The main street in Oradour Sur Glane, under a heavily loaded sky. A very impressive place to visit. The original village was destroyed on June 10, 1944, when 642 of its inhabitants were murdered by a German Waffen-SS company. A new village was built post-war on a nearby site and the original has been maintained as a memorial.
More info on http://www.oradour-sur-glane.fr/ .

PP: HDR picture composed of three shots and converted to B/W

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thor68 (5537) 2009-07-25 14:46

what a sad place. i read something about it after some photos of it appeared
on TE a couple weeks ago. it is good, that it has been left as it was...
excellent shot and hdr-/B&W-processing capturing the devastation and sadness
that still exists even today after 65 years. great job & best wishes, thor.

mala-zaba (102) 2009-07-25 14:54

Bonjour Wolf,

Dans l'ensemble, je trouve votre photo très bien. La composition avec les verticales et le chemin de faire est très bien réussis. De plus, le HDR donne beaucoup de détails dans les pierres sans cramer le ciel. Le seul point négatif, je ne sais pas si c'est le bougé, mais le gravier et le trottoire en avant plan sont flous.

Merci du partage

Eric

angie-barcelona (1869) 2009-07-25 16:27

Hi!

Nice picture. Good effects! It's a place that one day I want to visit.

Regards,

Gemma

macondo (13165) 2009-07-25 19:19

Hello Wolf.
I think I have seen another photo of this place. I would like to visit it one day.
Your b/w photo perfectly captures the bleakness of the scene, with these stark ruins rising up against the dark, threatening sky. I think the perspective is very strong, looking along the street, and the b/w HDR conversion is a great idea to convey this memorial and reminder of mankind's barbarism.
Regards,
Andrew

grigand (12672) 2009-07-26 1:16

Hi,
A good quality in this shot, I like details and dark sky is impressive, but down the road you can see twin imagines the HDR effect ...
ciao
andrea

sandpiper (1631) 2009-07-26 4:29

Hi Wolf

great use of B&W to emphasise the horror of war.
Excellent composition and POV. Great sky

Chris

yaya13baut (2329) 2009-07-27 0:10

hi Wolf,
I visited this sad place 8 years ago : an hard but necessary visit to do.
The deserted street here and the B&W reinforce the uncomfortable atmosphere, the desolation feeling from the ruins.
Good frame and composition.
Yannis

JanD (14953) 2009-07-27 3:19

Howdy Wolf!
Fantastic street, amazing houses, excellent ruins. Original effect. Good capture. Very good b-w work.
Regards.

jbemmels (327) 2009-08-01 4:32

Hi Wolf,

A dramatic, impressive photo. The sky really adds a lot, but is not the only aspect that makes this photo so impressive. I also like the persepctive looking right down the streetcar tracks, and of course, need it be said the B&W is a great decision?

Cheers,
Jordan

jhm (82879) 2009-09-19 3:39

Dag Wolf,

Ik vond uw eerste fot van Oradour, dit mag in zwart wit door de gebeurtenissen 65 jaar geleden.
Een bewijs waartoe mensen in staat zijn, of mogen we dit geen mensen noemen.
Mooi dat u dit brengt. Bedankt.

Prettig weekend,
John.