Trompe l'oeil Photo

Photographer’s Note

This is the way the Ligurians decorate their housewalls when there are no windows...It is so well done, that it looks incredibly real! This is still an old photo from my time in Genova. I really loved this vibrant city..it has so many pittoresque and beautiful spots.

I uploaded another example in the WS!

bantonbuju, Tue, weswang, singuanti, PixelTerror, supereira, Paolo has marked this note useful

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sarju (5308) 2005-06-16 15:36

Allo leonie
nice shot ... it looked like a real window to me from the thumbnail ... okay .. I will be honest it even looked like a real window even after I clicked the thumbnail ... it was only after I read the note that I realized what it was ....
Lingurians? ... they seemed kind of interesting people, is there any website that you could recommend if I want to know more about them ...
Looking at your photos, it seems that you have had quite an interesting and fulfilling life ... seems like you been to lots of nice places with culture .....
neways ... nice shot ... cheers for now ...
Greetings from the land of open spaces
sarju

bantonbuju (48796) 2005-06-16 16:18

hi leonie, good to see those lovely details from italy; one of the most loved things by me were the windows and the details of around them (even if they are not real);
very lovely photo, i like those pastel colours;
have a nice evening, jerzy

RGatward (19751) 2005-06-16 17:05

Nice observation Leonie, though I think it has a few problems. Looks like a neat image treatment of a probably grainy scan, well probably the best thing to do. Though I think correcting the perspective distortion might have been good, and may cropping the ragment of window from teh floor above.

Tue (25608) 2005-06-16 18:06

Hi Léonie,
Beautiful warm colours you captured here! Nice window and the car is a nice addition, very well done! :-D
Groetjes,
Lars

jmdaoudal (82) 2005-06-16 18:23

Ce trompe l'oeil est très réaliste et bien coloré.
L'artiste a fait un excellent travail. J'allais parler le l'approche : perspective, partie superieure et petite intrusion à droite, mais je vois l'age de la photo :))) Alors je ne dis plus rien.
Merci pour cette image suisse.
Jean Michel

singuanti (15240) 2005-06-16 22:33

Hi Leonie. That's funny! I would have had no idea if you didn't tell me what the reality was! Obviously the close-in framing is the only way to go here and you pulled it off well. Nice one Leonie, I like it!

PixelTerror (86957) 2005-06-17 4:36

Salut Leonie,
D'abord j'ai remarque les couleurs chaudes de la Mediterranee, puis qqch me semblait quand meme louche dans ta photo, alors j'ai lu la note et j'ai compris ;-)
Tres interessant et bien cadre.
Bon week end,
Jean-Yves

faubry (32429) 2005-06-17 5:28

je croyais que c'était un evraie fenêtre, incroyable, belles couleurs odres de l'ITALIE, j'aimerais apprendre à peindre des tropmpe l'oeil...
à bientôt
francine

tontonjc (6617) 2005-06-17 6:27

La personne qui à fait ce trompe l'oeil est un trés bon peintre . La perspective et les couleurs sont excellentes . Belle compo . Bravo .... ici les trompes l'oeil ce sont des girafes , des montgolfiéres et des oiseaux qui sortent des fenêtres ..

Bonne journée

supereira (9576) 2005-06-17 9:37

Great shot.I like the colors,textures,sharpness and light.Good composition and angle.I like the detail of the cat.Good job!

weswang (18223) 2005-06-17 10:41

Hmmm..., This picture makes it harder to distinct real and fake, the paintings and photos. It is a nice eye-teasing picture which can raise more questions than answers. A well taken picture with very nice color contrast. I like this picture, especially there are no answers to all questions :D Thank you for sharing.

capthaddock (28640) 2005-06-18 13:34

Hi Leonie - when I saw the thumbnail I thought it was a real window, when I saw the large version I still thought the cat was real! Very nice colours.

nerve (10212) 2005-06-18 13:43

Hi Leonie,
This is a beautiful picture, beautiful colours.. i really love these kinds of shots.. its unbelievable that this window and the cat are not real!

Real or not, your composition counts here a lot for me.. i love the way you included the upper part of the photo with some hints of another existing window..
Very good stuff Leonie, well done!
cheers.

cam (8880) 2005-06-21 23:11

Bonsoir Léonie
Ne pas avoir dit qu'il s'agissait d'un trompe-l'oeil,nous n'aurions vu que du feu tellement la fenêtre est réelle.
Belle prise que vous avez réussie.
Charles

Steft (5962) 2005-06-23 5:21

Hi Leonie,
Very nice colours here. The cat is a cool detail, but it seems like there is a little bit of noice in it. Apart from that, well done!

chinchini (27841) 2005-07-02 8:19

Bonjour Léonie,
Bientôt le départ en vacances si ce n'est déjà fait ?
J'espère que tu viendras me saluer si tu passes par Calvi. Je te vois à court de photos ;-))
Le trompe l'oeil ? Tout un art. J'ai vu un peintre spécialisé décorer l'intérieur d'une vieille église de chez nous, que je posterai peut-être un jour.
Mes amitiés/Pierre

Paolo (40755) 2005-07-29 12:24

Excellent image Leonie!
i know very well that facades!
my family had for many years an house in Rapallo with the Trompe l'oeil on the main facade!
but our cat...was true!
excellent composition.
thanks, ciao