Portalegre Town Hall II Photo

Photographer’s Note

Let's see if those of you who dislike my last post like this one better. :-) Or at least don't get too bored with another photo of this town and building, which I already showed in an earlier post that apparently wasn't too popular either. I often find quite difficult to get inspiration to photograph familiar places. That tends to ease sometimes since I am in TE, but I still sense that I am not the only one that feels that my own photos of familiar places are less attractive (achieved? inspired?) than the others I shot elsewhere. I wonder if that is so usual with other photographers as I think it is.

The image is a stitch of two horizontal shots. If you are already thinking that this is another geeky delirium, don't panic, this was a quite simple stitching done in Hugin (as always) because the shots overlap much and the POV didn't cause much perspective distortion, despite the short focal length, equivalent to 28mm in a classic film SLR. I guessed that things would get much more complicated if I wanted to include the corner of the pool that seems to be under the POV, which maybe would make the compo more appealing.

WS: A more distant POV.

The rest of the note is copied from my post above mentioned.

This is the "new" Town Hall of Portalegre. I put the new between quotes because the Town Hall used to be in another old building until about two years ago, when it was moved to this renovated building dating from the 17th century, which was originally built to house a Jesuit college, but was converted to a big textile factory the next century, after the expulsion of the Jesuits from Portugal. I have no idea of when the the factory stopped working. As far as I know, in the early 1970's it didn't work any more, although a small part of the building housed the tapestry manufacture that produced the relatively famous Portalegre tapestries [1, 2], which was moved to another place some years ago.

Link to all my posts of Portalegre: *

Location (latitude, longitude): 39.2946,-7.4284

Docarmo, dta, LeeLoo, sacavem, AiresSantos, Gerrit, paura, feather, gracious, xuaxo, cfreire, jhm, JCG, jusninasirun, denisn72, Emile, axiotea, jaywalker has marked this note useful

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ribeiroantonio (21885) 2009-01-15 21:25

Dá-me a ideia de que aquela parte central terá sido inicialmente a igreja do convento. Verdade? Depois disso vieram as sucessivas transformações e hoje o edifício está, digamos, muito estragado Especialmente por causa daquelas clarabóias no telhado.
A foto em si tem um bom PdV e uma luminosidade bonita. Só falta mesmo alguém a passar por ali.
António

Docarmo (8820) 2009-01-15 22:57

Olá José,
Duas fotos excelentes, claras e nítidas, dá prazer à vista e visita... nada "boring".
Parabéns!
MCV

dta (4960) 2009-01-15 23:53

Bonjour Jose ,
Je trouve interessant ton commentaire , sur le fait qu'il est difficile de trouver de l'inspiration dans son environnement familier . Ici , ta présentation de cette construction est excellente : belle perspective , netteté remarquable . Ensuite , on peut se demander si cette aménagement très moderne de la place convient bien à ce beau batiment ancien . Mais c'est un choix architectural et une affaire de gout .
Amicalement

pauloog (6406) 2009-01-16 1:16

Hello José,
A view with a very strong perspective and sense of composition. The lines of the water basin strongly support the inherent perspective of the building, but is at the same time somewhat different which gives dynamism. Technically well done with the perfect vertical lines. Good natural and clear colours proving that shadow pictures can be more attractive than direct sunblight views.
Regards,
Paul

LeeLoo (4998) 2009-01-16 3:03

Dear Jose Pires!
Excellent point of view.
Nice town hall.
Very nice lightness.
Ideal colors.
Original capture.
TFS!

sacavem (8225) 2009-01-16 3:51

Olá José,

Ora aqui está uma foto à José :)
Esta lindíssima na cor e sobretudo em sharpness.Num dia carregado conseguiste uma boa luminosidade. Bom pp e ws.

Um abraço,
Filipe

AiresSantos (41920) 2009-01-16 4:21

Ola Jose
Estas diagonais e o POV estao estupendas. Magnifica definicao e controlo da luminosidade.
Parabens e bom fim de semana
Aires

Gerrit (35595) 2009-01-16 5:19

Hi José,
excellent POV an d composition with good strong straight lines. The light is eminent.
Regards. Gerrit

paura (38278) 2009-01-16 6:21

José,
Esse lindo prédio sempre rende lindas fotografias. Fotografia de excelente técnica, amigo.

