JipiDay Collateral Damage Photo

Photographer’s Note

I have taken this image when travelling back from the JipiDay TE Meeting in Lille in june 2008, making a quick lunch stop in Calais I shot the local landmark. This city hall is a very nice example of flemish architecture and its 75m high belfry is listed on the UNESCO world heritage.

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mikolaj_kawa (30269) 2009-10-20 9:18

Hello Jean Yves! Amazing architecture, marvelous tower, excellent scenery, perfect colourful shot. Good exposure, ideal sharpness. Good luck!

isabela_sor (42175) 2009-10-20 9:21 [Comment]

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ManuMay (10906) 2009-10-20 9:23

Hi Jean Yves!

A terrific view over this very beeautiful place, it should really great under the sun!! This view brings a hard dramatic sense!!

Very good definition and absolute colours!!

Have a very nice, and nothing "terrific" day...

Manuel

gilou530 (35270) 2009-10-20 9:23

salu JY
un chateau au couleur brique qui ressort bien dans ce ciel orageux que tu as en plus accentué, une longue allée qui nous guide grace au 10-20
amitiés
gilbert

hardyuno (2327) 2009-10-20 9:39

Salut JY,
it's really a lovely building, the clock tower is amazing, as the sky is. Very fine picture. Thank you for sharing.
Viele Grüße
Hartmut

barrufeto_77 (25809) 2009-10-20 10:41

Hi Jy.

My compliments. For sure, that path is inviting us to enter in the city hall.

Excellent colours and superb sky!

Rgs, Oscar

TopGeo (21873) 2009-10-20 11:35

Hello Jean Yves! Nice view , it's a very original composition in interesting place and excellent scenery Amazing architecture, marvelous tower, Very fine picture with colours and perspective good. Thank you for sharing.
Georgios

JT50 (815) 2009-10-20 12:44

Hi Jean Yves,
Looks like a picture from a
fairy tale. Brilliant colours
and sharpness. I like the path
leading towards the building.
Gives good depth.
Regards.
Janak

stefanocer (10408) 2009-10-20 12:50

Excellent architecture and shot YJ , composition and pov are great and light management too , sky is impressive , compliments.
Stefano.

devimeuxbe (55867) 2009-10-20 12:59

Salut L'ami
la beauté de cette image tient dans l'élégance de l'architecture et cet impressionnant ciel contrasté.
Ca penche un peu non ?
Amicalement
Bertrand

vasilpro (8834) 2009-10-20 13:39

Hello Jean Yves,
Wonderful composition with an amazing atmosphere, beautiful place with interesting architecture, excellent light management and lovely colors.
Kind regards, Vasilis.

cd70 (725) 2009-10-20 15:01

Hello Jean-Yves,
je suis très impressionné par cette vue : les couleurs sont magnifiques avec une belle saturation, malgré un ciel très dense mais qui apporte une vraie esthétique.
Et surtout une netteté exemplaire !
Elle est superbe, bonne soirée, Cyrille

lousat (15458) 2009-10-20 15:32

C'est une photo merveilleuse,pas de mieux pour montrer nous cette perspective avec des couleurs tres chaudes et parfaictes et un ciel tres tres spectaculair aussi.Mes plus gros compliments,un gros cadeau pour qui aime les couleurs et les nuages comme moi! Bonne journee',Luciano

claudio74 (6537) 2009-10-20 16:08

Hello Jean yves
Tu nous montres une beaute cache du Nord, en tout cas pour moi.
Malgre le ciel maussade les couleurs sont sont superbes...c est du bon boulot
A+
Claude

cbrman (18911) 2009-10-20 22:16

Hello Jean-Yves,

En voyant cette image, il y a comme une odeur de tonemapping. Peut-être est-ce seulement une impression due au contraste. Sinon, je trouve le résultat assez réussi au niveau de la luminosité de l'ensemble. Le dégradé appliqué au ciel permet de dramatiser la scène. et de tirer profit du temps gris.
Je suis moins convaincu par le cadrage qui ne me semble
pas assez serré. Les éléments de gauche sont de trop, je trouve.

De très bon souvenirs lors de ce meeting...
A+

Dominique

emka (21578) 2009-10-20 23:45

Hi JY,

Wonderful example of the Flemish architecture in France. Superb composition with many flowers and the path leading our sight to thuis fantastic building. Nice colours although the weather was not favorable.

Regards

Malgorzata

sandpiper (1623) 2009-10-21 0:10

Hi JY

Even in the thumbnail it looked spectacular. Fantastic architecture, the flower bed is is a nice addition, as is the moody grey sky. Great contrast with teh bright building. An awesome shot.

