Talking To The Moon Photo

Photographer’s Note

Talking To The Moon
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Walking along the streets of Bogota, I met this beautiful church in the popular sector Chapinero, and I am pleased to see how at the top, at 4:30 pm, in a splendid sky, the moon is in sight timidly, as wanting to tell a secret to the dome of the church.

The Church of Our Lady of Lourdes is a Catholic religious temple of worship under the invocation of the Virgin Mary at Lourdes in the city of Bogota, Colombia.

This temple is Moorish Gothic style, was commissioned to build by Archbishop Vincent Arbelaez, and inaugurated in 1875. It is the symbol more representative of the town of Chapinero because of their architecture, their artistic works, and its windows all of which makes it one of the most important benchmarks in the capital for themselves and visitors.

It is located in the Carrera 13 No. 63-27 in front of the homonymous square.

This is the first built in Gothic style. It was built in 1875, but after 1917, the ambitious original proportions were modified. It highlights the stained glass polychrome of German origin and monumental interior spaces, the square tower that completes the facade, the front of the turrets, arches warhead doors and ornamentation of the cornices.

The WS placed another photo, a more comprehensive approach to the dome

Maged, MikiM, axiotea, ribeiroantonio, robertosalguero, PixelTerror, macondo, asajernigan, npecanhuk, paura, tedesse, gracious, dareco, TopGeo, avene, Emile has marked this note useful

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Maged (1450) 2008-07-23 20:49

Hello John
Beautiful shot for such pretty church, colors, lighting and details are excellent.
Well Done
Maged

MikiM (1916) 2008-07-23 21:07

Hi JOhn,

Excellent colors the shadow in the foreground makes it more interesting. Great capture with lots of details and good note.
TFS,
Miklós

axiotea (16061) 2008-07-23 21:17

Hello John
light is beautiful and gave nice golden tonalities to the church which stands out well against the clean and blue sky.
The architectural details are just beautiful!
Cheers
Marilyn

ribeiroantonio (21885) 2008-07-23 21:23

This is one of the best photos I have seen today on TE. The POV is absolutely outstanding, the light is superb and the colours look very natural too. The dark blue sky is very beautiful and the moon is the detail that adds to the good work. Well done.
Antonio

jjcordier (24510) 2008-07-23 21:43

John,
Superbe photo de cette très belle église gothique avec la présence discrète mais remarquée de la lune. Belle lumière.
Amicalement
JJ

robertosalguero (2763) 2008-07-23 21:53

Hola John,

Veo que Bogota tiene su buena coleccion de iglesias impresionantes. Me gusta mucho este edificio pues tiene bastantes detalles. Ademas la manera que lo captaste contra el cielo azul crea un contraste muy bueno. La foto es nitida. Gracias John.

Roberto

MarianneS (14262) 2008-07-23 23:44

Hola John,
Muy bien hecho, con el cielo azul y la luna perfectamente situada. La luz es muy agradable y caliente. Da un color bonito a las piedras de la iglesia.
A primer vista, pensé que había un tilt pero me equivoco. Supongo que esta impresión es debida a la pequeña distorsiõn en el edificio (lo que no disminuye del todo la belleza de la foto!).
Un abrazo,
Marianne

macondo (13073) 2008-07-24 0:20

Hola John.
This church is a very beautiful. For gothic style it seems quite simple and I like to see the sky through it. You captured it at a perfect moment, wikth the moon so close to the spire. I'm glad you managed to fit it all in vertically, so we can see the shadows of the people on the ground. This shows how they like to be near this church and also shows us the scale. A very sharp picture in beautiful late afternoon light.
Regards,
Andrew

barrufeto_77 (25715) 2008-07-24 0:24

Hola fiera.

La única pena es que está algo torcida. Quitando ese pequeño detalle, me gusta.

