Hyères - Rue Massillon (Post #300) Photo

Photographer’s Note

Hyères - Rue Massillon (Post #300)

Hyères – the wonderful city on the Med near Presqu'île de Giers and the Iles d’Or. The only part of Southern France we never visited. I was equipped with a digicam now, most of my others visits to, and holidays in, France took place during my analog days, ‘Les Années Argentiques'

Displayed here is Rue Massillon, it’s one of the main streets of the medieval city centre of Hyères. The September light was gorgeous on these age old facades with their blinds and laundry. A site about the history about old Hyères is here.

This is post #300, in retrospect a mind boggling number, regarding the fact that I started some 3,5 years ago just to share my holiday pics and was curious how a virtual community worked. Was I in for a surprise! I got far more then that. I learned a whole lotta stuff ‘bout photography and post processing. The former even changed the way I look. It has become more focussed and aware, and I love it. And last but not least I got to know interesting co-photographers. Many became friends and I even had the pleasure to meet some of you. I wanna thank y’all from my heart for your inspiration, kindness and friendship! It’s been great.
For this occasion, I made an Excel spreadsheet to do a little number crunching on my account ;-).
I posted 300 pics. These pics got 321.000 views, which means that on average each pic was viewed 1070 times. Of course this number is distorted because 16 pics are or were linked by a search engine or something and got between 2000 and 9000 views because of it. In the 3,5 year of my membership averagely 250 pic-views per day took place. TE is also ‘bout exposure and I never realized how big this exposure was. To my astonishment I even sold some pics because of that.
Concerning the interactive part of TE: I wrote 5225 crits, which took me some 435 hours, in terms of productive time that would mean 11 full time working weeks ;-) and I received 10110 points, which means some 5000 crits. So it’s roughly a 1:1 relation…. and that’s the relation often discussed in the diatribes in the Forum about the point system and its underlying reciprocity. For me the point system is basically an interact-o-meter. And I value it as such.

So thanks a lot again my friends! I will shift to a lower posting speed because after my return to Holland it has become very busy again, and also because my DBA/PhD course will start.

PCS3 tech: altered the saturation, contrast, curves and levels for the whole pic and some elements separately, using different layers, enhanced the edges, USM-ed, added a frame and resized and did a gentle USM again.

exif data

Camera Manufacturer : Canon
Camera Model : Canon EOS 30D
Exposure time [s] : 1/200
F-Number : 13.0
Exposure program : Aperture priority (3)
ISO speed ratings : 200
Date taken : 2007:09:22 12:20:16
Exposure bias value : -2/3 EV
Metering mode : Evaluative, Multi-segment (5)
Focal length [mm] : 102 mm (35 mm equiv)
Colour space : sRGB
image width : 2336
image length : 3504
Contrast : Normal
Saturation : High
Sharpness : Normal

besnard, Buin, robertosalguero, jhm, ribeiroantonio, brevbrev14, pasternak, Cricri, Tue, alvaraalto, lucasgalodoido, syd1946, Gerrit, belido, UlfE, feather, Dpbours, vascao, Angelillo, MiguelP, abulafia, cfreire, Didi has marked this note useful

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Buin (38574) 2007-09-27 23:50

Hallo Bert!
What a beautiful and colourful photo! Here I like especially the wonderful light with all these shadows and the many deails one can see here. Flying the flags here is great! ;-)
By the way - congratulations to your 300th! Go on posting!
Greetings from Gemany!
Frank

robertosalguero (110) 2007-09-27 23:57

Excellent information in your note and congrats on your 300th picture bert. This picture is very nice. The colours of the buildings and the good light enhance the quality of the shot. Interesting scene that shows contrasts of culture. Thanks for sharing.

Roberto

besnard (31316) 2007-09-28 1:40

Bonjour Bert
Tous mes compliments pour ta 300ème. C'est une belle photo avec des couleurs chaudes, avec un petit couleur locale, le linge qui pend aux fenêtres. Juste un petit bémol le fil électrique qui traverse la rue mais tu n'y pouvais pas grand chose.