Chris

snunney (34974) 2009-10-21 1:34

Hello Jean-Yves,
The long red path makes a splendid lead line taking us towards the complementary tones of the wonderful architecture. Both of these offer good tonal contrasts with the adjacent greenery and the brooding heavily charged sky. A fine presentation with good mastery of the lighting conditions.

npecanhuk (14011) 2009-10-21 1:48

Salut Jean-Yves!
L'architecture de ce bâtiment-là est très belle et vraiment attirante! Les jardins français sont très jolis et agréables aussi! La photo est excellente et j'adore surtout les couleurs et la bonne gestion de la lumière! La netteté et la profondeur m'ont plu aussi!
Merci du partage!
Amitiés,
Neyvan

delkoo (34352) 2009-10-21 3:47

bonjour jean yves;
ce ciel outrageusement gris t'a bien déservi pour obtenir une bonne photo bien construite , le vert et le violet ressortent particulierement
bien.
didier

coco (27866) 2009-10-21 4:07

Hi Jean Yves.

You made a good but difficult work with the light. Also I love the composition and colours of the photo.

Carlos.

Nicou (44945) 2009-10-21 4:13

Hello jean-Yves,

je pense que 'est ta rédidence secondaire, a voir la classe de l'image, 4a peut être que ça, une merveille,, sueprbe.

meri et a^mitié

Nicou

Yves-triga (3507) 2009-10-21 4:54

salut jean-yves ,
superbe cette photo,
j'aime beaucoup,
un beau travail et un pdv bien realisé,
bien à toi
yves

Morac (20491) 2009-10-21 9:01

Bonsoir Jean-Yves,
Cette superbe et orgueilleuse solitude est une merveille avec ses couleurs sous ce ciel menaçant.
Amicalement
Marc

gildasjan (23809) 2009-10-21 10:55

Bonsoir Jean Yves
J'ai analysé cette image et me suis posé la question du pourquoi l'architecture centrée.J'ai trouvé la clé,tu voulais cette allée pour nous conduire à l'architecture et faire apparaitre plein cadre ce massif de fleurs à gauche qui donne un indéniable cachet à cette image.Un spot de lumière sur la façade met bien en valeur le contraste avec ce gris qui finalement donne une bonne touche à la composition.Question exposition et netteté ce n'est pas du bricolage.
Bonne soirée
Amicalement
gildas

claudeD (11340) 2009-10-21 11:31

Bonsoir Jean Yves,

très belle prise de vue avec une bonne composition et sous une lumière parfaite.Très belle netteté.Très beau travail photo.Merci pour le partage.

Salutations maicales du Luxembourg

Jean-Claude

barni (14541) 2009-10-21 11:41

Salut Jean-Yves
Belle gestion de la lumière.
Le chemin attire bien le regard.
Bonne soirée
Christophe

holmertz (9705) 2009-10-21 13:12

Hello Jean Yves,
Fantastic building, UNESCO listed belfry, perfect garden – and yet it's that dark sky that really makes this picture, in my opinion. The dark clouds give a special quality to the green grass and the façade of the building.
Regards,
Gert

gneufeld (15173) 2009-10-21 15:48

Hi Jean,
Amazing and quite spectacular shot of this Unesco world heritage site. Excellent light, crisp sharpness, and well saturated colors. Fine work and TFS. Gerald

BelCan75 (2418) 2009-10-21 19:42

Hello Jean Yves,

Wow, what an amazing shot...very impressive! What a beautiful building. Great POV with good light, amazing colours and beautiful details! I love the contrast with the sky as well. Great work, Jean Yves!

Greetings,
Ann

jjcordier (24734) 2009-10-21 22:47

Jean Yves
Pas si mal que ça ce petit stop calaisien! Moi, j'aime bien ce cadrage centré avec l'allée qui nous conduit à l'hôtel de ville et le PP réalisé, tout ça sous un ciel bien typique de la région (non, pas taper!)
Amitiés
JJ

ktanska (16585) 2009-10-22 0:20

Hi Jean-Yves,
That belfry is really something and steals the attention of the city hall, which actually looks very nice too. And the garden is impressive. I like those dark clouds telling about changing weather.
Kari

foozi (4725) 2009-10-22 4:13

Hi Jean.
such an astonishing composition. I like the perspective leading to this pretty building with wonderful colours.
the contrast are really brilliant.
Very sharp indeed, and the purple flowers are captivating.
Well presented in excellent view,

Regards,
Foozi

ChrisJ (70293) 2009-10-22 5:45

Salut Jean Yves

Good lead in lines with excellent sharpness & superb colour & diffused lighting. Wonderful colour contrasts, & excellent graphism. Tfs!