Abraço

Paulo

feather (49858) 2009-01-16 9:01

Is the lens a different one from the one you usually use, as there is a different quality about these posts than usual. (not better or worse - just different)It might be to do with the light that day (or something new in PP?)Both these images look extra sharp (not over-sharp)and look like images you would see in an architect's brochure. The strong perspective works well and I enjoy the details of the reflections in the windows and the water feature.
Kath

gracious (20017) 2009-01-16 9:04

Ola Jose,
Ah, I remembered this place which had taken on the right side of this architecuture on pov from the last post!
Now we see the whole architecture with a diagonal angle with a slope, which is nice!
good sharpness, natural colour and details
many thanks for the sharing
cheers
Tony

xuaxo (5703) 2009-01-16 12:08

Olá José,
Esta pode-se juntar ao grupo "Stego no seu melhor":-)
Mas para a próxima arranja um céu menos esbranquiçado.
Cumprimentos
..-. .-. .- -. -.-. .. ... -.-. ---

cfreire (11647) 2009-01-16 13:26

Olá José
Excelente perspectiva aplicada aqui. As cores e contrastes bem manejados, e gostei bastante os reflexos nos grandes janelões, ficou muito atrativo. Bonita mostra. Abraço, consuelo

jhm (82297) 2009-01-17 1:13

Hello José,

Wonderful depth and an excellent perspective through the good choice of your angle.
Also a nice reflection in foreground of this town hall.
Very well done, TFS.

Have a nice weekend,
John.

Bluejeans (32053) 2009-01-17 2:34

Oi amigo ,
Belo ponto de visão com este edifício em diagonal , estes espelhos de agua em V, o céu ficou magnifico , gostei do reflexo do sol nos vidros , parabéns!!
Um abraço Gonçalo

jmdias (19097) 2009-01-17 14:28

zé

depois de tantas transformações e usos diferentes fico imaginando qual será o p´roximo uso do edifício..
muito interessante a fachada renovada e o desenho frio e modernista dos espelhos d'água diante do prédio, um casamento um tanto quanto harmônico, apesar das diferenças, belo pov e enquadramento

abraços

jorge

JCG (25173) 2009-01-18 2:01

Bonjour José,

Bel assemblage ici aussi, j'aime bien ce premier plan, il est vrai moderne, mais qui apporte de la profondeur et un bonne perspective dans l'image. Une jolie piste pour les skateboarder !!! Pas de mauvaises idées... La gestion des lumières et des couleurs naturelles est agréable et j'apprécie le reflet dans l'eau. Beau point de vue et merci pour la photo en WS où l'on apprécie la tranquilité de ce petit parc verdoyant.

Avec toutes mes amitiés et à bientôt,

Jean-Charles
PS : je viens d'essayer Hugin... il va falloir que je lise l'aide avec attention !!!

aadilj (17950) 2009-01-18 21:11

Hello jose, I love this little interlude with water on the bottom that makes this composition so classy and well thought out. nice soothing impact

jusninasirun (10185) 2009-01-20 17:08

Hi Jose.

This is such a very nice perspective of the town hall. Well framed and the sharpness and details are flawless. I like the contrast it makes against the rather moody sky.

TFS and have a nice day,
Jusni

ilDottore (4002) 2009-01-21 14:20

Hi Jose,
Extremely high quality shot!
Sharpness, clarity, composition, delicate colours - everything here is just First Class!
Respect!
Chris

denisn72 (6977) 2009-01-22 5:36

Hello José
I like the diagonal that the town hall makes. The image is symmetrical. The details are impressive and the colours are nice. I like the texture of the roof and the point of view well chosen. Thanks for sharing and good work!
Best regards
Denis!

Emile (19901) 2009-01-23 21:21

Hola José.
Me gusta mucho la nitidez de tu foto con una toma diagonal del interesante edificio, tu POV es muy bueno el cual nos permite disfrutar de esa parte de la ciudad. Has hecho un gran trabajo con los dos stitches, la definicion y los colores están estupendos.
Sobre la foto que me dices del niño en Juan Dolio no es mía, gracias a Dios no me han quitado ninguna foto de TE.
Un fuerte abrazo mi querido amigo.

axiotea (16061) 2009-01-25 7:24

olà José
Je préfère celle-ci à l'autre version précédente car ici il y a une vue d'ensemble et je dois dire que ton cadrage est minutieux! Une bonne luminosité qui fait bien ressortir les détails, excellente perspective. Le graphisme du bassin est intéressant.
De photographier des endroits familiers ne me posent pas de problèmes... au contraire, j'ai mes repères ;)
Abraço
Marilyn

Silvio1953 (41533) 2009-01-31 0:59

Ciao Jose, great POV and wonderful perspective, splendid reflections, very well done, have a good week end, ciao Silvio

jaywalker (12190) 2009-01-31 15:13

Hi Jose, There are great angles crafted from a superb POV, the dimming light & soft pastel colours work well together, I love the prospective, TFS, kind regards Wilson.