Un saludo, Oscar

PixelTerror (86038) 2008-07-24 0:32

Hi John,
Looks very european in style, and you got here a very enjoyable light to lighten its facade, nice image.
Have a nice day JY

siamesa (12726) 2008-07-24 0:49

Olá John,
Para treinar seu Portugês: É uma foto lindíssima e com uma bela alegoria.Pelo que vejo Colômbia tem igrejas maravilhosas.Parabéns.
Abraços
Maria

Gustaw (21670) 2008-07-24 1:35

Hi, my friend from Columbia!
I very like your photo about old architecture. It is good composition. I like your beautiful colours and light. Well done.
Marek

asajernigan (14080) 2008-07-24 6:43

John,
This is an outstanding shot of this beautiful church. The lighting and colors are outstanding as is the sharpness and detail. The vertical format works well here providing nice depth and closeup detail. The moon is a nice addition to this great scene. The shot seems to be tilted just a little to the left, you could fix this easily in PP.
TFS,
Asa

luiscar (3282) 2008-07-24 7:24

Hola John

Perfecto encuadre de esta bella iglesia.
aunque no se aprecia muy bien la luna, quizas porque aún es muy de dia, el una nota de color a añadir.

me gusta la definicion y color muy vivo.

saludos.

npecanhuk (13679) 2008-07-24 9:05

Hello John!
First of all, the architecture of the church is very interesting and beautiful! It's also gigantic - we can notice that by the size of the people in the bottom of the photograph!
The low pov makes it look even more impressive and the composition with the moon is superb - hablando con la luna! Very good!
TFS - Congratulations!
Saludos de Brasil,
Neyvan

paura (38278) 2008-07-24 11:15

John,
A igreja é incrivelmente bela e sua fotografia está excelente para mostrá-la. As cores estão lindas.

Abraço

Paulo

tedesse (13144) 2008-07-24 15:12

Hello !
Superb shot for such pretty church, colours, lighting and details are excellent.
Very well done
Greetings
Tadeusz

jmdias (19097) 2008-07-24 18:00

john

marvelous image, the church is nicely shown by this perfect light, colors are very beautiful too. The style of the church is marvelous. congratulations
hugs

jorge

gracious (20017) 2008-07-24 21:52

Hello John,
the design of this beautiful church simply awesome!
captured well with the people that really show the scale of the size and height of this church!
the front pov is perfect with the sharpness, good colour and details
many thanks for the useful notes as well
best regards
Tony

dareco (17104) 2008-07-24 23:44

This whole building is a work of art!! Every intricate detail!!! The lighting, color, and detail are perfect! TFS and have a happy day!

TopGeo (21711) 2008-07-25 0:17

Saludo John! hola! Architectural beautiful presence. A picture interesting with colours important and good BG. It little bends? Gracias John.Perfecto encuadre de esta bella photo
I liked your work. I thank also for Greek?
Georgios

josepmarin (33785) 2008-07-25 12:48

Hola John,
ésta es otra buena foto de arquitectura, amigo mío, con un punto de vista bien escogido y una magnífica perspectiva de las líneas estilizadas de esta iglesia, sobre un cielo azul muy limpio y atractivo y con la luna coqueteando con uno de los pináculos.
La parte baja del encuadre totalmente en sombra contrasta con la luminosidad del conjunto, en un buen trabajo con la gestión de la luz.
Bello trabajo, mi amigo.
Un fuerte abrazo desde BCN,
Josep

worldcitizen (2249) 2008-07-25 16:56

Hola John,
La iglesia aquí es tan bella, y me gusta tu presentación con la luna. El diseño gótico tiene muchos detalles magníficos, y el interior debe ser muy lindo. ¿Tienes fotos adentro, también?

sacimar (7381) 2008-07-25 17:21

Hola John,

me gusta la imagen, en primer lugar los detalles y resolucion son fantasticos, la fachada de la iglesia es interesante, buen trabajo,

Un saludo

Sergio

Bluejeans (32053) 2008-07-26 2:29

Ola John ,
Bela captura desta igreja com a lua no alto do céu azul quase a tocar na torre, a igreja tem uma bela arquitectura gótica tem belos detalhes , bom uso da foto na vertical , parabéns!!!
Um abraço Gonçalo
Bom fim de semana

carper (64612) 2008-07-26 23:15

marvelous church here,
a good photo John, good sharpnes, fine composition and a good contrast, this is a good photojob, thanks for sharing, have a nice day.
gr. jaap

Emile (19901) 2008-08-05 12:02

Hola John.
Impresionante arquitectura de esta magnifica iglesia, la composición esta magnifica, la foto tiene muy buenos detalles y lindos colores. Quizás un poco desviada hacia la izquierda.
Abrazos.