peppe59 (1995) 2009-10-22 9:17

Ciao Jean,
una foto a dir poco fantastica, colori splendidi geometrie perfette.
Complimenti
Peppe

anokutan (7685) 2009-10-22 19:50

Hello Jean Yves,
Very fine picture with colours and perspective good.I like the path.Leading towards the building.

lucasgalodoido (16605) 2009-10-22 20:00

Hi Jean Yves,
impressive the beautiful of this shot, principaly the contrast between dark clouds and gardens. I´d like of the building too. Great job.
Regards,
Lucas

Cricri (43132) 2009-10-22 23:48

Bonjour Jean Yves
Tiens il on changer la couleur des fleurs:-))
Toujours une architecture magnifique qui resort merveilleusement bien "meme" sous un ciel gris...
Bizz
cricri

GUYOFF (893) 2009-10-23 13:40

Bonsoir Jean Yves,

Quelle jolie église pleine de charme, on reconnait bien la le style flamand, en effet ! Le ciel sombre tranche avec le bas, c'est sympa...Quel dommage qu'il n y ai pas de 1er plan...

Bonne soirée

chawax (6015) 2009-10-23 13:43

Bonsoir Jean-Yves,
Un bon point de vue, une belle profondeur de champ, des couleurs très agréables. Les conditions n'étaient pas idéales (ciel gris) mais tu as parfaitement su t'en tirer et le résultat est très convaincant.
Amicalement,
Olivier

COSTANTINO (22775) 2009-10-24 10:48

Hello
What a beautiful shot,what an excellent postcard with
so many architectural details and fantastic colours
Lila flowers give a pleasant tone to this combination
the way that draws the eyes away,everything
many details well composed,nice pov
have a nice week end
Costantino

cherryripe (19031) 2009-10-25 9:25

Salut JY
Cette mairie est superbe et l'architect semblait être un peu fou comme Gaudi. J'aime aussi ces jardins immaculés ainsi que le ciel si chargé qui contraste merveilleusement avec la couleur de l'édifice et le gazon.
Bonne soirée
Nikki

adramad (3646) 2009-10-25 10:45

Hello Jean Ives.
Beautiful architecture that of this Town hall, A good POV the chosen one with the parallel lines that form the way and lawn converging towards I build, they give a major depth. The gray sky and the beautiful flowerbed of flowers create a few nice contrasts of color.
Have a nice week.
Regards.
Luis.

Angshu (33729) 2009-10-25 20:49

Bonjour JY
The architecture, as you said, is indeed very Flemish. The perspective is well created and the red building looks good against the dark clouds...there seems to be slice of light in the lower half of the building, which makes that part glow. The flowers add a good burst of colour as well
Best Regards
Angshu

paololg (13761) 2009-10-27 15:37

Ciao dear Jean Yves,
to manage the light in this image is not simple, especially when the brightness and the fidelity of the colors are maintained without the least presence of noise. To the excellent photographic technique it needs to also add the good composition, where all the lines converge toward the castle in pleasant way. Compliments dear friend, in this image you show that the skies are also beautiful when they are not blue.
Ciao, have a very nice day!
Paolo

mkamionka (4582) 2009-10-28 10:07

Hi JY,
is it real or just the perspective correction made the tower so cool? If it is, I have to go there and see it by myself! It is worth a trip. The architecture is so beautiful and the decoration details fantastic!
It seems that you used the ND filter. I always hesitate if there is something standing out from the ground because it gets partially darker (so I almost never use it). But the sky would be indeed boring without it. I would prefer HDR instead. It would darken the sky without darkening the tower.
I like the compostion very much, it is a beautiful postcard.
And the place is so picturesque! I have to visit it.
Thanks for sharing it.
Mariusz

fayeulle (26543) 2009-10-30 1:59

Salut Jean-Yves

Très belle image classique du plus célèbre édifice de calais. Ah ces JiPiDays ! Quel souvenir

Amitié

JP

asajernigan (14170) 2009-10-30 10:13

JY,
This is a fine shot of this great architecture which has been taken under excellent light. The off center path leads the eye into the shot nicely giving the photo a nice sense of direction. The dark sky provides nice contrast for this brightly lit scene.
TFS,
Asa

ahmetgedikli (21924) 2009-11-06 12:39

Excellent shot! The POV, colours and the sharpness are very good. I like it.
Have a good WE.
ahmetgedikli

s_lush (2244) 2009-11-11 5:45

Hello Jean Yves,
Despite the bad weather in the moment of the capturing, the picture looks rather bright and colorful. Moreover the architectural details are seen better against the gloomy sky. Very good composition, light and color management! Excellent photo!
Best regards,
Sergiy

dareco (17104) 2009-11-21 23:00

Fabulous architecture and very nice composition, colors, detail, depth..wow! I could go on and on and on.....TFS