Convent of Christ Photo

Photographer’s Note

Originally designed as a monument symbolizing the Reconquest, the Convent of the Knights Templar of Tomar (transferred in 1344 to the Knights of the Order of Christ) came to symbolize just the opposite during the Manueline period – the opening up of Portugal to other civilizations.

PixelTerror, rick_matt, feather, Emile, Fixfocus, nwoehnl, coco, papagolf21, falves, Vesela, weswang, Marlis, pierrefonds has marked this note useful

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pitai (3925) 2005-11-13 6:28

Ola Manuel,

Efectivamente este convento em Tomar e muito bonito e tirou esta foto de um bom local, sendo uma toma muio boa e com boa cor, parabens amigo,

Gabriel

PixelTerror (87195) 2005-11-13 6:31

Ola Manuel,
Beautiful building and superb angle, the distortion here adds to accentuate the impressive aspect, I prepared a small WS for you.
Have a nice sunday,
Jean-Yves

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rosaline (0) 2005-11-13 6:48

Manuel
The steps are what make this composition work well, leading the eye into the composition. Nice and original positioning of the camera.

Good powerful shot.
Aubrey

rick_matt (177) 2005-11-13 6:51

Ola Manuel,

A posição da camara aqui foi bem localizada, visto o aspecto do convento e a escadaria ficaram perfeitos, bom ponto de vista, como sempre, abraço ricardo

feather (50560) 2005-11-13 6:54

Good POV looking up at the building. It's not just the steps that provide the lead-in to the image, but there are several other diagonals to lead the eye upwards.
Kath

tars (808) 2005-11-13 7:41

Beautiful picture of a imposing building, Manuel. The sharpness just like the clarity are very good. Nice colours contrast between building and blue sky.
Greets from Flandres-Belgium
Tars

Paolo (40763) 2005-11-13 9:04

Hi Manuel, great shot!
your POV was perfect to took all that beautiful castle. excellent colours and light, a wonderful contrast with the blue sky.
great work.
thanks, ciao

Emile (20177) 2005-11-13 10:18

Hola Manuel.
Muy bien captada, la tomaste desde un buen angulo permitiendo ver su impresionante arquitectura. Muy buenos contrastes de colores y buena definicion.
Felicitaciones, y gracias por compartirla.

Fixfocus (9377) 2005-11-13 12:10

Hello Manuel,
A nice composition,I like the view along the stairs towards to the convent.You were lucky with the weather,good light and nice colors in your shot.
Regards,
Hermann

nwoehnl (120) 2005-11-13 12:12

Olá Manuel. A good framing to present this old structure; the upward angle and the resulting "leaning" walls only emphasize the awe-inspiring aspect of the medieval stonework. Good crispness and contrast you got in the bright sun.

barrufeto_77 (25957) 2005-11-13 15:03

Hola Manuel

Un muy bonito POV y una gran definición. Sólo me molestan un pelín las hojas de arriba, pero es inevitable.

Aparte de eso, la foto me gusta mucho.

Un abrazo, Oscar

Fis2 (46713) 2005-11-13 15:05

Hi Manuel!
I love architecture! I like the place and obiekt. Good composition, colours and light. Well done.
Greetings
Krzysztof

coco (28318) 2005-11-13 15:55

Hola Manuel.
Buena composición y buen contrapicado. El convento parece atractivo en la foto y la luz está muy bien (la exposición es perfecta).
Un buen trabajo.

Un saludo.

papagolf21 (57015) 2005-11-14 4:59

Bonjour mon ami Manuel,
Il faut prendre son temps pour admirer ce château de Castelo dos Templários, qui mérite à lui seul la visite de Tomar. Il constitue un véritable condensé des styles, allant du roman au byzantin en passant par le gothique, le manuélin et la Renaissance.
Un vrai régal architectural.
Amitiés.
Philippe

bazal (7898) 2005-11-14 5:18

Hi !
Beautiful perspective on this impressive monument. The textures are nice due to the excellent management of exposure and contrast. Good POV that increases the dynamic aspect of the shot. Thanks for sharing !

falves (1403) 2005-11-14 5:46

Hi Manuel,
Strong composition and a great POV. The Convent of Christ in Tomar is simply great. A very unique style, full of meaning and history. Like very much the stone textures and also the stairs lines which lead us to the convent.
May be this photo, would go nice in Black and White. I'll try a Workshop later.
Um abraço
Fred

Vesela (949) 2005-11-14 9:16

Hi Manuel!
Beautiful capture of the stone walls of this convent.
I like the angle very much.
Thanks for the note.
Regards,
Vesela

andrebonavita (0) 2005-11-14 11:11

Linda foto Manuel! Só achei um pouco clara fiz um workshop para ti.

O convento está muito bem enquadrado. Gostei da nota.

Abraços
Andre

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Galmeida (12559) 2005-11-15 4:55

Olá Manuel,
Excelente perspectiva e enquadramento que realizou nesta captura. Está perfeitissimo!!!
Concordo no entanto com a opinião do Jean-Yves para uma melhoria desta excelente foto. Um pouco mais de saturação e de "sharpness" contrastam ainda melhor.

Muito bem visto e realizado. Parabéns por este grande trabalho.
Fernando

weswang (18223) 2005-11-15 11:27

Hi Manuel, Good PoV and nice contrast. A well taken picture with sharpness and details.

pedritos (23) 2005-11-15 15:48

Ola Manuel, boa foto com um bom enuqadramento, gosto da cor do ceu, abraço pedro

sergio1 (12150) 2005-11-16 6:11

Hola Manuel
Muy buena toma, esta no la habia visto. Muy buena composición con la escalera en la parte inferior y buen angulo.
Enhorabuena.
Saludos

FORJP001 (3819) 2005-11-16 20:47

Excellente prise de vue en hauteur qui donne l'impression d'un temple encore plus haut et plus imposant qu'en réalité. très bel effet que j'aime bien. Jean-Pierre

markpanos (1944) 2005-11-26 14:42

A ti el Ministerio de Cultura o de Turismo deberia darte dinero.
Ya te dije que entre tu y Pitai me vais a hacer ir esta pascua a Portugal.
Aqui otra vez eres perfecto.

Bien Hecho Manuel

Marlis (2274) 2005-12-13 16:25

Hola Manuel,
es una composicion muy interesante, con punto de vista excellente .
Me gusta la perspectiva, gracias .
Buen trabajo.
saludos
Marialuisa

pierrefonds (26823) 2006-03-29 8:12

Hi Manuel,

This covent has strong architecture. The photo has a good POV, composition and nice colors.

Pierre