Lava stones' church, a photo from Auvergne, Central

Photographer's Note

Church of Saint Martin de Brignon Auvergne Haute Loire
The current building is mainly dating from the fifteenth century. It consists of a Romanesque nave of three bays, vaulted, and a polygonal choir. In each of the bays, two side chapels, north and south, open the vessel, those of the third bay transept forming two of these chapels were built in the sixteenth century, others, as well as communications between managed they date back to the nineteenth century. The chorus is three-sided, each with a window and is covered with a vault. The western facade, which ends with a wide comb bell housing four bells, has a Gothic portal, with its top a small carved figurine.

I masked the cables visible on the complementary picture, it was not easy.

Stitch in two pictures

Copyright Didi Massoud August 2012

tyro, dip, pierrefonds, snunney, josepmarin, siolaw, nikkitta, gildasjan, danos, ourania, ChrisJ, Angshu has marked this note useful

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tyro (13021) 2013-01-27 9:26

Hello Didi,

You have given us an interesting note about this beautifully simple and elegant church and a very fine photograph to illustrate it.

A very well composed picture with lovely soft light and fine true colours and exceptional details and sharpness. And, judging by your complementary picture, you have done a very good and painstaking job in so expertly cloning out those horrid cables!

Beautiful!

Kind Regards,

John.

Gigidusud (7956) 2013-01-27 11:13

Bonsoir Didi du nord,
Superbe cette église sur fond de ciel bleu et beaucoup mieux sans ses fils comme l'on peut voir dans le ws.Du beau travail,bravo!
Bonne soirée,
Gigi du sud.

papagolf21 (76465) 2013-01-27 11:29

Bonsoir, cher ami Didi,
Très intéressante église romane avec ce clocher à peigne.
Je ne comprends pas les établissements publics qui laissent apparaître des câbles électriques sur un bâtiment inscrit à l'inventaire des monuments historiques.
Merci d'avoir corrigé ce défaut.
L'église a retrouvé sa splendeur.
Très bonne soirée.
Amitiés.
Philippe

dip (21875) 2013-01-27 12:01

Hello Didi,
a nice image of the church with natural colors and good lighting,very well framed and composed,
regards,
Dimitris.

jmdias (45774) 2013-01-27 12:38

didi

very beautiful the severe shapes of this church and the contrast of its dark colors with the sky. excellent vertical framing, light and sharpness. TFS.

hugs

jorge

npecanhuk (53861) 2013-01-27 13:49

Hi Didi!
Very interesting façade details!
Very attractive picture!
Sharpness, exposure, colors, vertical format and composition really pleased me!
TFS - congrats,
Cheers,
Neyvan

pierrefonds (48301) 2013-01-27 14:06

Bonsoir Didi,

Le cadrage serré met l'église en évidence. L'assemblage des deux photod permet de distinguer les détails et les couleurs de l'architecture de l'église Saint-Martin. La qualité de la lumière rehausse la beauté des couleurs. Bonne soirée.

Pierre

emka (58024) 2013-01-27 23:58

Hi Didi, The cables are not easy to remove, but you did well (but you stull laft some on the right for fun). Nice old church made from unusual dark stone. You could also clone the house on the right, the church would look even better :).

have a nice week

Malgo

snunney (67228) 2013-01-28 2:39

Hello Didi,
Very impressive this massive façade, which does look much better unencumbered by overhead wires. I like the point of view and the contrast made with its whitewashed neighbour. The peerless blue sky makes a superb backdrop for the dark brown stones. Excellent rendering of the tones and textures.

josepmarin (55011) 2013-01-28 4:04

Bonjour, cher ami Didi,
un bon assemblage de deux photos pour obtenir ce cadrage vertical, qui nous permet d'admirer la belle architecture de cette église construite dans une pierre volcanique très obscure, ce qui lui donne une personnalité intéressante.
L'élimination des câbles chez le post-traitement est un travail très lourd, je le sais, et tu l'as fait parfaitement.
Un travail excellent.
Bien amicalement,
Josep

abmdsudi (26215) 2013-01-28 5:42

Hi Didi
Good informative notes which relates to this interesting architectural shot and the history with the lava stones are pretty visible also the effort masking the distracting overhead cable lines and agreed fully that it's not an easy task as I have also experienced. A nice capture where all the vital elements are in place perfectly in brilliant light and subtle colors. You have done a great justice with this capture. Great effort. Hats off!
Warm regards

fabianoleite (9014) 2013-01-28 6:50

I like the dark brown of the church, which is well framed, showing all its magnificence. Good work, congratulations!

