Chateau de la Dame de Montsoreau Photo

Photographer’s Note

After having been, with the Middle Ages, a military strategic point and a granting on the river, with the Renaissance, one of the first residences of pleasure built at the edge of the Loire - in 1455 -, and at the 19th century, a whole of residences and warehouses, the castle of Montsoreau is today classified historic building. Its situation is exceptional: sentinel with the junction between the Loire and Vienne, it is with the crossroads of Anjou, Poitou and Touraine. Contrary to the other castles ligériens, Montsoreau is built on the river, which bathed, at the time, its ditches. Owner of the castle since 1913, the General Council of Maine and the Loire undertook to renovate it in 1994. The first work made it possible to find, hidden in the ground, some vestiges of the castle of the 11th century, the latrines of the 15è century and the ditches, formerly filled by the Loire. The village of Montsoreau is very pretty, its escarpés lanes and staircases are an invitation with discovered and make it possible to reach points of seen on the Loire splendid.

mpetrovic, vero07, branley, Silvio1953, lilimih33, ChrisJ, flory, Jason_teale has marked this note useful

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rildin (129) 2007-02-08 4:20

Bonjour, Thierry!
Interesting composition with the driveway leading to the main subject which is partly behind a less important part of the picture. TFS!

-Ari

mpetrovic (1479) 2007-02-08 5:27

really nice shot.
even from a thumbnail, it shows us the power of the castle, somehow it looks gracious and mighty.
colors are nice too, providing good contrast between skies and facade.

nice picture, thanks.

gildasjan (23393) 2007-02-08 6:15

Bonjour Thierry
Beau cadrage du château de la Dame de Monsoreau.
Je me suis permis un petit WS pour corriger la perspective et légèrement la teinte du ciel.
Cordialement
Gildas

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vero07 (1747) 2007-02-08 9:55

Hi Thierry!
Good shot!! i like specially the soft blue in the sky and the light in the building.
It seems a very cold atmosphere.
Good work!
À bientôt.
v.

GilbertB (12246) 2007-02-08 10:19

Salut Thierry, très bon cadrage et une belle lumière. Amitiés.
Gilbert

maltese (21531) 2007-02-08 10:51

Salut Thierry
Un très beau ciel et un batiment avec des volumes intéressant, un peu de neige pour daté l'ensemble et tu nous offre une très belle photo. Du très beau travail
Amicalement
Hervé

branley (3681) 2007-02-08 11:16

Bonjour Thierry,

good pov with the road leading us right to the front door of the building. It's majestic, more of a fortress than a castle and I'm so pleased it been lovingly restored. Great colours and a superb sky. A fine image, well done.

Amicalement

Stephen

Silvio1953 (40933) 2007-02-08 13:27

Hi Thierry, wonderful castle with splendid colors and great sky, interesting note very well done, ciao Silvio

xavshot (61947) 2007-02-08 16:01

Bonsoir Thierry
tout le relief de cette photo provient de l'excellente lumière qui vient frapper ce chateau. Les teintes ressortent bien et tu as choisi un excellent cadrage en décentrant le chateau. Une photo très bien composée. Bravo
amicalement
Xavier

lilimih33 (9870) 2007-02-08 18:52

Hello Thierry!
Beautiful castle and very nice colours, light, sharpness and perspective!
Excellent done!
Lili

ChrisJ (69618) 2007-02-09 4:22

Bonsoir thierry

I like the low, upward pov, superb sharpness, & marvellous colour & graphism of the attractive chateau agaainst the blue sky. Tfs!

vincent24 (9038) 2007-02-10 12:39

Salut Thierry,
Bon cadrage decentré incluant le chemin en 1er plan comme une invitation à entrer,la colorimetrie n'est pas top avec une dominante bleu(visible sur la neige au sol en bas de l'image,j'aurai bien vu un n&b qui conviendrait bien au sujet et resoudrait ce souci de couleurs,
bon week end,
vincent

flory (4802) 2007-02-11 5:23

Bonjour Thierry,
you show us in a lovely way,this proud and old castle with fine details of the walls,good angle/natural colours,too...can see is very well preserved and that makes me feel good..
nice Sunday,
flory

uccia84 (720) 2007-02-12 7:42

ottima foto anche se io avrei tagliato un po' di cespogli al lato destro.ma questo castello è quello del codice da vinci?

Jason_teale (703) 2007-02-15 19:00

This is a very well composed shot. I like the POV that you chose because it makes use of the lines and of the snow. You also have a niece split toned feel to it because the sun is on the chateau and not on the road which mutes the colors. Great work!