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El Gran Teatro de la Habana

In front of the “Parque Central” square, there is this beautiful present from the Cuban architecture.
Here you can see the facade of the “Centro Gallego”, built by the Belgium architect Paul Beleau, in 1915, it is of Neobaroque style with certain anticipations of the Art Déco. This building was created as the place of social reunion for the Galician immigrants from Spain.
Nowadays it is the place for the “Gran Teatro of La Habana”, with several scenic spaces, the greatest one with more than 2.000 seats.
In front of it, you can see the different types of taxis, all well aligned, waiting for its clients. There are the forties and fifties cars, Coco Taxis (the yellow ones, very typical) and the Bici Taxis, the bikes with three seats, one for the driver, and two behind it for the people.
At the top left corner, you can see a piece of the Capitolio.

coco, gary91, capthaddock, P-S-I-G, ChristianS, singuanti, anakin, JEPC, tiobibi has marked this note useful

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gary91 (15321) 2005-09-17 12:40

Hello Jaume,
Very good picture giving a very representative idea of La Habana. I have to say I made neraly the same shot 3 years ago when I went there.
Thanks for sharing.
Regards. Christian

coco (27790) 2005-09-17 16:23

Hola Jaume.
Coco taxis... no deja de llamarme la atención (y no es la primera vez que oigo hablar de ellos). Tanto la luz como el color son muy buenos (y la definición también está bien).
Pero dejando a parte estos detalles técnicos que tanto me aburren (je, je, je), me gusta como has "guardado" esta escena, convirtiendo lo diario en tradicional (tradicional en el sentido casi de folklórico).
Pero pese a esto, yo hubiera preferido una composición más frontal, perdiendo en profundidad, pero dándole una composición más equilibrada.
Igualmente, está bien. Un saludo.

MiguelP (14324) 2005-09-17 20:35

Cuando yo visité La Habana no había estos Coco taxis. Bonita foto por los colores, la perspectiva con la cúpula del Capitolio al fondo es hermosa (¿viste el diamante que marca el kilómetro 0 de la isla?)... Bueno, más de las 02:30 y todavía currando, me voy a dormir, sueño con el fin de semana que me iré a Mallorca tras este festival... Descansar (y claro, hacer fotos). Un saludo Jaume.

capthaddock (28640) 2005-09-18 1:36

Hi Jaume - the colonial architecture is very classy, and they combined with vintage autos makes a great mix. Being picky maybe some more at the top to include the top of the dome at left, but I don't want to cut off the bici taxi either.

P-S-I-G (24482) 2005-09-18 12:49

Hello Jaume,
Beautiful neobaroque facade, perhaps a little surexposed. I like this very colored cars. Good atmosphere.
Best regards.
Fabrice

ChristianS (2997) 2005-09-19 13:39

Hola Jaume, very nice picture with a nice perspective showing the colourful car alignment and the beautiful ornate facade of the theater. There is a nice contrast between the white facade of the building and the row of taxi cars. Nice work!

Regards, Christian

erdna (5348) 2005-09-19 14:36

A very nice architectural photo. You have terrific details on this building. It is a pleasure to observe it slowly. The cars of the fifties too are fascinating. do you know that the US issued new stamps on the "The cars of the Fifties"?

Also, i want to thank you for your comments on my photo, "Family at Leisure". I appreciate it.

Andre'

singuanti (15240) 2005-09-21 15:28

Hi Jaume. You sure have a varied and interesting foreground to match the beautiful Gran Teatro. As an American I think it's fascinating to see shots from Cuba. I see they are stuck back in time. Sad and beautiful at the same time. Nicely done Jaume!

anakin (2775) 2005-09-26 18:59

Interesante y colorida toma Mani...Es una buena composicion de elementos y buena la cantidad de luz.
Puede que mi perspectiva hubiera sido otra pero no esta del todo mal :P
well done
saludos manito

JEPC (1303) 2005-10-14 22:18

Helo Jaume.
Good colors and sharpness. A trip over the time. A calm and beautiful place.The "Coco is really an unusualkind of taxi.Very intersting.
Regards,
João Eduardo