En panne de sourire, je repasse.
Nicole

carper (66108) 2007-09-28 1:45

ik vind hem prachtig Bert.
gefeliciteerd met Uw 300ste post hier op de side. Zeer fraaie details, goede scherpte en een uitstekende compositie. goed werk met Uw 30d. Ik overweeg de canon 40d aan te schaffen. prettige dag verder.
groet Jaap

Haymotion (1793) 2007-09-28 1:57

Photo simple et très réussi !!
Belle luminosité et très bien composé...
Ce linge au fenêtre apporte une belle touche de vie a ton cliché
Bravo
Vince

jhm (83742) 2007-09-28 3:45

Hallo Bert,

Van harte gefeliciteerd met uw 300ste inzending.
U heeft een uitstapje gemaakt naar Frankrijk zo te zien, en daar in de nauwe straatjes een mooi dagelijks levens beeld gemaakt, met de was inclusief, leven in een wondere wereld de Franse en Italianen, goed van kleur en goede samenstelling.
Bedankt.

Prettig weekend uit een nat Vlaanderen met 14.7° C.
John.

ribeiroantonio (22056) 2007-09-28 4:02

This picture shows how September can be very warm. Just look at the colours of the walls. Beautiful. And what about the colours of the cloths? Ah, and that green window? All beautiful!!!
Congratulations for your 300th. The statistics do not lie.
Well done.
Antonio

pasternak (13756) 2007-09-28 6:14

Hi Bert, congratulations with this TE milestone... A lovely picture with nice contrasts from a typical mediterranean street, even the hanging clothes are typical... I still have to visit that part of France...

Cheers
Alexander

smarcell (14715) 2007-09-28 6:58

Beautiful light, and then the colors of the wet dresses on the balconies are an extra bonus for it.
It might very well be a view of a street in central Italy.
Just one minor comment. The lines are slightly tilted. You can correct them by cropping the picture.

Cricri (44068) 2007-09-28 8:23

Bonjour Bert,
Je vois que le temps est toujours aussi beau dans le sud..trés belle lumiére et beaucoup de détails de ces façades aux couleurs chaudes et bien rendue, compliment
Bonne journée
Amitiés
cricri

Tue (25608) 2007-09-28 12:25

Hej Bert,
Gefeliciteerd met je 300ste foto! En leuk om alle statistieken te lezen! Dit is een mooie foto om deze mijlpaal mee te vieren. Het licht dat op deze Zuid-Franse gevels schijnt, is prachtig. Er zitten ook leuke details in, zoals de was die over de kleine balkonnetjes hangt. Mooi werk!
Fijn weekend!
Groeten,
Lars

lucasgalodoido (16929) 2007-09-28 13:37

Olá Bert!
Interesting this clothes in the windows, and the building color is very showy and forms a beautiful contrast with the sky!
Congratulations and Hug!

syd1946 (17999) 2007-09-28 14:38

Congratulations Bert for your 300th post!It is really a big number for so high quality work.I enjoy very much your photo and your note.You are one of my very best photographer that I "meet" in TE pages and the reason is not only the F10 camera :-).Exactly it is your own recognized style,in so different ways of photography,the good sense looking in every photo!
This is another "bertolucci" photo!

Looking forward for the next posts file mou!

wishes for the weekend,
Thomas

Gerrit (36529) 2007-09-28 16:06

Dag Bert,
mooie huizen, heel goede uitsnede en prachtige kleueren.
Groeten Gerrit

belido (17129) 2007-09-28 19:34

Olá Bert,

não sei o que mais encanta nessa foto, se são as belas arquiteturas ou a perspectiva dessas mesmas. A verdade é que a foto é muito prazerosa de se ver. Gosto das sombras provocadas pela posição do Sol no momento. Parabéns por esse e por ser sua 300a postagem.
Abraço,
Carlos

alvaraalto (5305) 2007-09-29 1:38

Hallo Bert,
Heel mooi die vertikale bruintinten in deze gevels. Uitstekend gezien als een echte cineast. Mooi werk passend bij je derde century.
groet Rob
kom morgen nog ff langs

UlfE (9250) 2007-09-29 2:20

Hi Bert,

Congratulations to your 300th. You have made a really good choice, but I would not except anything else since all your pictures are top class. I love the warm colours and the atmosphere of your picture. It looks like nothing has changed here for many years. TFS this wonderful picture and have a fine week end!

