Photographer’s Note
March 30, 2007
La Rochelle 170300 17000
Charente-Maritime Poitou-Charentes
46.167 -1.150 15 m
The "Tour de la Lanterne" 15th century, also known as Tower of the Four Sergeants.
The Tower of the Lantern, "Tour de la Lanterne", is a part with the Tower of the Chain, "Tour de la Chaîne", and the Tower Saint-Nicolas, "Tour Saint-Nicolas", of the vestiges of the old fortifications protecting the city and the port and destroyed on royal order after the seat of "La Rochelle" in 1628.
It was built in 31 years of 1445 to 1476. On the basis of cylindrical barrel, of 25 m high and 15 m diameter is made up an octagonal spire bringing the total height to 75 m. It is a tower bell-tower, which was also used as house-light, of maritime, military and political prison, as testify it to very many graffitis on the walls.
This tower bore several names according to its role or of its history. "Turn of Garrot", when the weapons of the boats entering the port were neutralized there. "Turn of the Priests", after the massacre of ecclesiastics in 1568 during the wars of religion, and the Révolution Française. "TOWER of the 4 SERGEANTS", after the éxécution in Paris in 1822 of 4 plotters against the king Louis XVIII, who had been imprisoned there.
http://racinesrochelaises.free.fr/lanterne.html
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Nicou
(45673) 2007-04-19 6:53
Hello,
Très belle photo, ce clocher est magnifique comme une belle flèches, superbe.
Bravo et belle journée
Nicou
asajernigan
(14284) 2007-04-19 7:00
Joel,
Nice capture of this great old world architecture. The lighting and colors are great taken from a good POV. The sharpness could be better if you had used a higher f-stop (around f/11-f/1). The higher f-stop will give you a much better DOF placing more of the photo in sharp focus.
Still a great photo though.
TFS,
Asa
chrisnet
(20376) 2007-04-19 7:11
Bonjour Joël,
Belle vue rapprochée de la Tour de la Lanterne, bon choix du cadrage vertical, les couleurs me semblent cependant un peu fades, une légère saturation aurait été bien vue à mon avis.
Amicalement
Christian
PixelTerror
(86837) 2007-04-19 7:27
Bonjour Joel,
Interessante et marrante cette tour, on dirait que les architectes n'ont pas su choisir entre une tour de defense et un clocher d'eglise, bonne lumiere et un cadrage serre qui permet d'apprecier l'architecture, eventellement rajouter un peu de contraste ?
Bonne journee,
Jean-Yves
maltese
(21537) 2007-04-19 11:22
Salut Joel
Une image bien agréable avec ce plan serré pour donner un maximun de détails, effectivement un peu de PP lui aurait donné un peu de pèche!!
Amicalement
Hervé
gildasjan
(24121) 2007-04-19 12:22
Bonjour Joel
Cadrage bien déporté de la tour et couleur de la pierre très naturelle,l'ensemble sur un ciel doux.Un bon cliché que j'aurais personnellement saturé et contrasté un peu plus.
Bonne soirée.
Amicalement
Gildas
Cricri
(43726) 2007-04-19 12:43
Bonsoir Joel,
Bon cadrage pour présenter cette tour des plus intéressante, de jolies couleurs naturels, bon choix du format
bonne soirée
merçi
cricri
Charo
(31779) 2007-04-19 18:02
Hola Joël,
Me encantan estas piedras tan blancas desafiando al cielo azul.
Hoy me toca reprenderte, a mis ojos la torre está un poco inclinada :( , pero eso no le resta belleza a esta fotografía con excelente luz y nitidez.
Gran trabajo.
Saludos cordiales
Charo
gilou530
(35680) 2007-04-20 5:59
salut joel
j'adhére dans le sens de christian sur la saturation des couleurs, qui aurai donné un meilleur contraste sur cette magnifique église, coté cadrage rien a dire c'est parfait
amitiés
gilbert
nisko
(2461) 2007-04-20 9:21
hi joel,
you have a nice collection of architectures!i like this cause it accompinied from a great sky,really live!great point of view too.
best regards
jaywalker
(12302) 2007-04-20 13:26
Hi Joel, A wonderful shot of this super piece of architecture, it looks excellent against the light blue sky & you have framed very well, great focus & a brilliant structure, TFS, kind regards Wilson.
adores
(15745) 2007-04-20 18:12
Hi Joel!
Somehow, I think it's an original tower. I like its shape. The composition is good including part of the walls and the tower of the church.
Have a nice weekend!
Regards, Anabela
Photo Information
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Copyright: joel berthonneau (jlbrthnn)
(38897) - Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2007-03-30
- Categories: Castles, Architecture
- Camera: Canon Powershot S3 IS
- Exposure: f/4, 1/1600 seconds
- Map: view
- Photo Version: Original Version
- Theme(s): ancient towers from all the world [view contributor(s)]
- Date Submitted: 2007-04-19 6:26
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