Le-Mont-In-B/W Photo

Photographer’s Note

Le Mont in B/W this time.
I've seen so many pictures of this touristic attraction and there are really beauties between them.
It's nice to see the different views photographers have. This is my view on the place, where the number of tourists are equally as the ants living there, I think:-)) But.... in this picture, you won't see them !

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Signal-Womb, Fixfocus, Tue, alvaraalto, jmdaoudal, elihesamian, wilkinsonsg, Burnham, bertolucci, bpelvan, Jeppe, PixelTerror, robiuk, carper, perryhooter, supereira, Propofol has marked this note useful

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osamaatef (161) 2005-11-19 5:02

wooooowwwwwwwww
very butiful photo and nice blacj & wight
and nice combesiton
will don

Burnham (2426) 2005-11-19 5:30

It's so nice that it isin Black and white, almost all the weight of the picture is on the left side, so I think it could really use a dramatic sky, but it still works great like this...

Cheers
Line

rosaline (0) 2005-11-19 6:48

Hans
Dramatic stuff and looks more forebidding in black and white. Like the effect of the skies. Never been to this place but will investigate it further.

Cheers
Aubrey

RGatward (19751) 2005-11-19 6:59

Good PoV for this very much shot place (as you say). I think you must be standing in the main car park for this. Expertly done, and unusual to see it in B&W.

Fixfocus (9377) 2005-11-19 8:45

Dag Hans,
I appreciate your B/W choice here.I also like how you placed it into the frame,-it´s an excellent composition.
Prettige weekend,
Hermann

Tue (25608) 2005-11-19 9:36

Hej Hans,
Zwart/wit was hier absoluut een goeie keuze. Mooi opgebouwde foto van deze bekende plek. Goeie compositie, prima werk!
Goed weekend verder.
Groeten,
Lars

alvaraalto (5303) 2005-11-19 10:02

Hallo Hans,
Een boeiende foto. Ik heb er een tijdje mee gefotoshopt om te kijken of ik de lucht wat sprekender kon krijgen. In de WS kan je het reslutaat zien.
goed weekend, Rob

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jasmis (51029) 2005-11-19 12:29

Absolutely excelent almost diagonal compostion. B&W - here the most proper mode.

jmdaoudal (82) 2005-11-19 13:13

A good point for this very photographied mount, you are offering a differnt picture. You cactch well under the basilic this great "wall" part of "la merveille"; This one is fascinating and especially when you walk at is down level.
You have well built the picture like a L and this is cut at left a very correct place in the architecture ( they are not from the same period) and at the bottom exactly to the attractive "promenade" on the "ramparts.
Very original and creative and also a composition from a person who looks to know and likes the place.
jean Michel
(This will be a sunday drive for us within winter ( not to much visitors then and its at 1 1/4 h of drive from here where I live.

lukie (0) 2005-11-19 13:13

Dag Hans,

ik vind het wel goed gevonden, een deel van dit geheel op foto te brengen. Men ziet beter de huisjes aan de voet van de rots.

groeten,

Luc.

elihesamian (26091) 2005-11-19 14:54

Hello Hans,
Indeed a great B&W work with a nice diagonal compostion you create,I have seen many shots from this touristic place,but here you show us almost half of this in a special way that it's fine,well composed and Thanks for sharing,Hans,
Yours
M

wilkinsonsg (8646) 2005-11-20 5:46

I know what you mean about tourists - it swarms with them - hold on though - I was one of them too!

I like the B&W treatment and the partial capture, it makes a refreshing change TFS :)

bazal (7898) 2005-11-21 2:53

Hello Hans.
This one is just great ! First, I really like the composition : we can be recognize the Mont St Michel at the first glance, but the POV and crop is totally different than this we can find on so much other contributions dealing with it (and that are most often all tahe same !). The curved diagonal that makes a separation between the city and the sky is dynamic and beautiful. Great idea to turn this picture in b&w.
Thanks for sharing !

cam (8880) 2005-11-21 8:57

hello Hans
I like this view from below,it makes the place very imposing,as it is in fact.The use of B&W is also good under those clouds and gives more grandeur to the place,
charles

capthaddock (28640) 2005-11-21 10:10

Hi Hans - I really like the diagonal composition, and the BW adds an artistic touch.

Didi (36516) 2005-11-21 13:00

Bonjour Hans
Je note un très bon cadrage de l'architecture sans déformation optique.
Le contraste traduit une légère ambiance dramatique qui est très appréciable.

Hello Hans
I note a very good framing of architecture without optical deformation. Contrast translates a light dramatic environment which is very appreciable.

bertolucci (12014) 2005-11-21 15:22

Hi Hans, ik heb je niet zo vaak z/w zien posten en je hebt een perfect onderwerp gekozen. De compo is spot on met de sterke diagonale lijn en op deze manier lijkt de Mont nog meer formidabel dan hij al is - ik moet daarvoo ver terug moet in mijn geheugen- eind jaren '80. Mooi werk en goede week toegewenst,
Bert

Signal-Womb (11755) 2005-11-22 6:56

Hi Hans, your composition on Le Mont is refreshingly different and works very well in B&W. I really like this, very good job.

jhm (83378) 2005-11-22 8:18

Dag Hans,
Ik ben wel wat laat vind ik zelf, maar de tijd vliegt snel, maar hier ben, ik dan toch.
Deze foto is beter dan de WS niet zo geforceerd, openlijk alleen ZW is nu niet mijn favorite foto, maar de samenstelling is goed bekeken, en het maakt wel indruk.
Groeten,
John.

bpelvan (3786) 2005-11-23 2:30

Hey Hans,
Really wooowwwwww..
I'm 100% agree with your opinion. This view is really so different and more valuable to me than many others. Touristic views also have to have something different in it.

