Convent of Orezza Photo

Photographer’s Note

- In the Northeast of the island, the region of Castagniccia, wild and nice, shelters near the village of Piedicroce, the ruins of the old convent Saint-François of Orezza, become famous during the war of independence where it was the bastion of the opposition to Genoa, in 1790 he saw meeting between Pasquale Paoli, emblematic personage of Corsica and Bonaparte. It should be destroyed by the Germans in 1943 which mined it and blew it up, it's today disadvised to go for a walk there. Another PoV and explanations in Workshop.

pablominto, ribeiroantonio, atus, bakes888, Scharan has marked this note useful

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besnard (30212) 2007-07-05 23:28

Bonjour Giorgio
Très belle composition de ces ruines bien cadrées pour nous en faire voir le maximum avec le parallélisme entre les deux pans de murs. Elles sont bien mises en valeur avec une bonne luminosité. Seul parasite : le fil mais tu ne pouvais pas l'éviter.
Merci pour le partage et bonne journée.
Nicole

pablominto (40056) 2007-07-06 0:25

Hello Giorgio,
Another magnificient ruin!
Good point of view gives nice details in the structure and also good details than ks to the angle og light...
Scenery is well framed and presented in this attractive composition!
Greetings,
Pablo -

:-) OK-

ViktorVaughn (1515) 2007-07-06 0:38

I enjoy photos of ruins, and this is an interesting shell of a convent. I like the tower, and your angle. It really does look totally abandoned since you have nobody in your photo. You have put the three pieces of the building in good positions of the frame.

Regards

ribeiroantonio (21753) 2007-07-06 0:38

It is a pity that the ruins are as bad as you show us. I believe the convent has enough history to grant it a better future. The picture is very good with an excellent POV and lots of details. Well done.
Antonio

cadel (1839) 2007-07-06 0:52

Bel eclairage et composition qui met bien en valeur la ruine. A ta place je ne me serais pas géné pour supprimer cette tige de renfort.

John_F_Kennedy (30723) 2007-07-06 3:07

A beautiful timeless image full of nostalgia. A beautiful portrait of this region.
Best wishes,
Achim

MHZ (60) 2007-07-06 3:11

It's a beautiful picture, I was thinking that this is a great place to see, then you said it's unadvised to walk there!, it's a pity, great shot, I love the cloudy sky too.

maltese (21531) 2007-07-06 13:51

Salut Giorgio
Imposante ces ruines!!
Une belle contre plongée qui les mets bien en valeur et une grande netteté qui permet d'apprecier toutes ces textures.
Très bon boulot, amicalement
hervé

ptibelo (2958) 2007-07-06 14:45

Du déja vu Giorgo dans ta galerie en juin 2006...tu es très attaché à ce couvent..
Très belles lignes en tout cas..les ruines en imposent.
amitiés
JM

atus (15452) 2007-07-07 9:32

Hello Giorgio,
very well captured interesting shot of a great diagonal perspective. It is very well framed with good lighting and details. Well done!
Tfs and best wishes.
Attila

donluicu (23921) 2007-07-10 1:28

hello G
superbe prise du couvent d'Orezza.
quel dommage d'avoir une telle perle detruite...

ciao

devimeuxbe (55681) 2007-07-10 4:18

Bonjour Giorgio
C'est une image étrange, belle et triste à la fois. On est stupéfait devant de telles ruines. Tu as ici une très belle perspective.
Amicalement
Betrand

bakes888 (18055) 2007-07-11 2:37

Hi Giorgio. Great photo. Excellent POV and perspective. Well composed with good colour and detail also. Thanks or sharing.
Cheers, Paul.

Zandell (241) 2007-07-12 12:31

Hi Giorgio

Great POV..good colors and focus
best regards
sandu

Scharan (13951) 2007-07-13 19:41

Belo ponto de vista Giorgio.
Lindo contraste de cores e textura.
Uma foto muito bonita dessas ruínas,
meus parabéns!

Grande abraço,
Vera.

jpphoto (465) 2008-01-28 13:55

Très belle prise de vue , je pense en avoir une dans mais archive ! un ciel bien nuageux , dommage pour le feuillage dans le ciel , ça passe quand même , A+ jpphoto