Crato - Praça do Município III Photo

Photographer’s Note

This is the Câmara Municipal (Town Hall) of Crato. I don't know anything about the building, but I guess that it must be at least 250 years years old. I am posting it because I like the sobriety of its forms and the luminosity of the photo.

The window of my earlier post is on the ground floor. I have also a post showing the square.

There isn't much PP here, at least on the colours. Just a bit of saturation to make the tones of the stone warmer and a perspective correction that wasn't very effective. Surprisingly I didn't use any filter to get that blue on the sky.

Link to all my posts of Crato: *.

Location (latitude, longitude): 39.2869,-7.6447

riclopes, pboehringer, paura, saylan-cb, lucasgalodoido, sufi, robertosalguero, Floydian, danos, sothy81 has marked this note useful

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ribeiroantonio (21839) 2007-04-09 1:59

Para ser franco, gosto mais da que publicáste anteriormente. Acho esta um bocado insípida e com muitas áreas um bocado sobre-espostas. O contraste de cor entre o céu escuro e o edifício está bom, e o axul ficou bonito sem o polarisador.
António

riclopes (32951) 2007-04-09 3:43

Olá José, bem vindo do Alentejo. Espero que tenhas aproveitado bem estas mini-férias :) Gosto bastante da composição, mesmo com aquelas paredes em branco tão branco que nem o Omo lavaria melhor. O azul do céu é espectacular e faz um belo contraste com a arquitectura sóbria. Não gosto menos desta do que das outras - é aliás uma boa foto para complementar as outras.
Ricardo

feather (49858) 2007-04-09 9:08

Good shot of the building in what appears to be strong light. I particularly like the shadows around the windows which give a graphic appearance to the image.
Kath

batalay (20806) 2007-04-09 11:55

Hello José,

I rather like repetive scenery, especially when it is not overdone; and when it comes in odd-numbers. When you hang artwork on a wall, interior decorators claim, "one, three or five." The intense cobalt blue of the sky, provides a stark contrast to the white and pastels of the Câmara Municipal, and I remember well the first floor view. The note is useful, because I was certain that a strong circular filter was operative here. By measuring the light weighted from the building, the aperture has closed up to the point where the sky is so intensely blue. It's very very effective.

Have a productive week, devoid of few surprises.

Bulent

UnTrained (0) 2007-04-09 12:21

Olá José,
impressing architecture with warm colours. I like the contrast of the deep blue against the red roof and the softer walls. The black balustrades are great against all this. Sharp and good framed. Who should be glad about non PP (or less) results?
Lieben Gruss, Ulf

pboehringer (770) 2007-04-09 14:41

A imagem anterior esta qualitativamente superior a esta, Jose. Certas partes desta foto aqui estao sobre expostas. A parede e as janelas todas em branco realmente sao uma dificuldade. Gostei assim mesmo da composicao e teria ficada melhor ainda com uma pessoa espiando por umas destas janelas. Vida de fotografo e dificl, ne? Nunca satisfeito e sempre com ideias ...
Abraco, Peter

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paura (38222) 2007-04-09 16:05

José,
Outro dia eu lia, em uma revista de arquitetura, que em determinada época as construções do Brasil era quase idênticas às de Portugal. Esta foto está a comprovar essa tese.

Interessante a forma como a inclinição do tehado é pequena próxima ao final.

Paulo

izmirli (3001) 2007-04-09 20:33

merhaba dear jose
very good composition and balconys.beautiful light and colours.well done.
best regards.
gürkan akçakır.

Graal (57631) 2007-04-10 3:18

Hi Jose,
interesting composition and theme, fine contrast of colours, well quality of photo. I like it.
Gr., Aleksander

saylan-cb (12726) 2007-04-10 6:18

Hi Jose
Great compo and balconys.A very good light and colours.I like this photo.
TFS/Regards

Gustaw (21670) 2007-04-10 12:25

Hello my friend!
It is interesting old architecture. I like your composition with 3 windows. Nice warm colours and good light. Well done.
Marek

maloutim (3929) 2007-04-10 14:44

Belle photo de cet hotel de ville! La netteté et les couleurs sont parfaites. Les couleurs lumineuses de la mairie ressortent superbement sur ce ciel bleu-marine.
Bravo!
Marie Louise.

lucasgalodoido (16583) 2007-04-10 22:13

Olá Rui!
Bonita captura dessa arquitetura, inclusive da torre, mas o mais impresionante é a cor do céu, fantástica, e sem filtro polarizador!
Parabéns e Abraço!

Bluejeans (31993) 2007-04-11 18:04

Ola Jose gostei das tres janelas e das telhas do telhado o azul do ceu esta muito bonito , bom enquadramento da foto !!!
Um abraço Gonçalo

sufi (9568) 2007-04-12 9:28

Merhaba José, my friend...
It's another pretty composition... The point of view and the cadrage are perfect.. Wonderful colors and light too... The blue background, the contrast between the blue and the tones of the cream, the details and the sharpness are also perfect...
TFS...
Stay well..
Salim.

Benedict (7062) 2007-04-12 13:54

pleasing colors. lighting so well managed!
mais desse tipo, jose!
benedict

robertosalguero (2763) 2007-04-12 16:24

The colours in this picture are well saturated. The sky looks too blue but then again I wasn't there to see it myself. The picture is very nice. I like the little details on the building. The good placement of the windows and the lamp on the wall. A nice building and well composed image. Thanks Jose.

Roberto

rigoletto (26086) 2007-04-16 15:01

Olá José mio,
Sorry to have missed this one, such an outstanding architectural detail in your whole portfolio. Surprizing that the deepest blue of your heavenly sky is colred without a filter, your pp created a true filtered outlook. Light on the building is very nice, and without any overexposure, creates a true contrast with your lovely sky. Also very nice repetitive balconies and closed shutters on this Portugese façade, they make tihs photo look wonderful even in the thumnail form. Really beautiful, colorful and graphical detail for sharing. Congrats my friend,
Cheers,
Deniz

Floydian (30970) 2007-04-17 12:01

Hi Jose,
A simple scenery, but a great composition and colour toning. I love that deep blue sky in combination with the deep red roof tiles.
A good picture, good eye seeing this.
Regards, Henk

danos (32170) 2007-04-18 7:52

Ola Jose,
what a clear and full of saturation colours that i like!It's a wonderful graphical place and very creative composition.Impressive that you did not use any filter to get that blue on the sky.Well done.
Regards,Danos

Thanks for your comments on my photo "Sunset in Patra"

sothy81 (8518) 2007-04-18 20:27

Hi Jose, this is a very nice contrast in terms of colors. Very sharp. And shows a great architecture here. Well done man. Sothy

Photo Information

Copyright: Jose Pires (stego) (22350)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-02-18
Categories: Architecture
Camera: Olympus E-300, 14-45 mm Zuiko Digital
Exposure: f/11, 1/500 seconds
More Photo Info: view
Map: view
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): !Norte Alentejano, Windows and Walls, Doors and Windows 2, Windows [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-04-08 23:17