Circles, squares, shadows, a photo from Ile-de-France, North

Photographer's Note

After the 7:30 mass at Notre Dame, I walk around taking photos. I never have enough photos of Notre Dame...
There is a series of polychrome relief sculptures on the south side of the choir and after taking photos of several of these, I realized that I was in a forbidden area, and I suddenly saw this pattern...looking out toward the nave past the guard rail.
A moment after I took the photo, a guard came along and asked me to move. But I already had my photo...

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baclama (19214) 2011-08-04 8:26

bonjour,
un tres beau jeu de lumiere pas facile à realiser dans un tel endroit..
tres bien fait
vero

nobuikehonda (3848) 2011-08-04 9:30

Hello Sara,

It's a great image of the interior of this forbidden area. The circular shadow on the square pattern is very intriguing. The photograph is very atmospheric. Open gate is inviting us further into the space. TFS Sara

Very best regards,
Your friend
Nobu.

SnapRJW (31631) 2011-08-04 9:50

Hello Sara - Well spotted and well snapped! The curved shadows on the squares are fascinating and you have done very well with this shot. I see you used quite a slow shutter speed, was it hand held? The shot is quite sharp, you must have steady hands! Warm regards Rosemary

CMJC (5095) 2011-08-04 12:28

bien vu bien fait et belle ambiance
alors on a pas le droit de déambuller partout dans en ces lieux... dommage, et bravo donc

Bartleby (13552) 2011-08-05 10:54

Hi Sara,
I can see what caught your eye here. The nice light and the play of shadows. Definitely worth a click!

Philippe

PS: A suggestion of a different crop in the WS...

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Crispilandia (846) 2011-08-05 11:00

Hi Sara,

You've got a superb play of shadows and geometric figures. Good use of light to capture this moment and some superb colors, very elegant. A great idea with great execution!

Warm regards,
Cris

Merou (4726) 2011-08-28 14:01

Hi
This is an interresting composition. I like the light of the graphism
TFS

finlay (1585) 2011-09-01 3:30

Sara

Excellent use of light to create a super graphic shot. The shadow of the wrought iron gate on the tiled floor is very effective. I suspect this would have worked well in B&W too.

Finlay

danos (110407) 2011-09-30 15:37

Hello Sara,
nice shot with the light and the shadows to be spread on the floor perfectly.I like the capture of this difficult shot with the light and the colour management to be superb.

Regards,danos

Angshu (56760) 2011-10-13 3:18

Hello Sara
Nice...shadows always make a good photographic subject. I might be tempted to crop the top part by a cm to the top horizontal line of the metal 'fence' ...then I saw Philippe beat me to it with a WS already. Would look good in B&W as well, in my humble opinion
With Regards
Angshu

CLODO (45116) 2011-10-13 3:57

Hi Sara

It's great not to take postcards pictures even when we travel abroad. This close-up reveals the good photographic eye, and also skilfull: sharpness thogh taken at 1/4 s without a tripod.
Good match of the different shapes.
Congratulations
CLODO

delpeoples (60342) 2011-10-16 20:35

Hi Sara

I'm chuckling at this shot, as it seems you've channelled a little of Nobu here yourself :) I love the dominant duotones and of course that wonderful ornate ornate ironwork and the shadows they make. Great shot, very original and very attractive.

Amities
Lisa

iainsp (3298) 2012-02-21 2:51

Hi Sara,

This is a wondeful shot - with a nice little story attached to it. So often it is the details in a famous site that give us the original photo. Great work, thank you, Iain

mehranjahangiri (347) 2013-07-22 3:50