Cheers,

Ulf

feather (50480) 2007-09-29 5:59

Congratulations for reaching another TE milestone. You have a great gallery of wonderful images. This one shines out from the thumbnail. The light on the yellows and oranges of the architecture makes the colours glow. From the darkness of the shadows we can see this was not easy to expose for, but you did a great job, both in taking the image in the first place and in PP to bring out the best of it. Well done. I wonder if there will be another 300!
Kath

brevbrev14 (372) 2007-09-29 8:37

Ciao Bert!
woow 300 great images!
My best congratulations my friend!!
thanks a lot for your work here in TE!
and the image is very very good!
similar to some italian achitecture this one...
very good perspective, texture and light!
ciao!
Valeria

HAVE A GREAT W.E. ! :)))

Dpbours (220) 2007-09-29 20:08

Hi Bert,

Jij bezig bijtje ;-). Grapje. Maarre, gefeliciteerd! Lekker sfeertje hier in nummer 300! Op het eerste gezicht vond ik dat 'Spar' spuermarkt tekentje een beetje hinderlijk, maar eigenlijk geeft dat ook wel echt het platteland weer! Waar vind je nog een Spar?! Juist, in de durpen in Nederland, Belgie en Frankrijk. Mooie plaat en op naar de volgende 300!

Groeten!
Dennis

vero07 (1747) 2007-09-30 0:39

Hi Bert,
Excellent POV showing these houses of different colours with a nice light over them. I like some details that you included in your shot as the balcony plenty of clothes. Thanks for your useful information.
Very well done.

vascao (192) 2007-09-30 11:37

Hi, Bert,
Quite a number and quite a photo! Congrats for your 300th!
I love the playing with lights and shadow here. Impressive colors and nice perspective, in a stunning compo.
Regards, my friend.
Sergio

Angelillo (9067) 2007-09-30 14:31

Hi Bert,

First at all, congratulations for this post, the 300th!!! It's one of the many beautiful shots, so the congratulations are for the whole gallery and too for yourself!!
I like very much the light in this houses, the irregularity of the street, the dayli-life showed in the hanging clothes. It's a very nice composition, with very good colors! Really beautiful!
Thanks!

Greetings,
Angel.

toto (18783) 2007-10-01 2:25

Belle photo de ces façades colorée avec ces volets tout aussi colorés, pour cette 300eme, vous avez mis une belle photo colorée comme votre gallerie qui est un plaisir pour les yeux. Félicitation et bonne continuation. Amitiés Thomas

Stepan (27175) 2007-10-01 11:16

So typical from the South, so typical from a Summer mood (even if it's in September !!).
And as it is the 300th, I will say your gallery is one of most interesting from TE, with a lot of various style, of inspirations and personnality. Happy 300th !
Stéphane

batalay (21408) 2007-10-02 4:07

Hello Bert,

This is a first rate shot, a veritable spectrum of colors on display. The composition, perspective, colors and resolution are first rate. Congratulations on your 300th post.

Warm regards from Virginia, USA.
Bulent

MiguelP (14338) 2007-10-03 10:01

So 300 moments already here in TE, coming from you and your particular vision of the world, because I am right when I say you have a vision of the world. Like this one, for instance, not the human but what we create, this is a nice composition, I love the perspective of the street going to the right. Congratulations Bert, and please, keep posting.

john_c (24635) 2007-10-09 6:50

Hi Bert,
Congrats on your 300th post. This is a fine study in detail. The frame is full of life, vitality, and fine lighting, yet does not seem overcrowded. I like the signs of everyday life here such as the washing and clothes strung out. You have such skill to depict the urban landscape in a unique way. Cheers.
John

abulafia (4802) 2007-10-09 9:29

Congratulations with the 300th Bert
A wonderful note, you really went through the past 3.5 years:)
The picture is very good as well, very colorful and with charming old buildings
Regards
Harry

cfreire (11677) 2007-11-04 12:07

Hi, Bert
Great capture about this narrow street. Good control about the shadows and lights and the colors are very nice and vivids. The blue sky in end's picture gave and amazing contrast with the yellow's house. Well composed. Regards, Consuelo

Didi (36668) 2007-11-25 3:18

Bonjour Bert
On remarque l'influence Italienne sur le style des maisons
Ambiance typique du Sud
Composition très intéressante, j'apprécie beaucoup
Cordialement

Photo Information

Copyright: Bert Hoetmer (bertolucci) (12022)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-09-22
Categories: Daily Life, Architecture
Camera: Canon EOS 30D, Canon EF-S 17-85 4-5.6 IS USM, SanDisk Ext III 4 GB, Circular Polarizer 67 mm
Exposure: f/13.0, 1/200 seconds
More Photo Info: view
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-09-27 23:25