jlbrthnn (79773) 2013-01-28 12:35

Bonsoir,
Une église en basalte qui va nous survivre, bien éclairée, colorée. Très bonne réalisation. On ne peut pas deviner l'ex-présence des fils, bravo.
Bonne soirée
Joël

siolaw (37568) 2013-01-29 3:33

Bonjour Didi
Un bon angle de prise de vue qui minimise les distorsions, déjà réduites par l'assemblage.
Intéressante couleur de ces pierres de lave et architecture typique.
Mes amitiés
Laurent

chrisvek (5431) 2013-01-29 4:52

Hello Didi

Splendid architectural details on this church and very unique colors.Nice POV and so clever look.Well done!TFS

Have a nice day
Chris

Cricri (86327) 2013-01-30 10:30

Bonjour Didi
Plus appréciable sans les fils, du bon travail, bonne lumière, intéressante architecture aux clocher aux trois cloches
Bisous
cricri
PS) j'ai regardée sur la liste, je ne comprend pas pourquoi!!! je ne t'ai pas bloqué, ni dans la liste rouge???,

nikkitta (5850) 2013-01-31 12:15

BOnsoir Didi

Le voila l eglise de lava !
Bien detache du bleu ciel avec un bon PP travail, moi j aurais efface tous les cordes, si on commence.... et aussi la maison blanche a cote

Merci par le partage
Bises
Maria

gildasjan (38166) 2013-02-06 4:04

Bonjour Didi
les fils électriques ne sont pas simples à éliminer c'est vrai et pourtant tu as réalisé le job qui convenait pour éliminer l'essentiel,ce fil transversal.C'est toujours gênant de voir ces fils dans les images d'églises et de chapelles.J'ai des images de certaines chapelles de Bretagne que je n'ai pas publié,il y avait trop de post-traitement.
Bans certaines images ils sont descriptifs ces fils notamment dans des images d'Amérique du Sud,cela donne du caractère à ces lieux si typés.
Bonne après-midi
Amicalement
gildas

fabbs99 (5334) 2013-02-06 9:44

Hello Massoud,

Impressive shot of the church.It looks great with all oldtime charm and grandeur.Very well done.

Cheers
Farhat

batalay (32840) 2013-02-09 12:15

Salam dear Didi,

At the outset, thank you very much for sending in comments about my blogs on Leonardo from the Loire Valley. (Of course, I approved them for publication immediately, having seen that they were written by a discerning reader.)

We both come from lands far more ancient than France, but I appreciate very much the architectural portraits from Medieval and Renaissance France that you share with us.

Warm regards and thank you again,

Bulent

danos (73926) 2013-02-10 8:22

Bonsoir Didi,
nice the view as the contrast of this lava stone's church with the blue of the sky.I like its architectural style,the three bells on the upper part of the bell tower as the beauty of it.

Regards,Danos

ourania (12287) 2013-02-12 7:58

Bonjour cher Didi,
this is a very interesting building with austere architecture and fascinating textures. The angle of your shot places it in a context and shows well how different and imposing it looks in it. The colours and contrasts carry on the impression of austerity effectively and make the picture consistent and attractive. Your work in eliminating the cables is remarkable. Congratulations and thank you!
All the best, have a lovely evening,
Ourania

jemaflor (68837) 2013-02-23 8:17

Salut Didi,
Ces pierres de lave et leur teinte sont parfaitement rendues sur ta photo, belle prise de la luminosité et contraste, intéressante vue avec cette jolie façade.

ChrisJ (86798) 2013-03-05 13:00

Hello Didi,

A marvellous deep blue sky backdrop with the belltower and dark stone church adding a good graphic element. Excellent sharpness and smart choice of a vertical frame. Nice textural details in the facade and the road adds good perspective & lead in lines. Tfs!

Angshu (51174) 2013-03-25 5:06

Salam Didi
The church has a very solid appearance in the facade. The three bell towers look good against the BG of the clear blue sky. The details are finely rendered. I see no reason to clone the wires...they don't disturb! Good work!
Best Regards
Angshu