Very sharp and and good, very good PoV. B&W reflects the mystic atmosphere of hundreds of years.

Congrats and thanks for sharing...

Bulent

Jeppe (18623) 2005-11-24 17:16

Hi Hans - Sorry I missed your photos for a long time.
Surely a fine and different view from this famous place - I like the B&W together with the diagonal sky line - thanks a lot for this great job.

ArtLook (2332) 2005-11-25 7:20

Hi Hans,
Great view, I like your choice to make this photo black & white. It is looks very impressive and old. Well done, BRAVO!
With BEST regards,
Arthur

bgladman (1153) 2005-11-25 13:53

Hi Hanssie,
This looks great in black and white. I like the strong diagonal of the building outline against the clouds. Could maybe try pushing the clouds harder to bring out more contrast? Cheers Brendan

PixelTerror (86861) 2005-11-26 4:40

Hi Hans,
It's good and creative to have gone for this different framing, it makes the attractive value of your photo, plus the fact the upward view built to the Mont with this strong diagonal works very well.
Have a nice week end,
Jean-Yves

naxius (16679) 2005-11-26 5:34

Hi Hans,
This is really fine photo about Le Mont Saint Michel..
I like the way you have played with the natural diagonal of roofs.
Very good.
TFS.
Alex

faubry (32429) 2005-11-26 6:20

hello, peu habituel le Mont St Michel de côté et en noir et blanc, un bon choix, j aime beaucoup cette composition, beau travail francine

robiuk (10763) 2005-11-28 14:39

'Evening Hans,
Yes, I agree with the rest about the pic being different and therefore refreshing - not only because of your decision to create a compo showing only one half (of usual full monty) but also because going for b/w to keep the drama the place has to offer and creating a slopping diagonal of the castle and descending houses underneath.
Mighty!
Robi

Janice (4386) 2005-12-06 4:19

Hi Hans, you have a good shot here. The angle of the castle diminishing into a triangle to the right looks super. Excellent composition and especially in BW. Well shown, thank you.
Janice :)

jrj (34779) 2005-12-12 11:57

Interesting shot of this place Hans - usually we see it presented in a more attractive setting. Still this one works well with the excisting grey weather, and you also included a good part of the little village, not seen to often from this angle. Well done

carper (65742) 2005-12-12 12:00

Prachtig is hij zeker Hans. Sorrie dat ik deze gemist had. grafisch een zeer mooie opbouw, goed in zwart wit. Prachtige compositie, erg goed werk.
gr. jaap

Mishe (3513) 2005-12-30 14:20

Happy new year,Hans!
Mishe:):):)

papagolf21 (56765) 2005-12-31 6:16

Heureuse Année

À l'aube du Nouvel An, acceptez de tout coeur les voeux les plus chaleureux pour une année exceptionnelle!

There is no time fitting to say
THANK YOU
and to wish you a Happy Holiday Season
and a New Year
of health, happiness and prosperity

Philippe

Galmeida (12559) 2006-01-26 14:56

Hi Hans,
First of all a happy new year and better year to 2006 and sorry for delay, but it's a little difficult to see your posts TE and share to you in a more short cycle of days. Don't worry because I have also some delays in present time. It's excelent your B&W option and a upper vision by the low limit of the roofs of this place. Splendid enquadrement, point of view and perspective with fine handling mood light and contrast. Great picture and possible one of the best of S.Michel. Congratulations and thanks for your visit.

Fernando

smartins (1967) 2006-01-27 11:17

Hi Hans!
Beautiful photo! Great B&W and POV.
Well done :)

Take care,
Susana

jemaflor (39759) 2006-02-07 13:03

Hi Hans,
Good silhouette effect and good idea for this original frame, interesting composition with a diagonal.

supereira (9576) 2006-03-09 8:14

Beautiful shot.I like it!Great composition and framing.I like the B&W choice.Great contrasts,light and sharpness.Well done!

oochappan (22032) 2006-05-11 4:07

Leuk, Hans, hoe je de helling gebuikt om dit diagonaal te framen, alle aandacht wordt naar de kerktoren getrokken, de lucht is mooi doortekent met de wolken.
groetjes
Henk

Budapestman (42876) 2006-06-13 16:06

Hi Hans!
Wow, fantastic photo, good choice the B&W. Very good atmosphere and impression. Best Regards,
George

vinicio (22428) 2006-06-16 8:02

Always wellcomed images of the "Mont", this is beautiful for its dramatic light, the B&W and the absence of referements on the bottom full of tourists, good composition and choice of the B&W, compliments.
Ciao
Vinicio

branley (3681) 2006-07-15 17:01

Hello Hans,

it's a much photographed building, sometimes hard to find something new in a shot but you've found something different here. The moody sky compliments the B&W image. Well done.

Achting

Stephen

vedra (0) 2006-07-24 11:48

Hi Hans,
A nice point of view to Le-Mont-Saint-Michel, or better to say to half of the town :) Interesting composition made half by the sky and half by the buildings.
I think that choice of B&W helps to add some mystery to this place.
Vedrana

wanna_yu (0) 2006-07-31 4:08

I have seen many photos of this place droped "from space" but never in this perspective and never in B&W. Excellent, excellent work!

Best regards
Ivana