Photographer’s Note
The Cathedral of Tours (Cathédrale Saint-Gatien), dedicated to its first bishop Saint Gatien, was begun about 1170 but the work proceeded at a leisurely pace over the centuries until 1547.
The lowermost stages of the towers on the west front (shown in the picture) belong to the 12th century, while the rest of the west end is in the profusely detailed Flamboyant Gothic of the 15th century (these towers were being constructed at the same time as, for example, Château de Chenonceau). This main facade is also distinguished by three ornate doorways into the main body of the church.
(from Archiseek, Sacred-destinations, Wikipedia)
Technical notes
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By night the cathedral exhibits all its height and impressiveness, thanks to a colourful and effective floodlighting. No postprocessing here, apart from a little bit of sharpness and a white balance correction (4500K temperature), based on my personal memory.
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Paolo
(40755) 2007-09-12 2:10
Ciao Dario, bellissima foto notturna, con ottima esposizione e qualità e con un taglio perfetto per vedere tuta l'altissima facciata della cattedrale.
molto bella.
ciao
marioana
(2178) 2007-09-12 2:16
Hi Dario.
Great nocturnal image. Very beautiful exposure. Great light and colour. Great composition and POV. Very well done.
Regards, Steve.
asajernigan
(14284) 2007-09-12 3:32
Dario,
Very nice night photo with good sharpness and detail. The lighting and colors are fine with good clarity. I like your POV here looking upward at the towers while giving us a detailed view of the church.
TFS,
Asa
francesav
(622) 2007-09-12 6:07
Ciao Dario,
bella foto! Bel soggetto, bei colori e ottima definizione del dettaglio.
Saluti.
Francesco.
Sekhmet73
(4133) 2007-09-12 8:09
L'unico rimpianto che ho è di non avere visto questa cattedrale, se non dall'autostrada, nonostante sia passata per Tours più di una volta. Le luci sono molto belle e la struttura.... imponente dire!
Sabrina
Clementi
(45217) 2007-09-13 3:28
Ciao Dario ,
bello l'uso delle luci in questa foto come anche la prospettiva e la nitidezza .
veramente un bel lavoro
Giorgio
Silvio1953
(42821) 2007-09-13 9:46
Ciao Dario, splendida notturna della splendida cattedrale, meravigliose le luci e magnifici i colori, bellissima prospettiva, bravo, ciao Silvio
Photo Information
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Copyright: Dario Marizza (dmarizz)
(2390) - Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2007-08-22
- Categories: Architecture
- Camera: Canon EOS 30D, Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM, Digital RAW
- Exposure: f/6.3, 3 seconds
- Details: Tripod: Yes
- More Photo Info: view
- Photo Version: Original Version
- Theme(s): Dmarizz neglected photos [view contributor(s)]
- Date Submitted: 2007-09-12 1:56
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