A touch of Ireland in Provençe Photo

Photographer’s Note

This is a small detail of the beautiful Chapelle Notre Dame de Vie, located out of Mougins, close to the Etang de Font Merle in the Valmasque forest.

This wonderful chapelle (pretty unknown and rarely to find on the maps and on the guides) was built in the XII Century and rebuilt in the XVIII as a copy of the Tuscanian Abbey and church.
In the house built on the right side of the Chapelle lived Pablo Picasso for the last 12 years of his life, and he died there.

In the picture there is the small iron door of the small cemetery on the garden of the house and the Chapelle.
It have the typicall style and cross of Ireland, and was property of the Guinness Family (the ones of the brewery), and Arthur Francis Benjamin Guinness, 3rd Earl of Iveagh, (May 20, 1937 - 1992), known as Benjami Guinnes was the owner of the house and the cemetery after Picasso.
He's buried in this small and full of mood cemetery.

Model: NIKON D40
Software: Ver.1.10
Exposure Time: 10/1250 sec
F-Stop: f/5.6
ISO Speed Ratings: 320
Focal Length: 42 mm
Date Taken: 2008-03-30 16:48
Metering Mode: Pattern
File Size: 185 kb

AiresSantos, ChrisJ, papagolf21, aloyho, rigoletto, Cretense, chpp, gracious, feather, paololg, gneufeld, scobert, pasternak, Buin, clio has marked this note useful

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AnaFrantz (624) 2008-04-03 1:31

Hi Paolo,
Beutifull composition. The gate and the green the cross...The old wall...
Thanks for sharing!

donluicu (23877) 2008-04-03 1:37

hi Paolo
good capture, nice seen..
a piece of Ireland, by this gaelic cross...
but are we sure that guiness built this door?

regards

AiresSantos (41272) 2008-04-03 1:50

Ciao Paolo
Very beautiful composition with the nice gate and old wall.
Excellent colours and details
Have a nice day
Aires

ChrisJ (69464) 2008-04-03 1:54

Hi Paolo

I like the dappled light on the wall, at left, & the graphism of the Celtic cross, top right. Good sharpness & explanatory note. Tfs! Ciao.

papagolf21 (55926) 2008-04-03 2:01

Bonjour, mon ami Paolo,
Excellente prise de vue (cadrage serré pour faire ressortir cette porte).
J'aime cette porte en fer forgé intégrant une croix stylisée, c'est bien la première fois que je vois cela, comme quoi, grâce à TE, nous apprenons chaque jour.
Amitiés.
Philippe

Nicou (43773) 2008-04-03 2:19

Hello Paolo

Très beau portaitl, avec e mur est ces couelurs, un mangigique cadrage, lqa llumier sur le mur et à l'arriège du portail est mangigique, dans le portail on a une partie verdoyante, superbe, très belle ambiance intime et calme.

Bravo et amitiés

Nicou

blow (672) 2008-04-03 2:31

hello...
Very nice... congratulation
See U
Regards

hama (4) 2008-04-03 2:52

Good Shot. You composed it very technically that made the picture worth view.
keep doing nice work.

Good luck.

aloyho (6105) 2008-04-03 3:03

Hi Paolo,
It is quite some time that I last wrote. I am impressed by the very good renderings of the texture and pastel colours on the walls. It is so attractive and soothing. You have also divided the space well and the gate tells the story. Well done!!

Regards and a lovely day ahead.

rigoletto (25934) 2008-04-03 3:08

Quite a shade photo you present here Paolo.
I like the pieces of light on the wall, the wall textures and the greenery behind.
Irish cross on the door is a very interesting detail, of course along with your note.
Ciao ciao,
Deniz

Cretense (54720) 2008-04-03 6:11

Hi Paolo!

Excellent title for this beautiful photo, very interesting and beautiful detail. Great framing and composition, great light managment! Congratulations!

Ciao, Hercules

chpp (3928) 2008-04-03 8:24

Ciao Paolo
very good management of light in this image. perfect sharpness on the door design and very nice colour contras. May be a POV to get the door frame straight would be better???
Anyways great job
cheers
C

gracious (20017) 2008-04-03 10:19

Ciao Paolo,
This is a very fine and beautiful image with great displayed of light and shadows!
the exposure and focus is first class in total sharpness, vivid colour and superb details in the shot
many thanks for the sharing
ciao
greeting from NZ
Tony

delkoo (33904) 2008-04-03 12:29

hi paolo$
what i like the most is the spots of light on the wall but the iron door is also interesting by its shapes.

ciao
didier

feather (49848) 2008-04-03 13:21

An original composition so we see all the texture on the wall on the left as well as the attractive dappled light. The exposure is good too as it would have been very easy to over-expose the view through the gate. Interesting Irish connection
Kath
PS Did you get the hippo photos?

paololg (13144) 2008-04-03 14:20

Ciao Paolo,
anche un'immagine apparentemente semplice può diventare un'ottima foto se fatta da uno bravo come te. A parte l'interessante similitudine con la croce celtica ( non siamo in Bretagna )ciò che mi attira di più del tuo lavoro è l'eccelente definizione dei dettagli del muro, dove filtra, probabilmente da un albero, una bella luce con diverse intensità. Veramente bella.
Ciao
Paolo

gneufeld (14995) 2008-04-03 18:45

Hi Paolo,
Nice idea here with very nice details and excellent colors. Seems a welcoming sort of place. Great work and TFS. Gerald

scobert (5333) 2008-04-03 21:04

Hi Paolo,
You are a master with capturing light patterns on textures. You must have a strong fine-art background. I love the textures on the old stucco and the contrast between the blues and the warm oranges and yellows. The lighting and the composition are both outstanding! A strong contender for a winning photograph in a travel photo contest!
Stan

marietom (31768) 2008-04-04 1:17

Hello paolo,

très belle image, d'un endroit tout simple, avec de superbes matières et lumières. Jolie porte qui s'ouvre sur la verdure.
Bonne soirée
Marie

PixelTerror (85994) 2008-04-04 1:26

Ciao Paolo,
A well spotted detail, and beyond the cross there's even some genuine irish green, I like also the way you have divided the frame.
Have a nice week end JY

pasternak (12964) 2008-04-04 5:56

Really nice and, I'd say, bold framing for this door, it's like a door to another world, maybe indeed Ireland in this case. This is one of those small details that can tell a lot about the place...

Cheers
A.

Buin (36830) 2008-04-04 11:38

Hallo Paolo!
This one truly is great, gorgeous! The others have said all - but I want to add another two points. I like this one very much!It is beautiful and inventive!
Greetings from Germany - and have a nice weekend!
Frank

pablominto (39884) 2008-04-04 12:11

Hello Paolo,
To me the attraction is the colour palette, as the beautiful greenery seen through the gate contrasts so well with the colour of the wall!
A well balanced composition with fine details...
Greetings,
Pablo -

brandstaetter (13640) 2008-04-04 14:16

Ciao Paolo,
m piace la ripetizione della struttura del cespuglio sulla superficie del muro.
Ben visto.
ciao Christian

veronika (6022) 2008-04-04 15:40

Hi Paolo,
very peaceful, even misterious scene, it reminds me to one of my favourite fairy tale books - secret garden..
Nice light, makes the wall look like a painting.
Vero

clio (22340) 2008-04-06 0:29

Ciao Paolo,
Quando un italiano mette in scena la Provenza, i colori possono essere soltanto meravigliosi! Congratulazioni per quest'inquadratura che permette di apprezzare questa griglia originale e questa parete fantastica.
Grazie anche per le spiegazioni avvincenti.
Buona domenica.
Diane