Granite & Basalt Photo

Photographer’s Note

This is a close up on the mosaic’s pavements of Rossio square in Lisbon, which you can see beautifully portrayed here .

I wish I had a wide angle when I took this photograph...and many others in fact. Much too lazy to take several photographs and stitch them later with pp. There’s nothing new to say about this square that hasn’t been written before in TE.

A curious thing is that I strolled around the place for a while that day, and saw more black than white Portuguese people during the time I was there. It was such a bright day, and so hot, that I felt like being in one of those African countries where Portuguese is still spoken and considered the official language. It matches the black and white pavements (granite and basalt). And that is an amusing coincidence to me. I like mixtures. Any kind of mixtures, and mainly racial ones. Don’t you?

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Zepi (22848) 2005-08-05 15:15

Hello Gall,
Oh c’est très psychédélique l’effet du pavage au premier plan !
Lol, le pire, c’est quand on scroll avec la souris !
Une très belle image, j’adore cette architecture au second plan, très kitch, mais très impressionnant !
Une bien belle prise de vue.
JE regrette juste que les deux passants ne soit pas sur la gauche dans un point chaud de la composition, mais le, je pinaille !!!
C'est très beau comme ça
Super travail
Merci pour le partage
Amicalement
Sébastien

Michael_Gan (2772) 2005-08-05 16:17

Hello Gal. I like this quasi-wide-angle view of the square. Even though you were limited to 28mm, it is still a good overview of the patterns. It's funny to look at the screen and tilt your head or close your eyes halfway: then other patterns become visible. You've included an interesting and beautiful background with monumental buildings. And yes: also a mixture of people.
The last sentences of your note sound a little cryptic... But I have to agree: even though I have a large amount of Asian blood running through my veins, I have a 100% Dutch girlfriend :-)

leonorkuhn (14305) 2005-08-05 16:59

Hi Gal,
Good composition. The drawings resemble sea waves. Nice perspective.
Best Regards,
Leonor

vbourrut (30666) 2005-08-06 5:23

Sympa ce sol, ca nous aspire littéralement dans l'image ! un cadrage vertical aurait été sympa aussi je pense

A bientot

Vincent

RGatward (19751) 2005-08-06 9:23

Vey clever use fo the graphic pattern in the square, and good placing of the two walking by. I'm not sure about the value of the sky in this one.

dolin (15647) 2005-08-06 12:14

Salut Gal.
Waouhhhhh c'est par où les chiottes....faut que je vomisse ;)
Superbe cet effet au niveau du sol.
La PDC est très bien gérée et la lumière vive fait bien ressortir ce sol.
Cadrage bien vu....mais je suis aussi de l'avis de Zépi....il aurait presque fallu ces 2 hommes sur la gauche pour équilibrer la compo....mais je pinaille aussi :)
Très bien vu et jolie netteté
Fred

bibiweb (8) 2005-08-06 14:35

Hello Gal,
Ca donne le tournis ton image si on reste trop longtemps à la regarder... c'est très réussi!
Amicalement, Brigitte

Rinie_Hoff (9334) 2005-08-15 2:47

Hi Gal, I remember I started writing a critique on this one, but erased it again and didn't start a new one ;-) granite and basalt he? Both very tough, I guess that goes for the people as well.
I like the pattern in the stone it,s like a sea, and ver since I saw this pic, there's this book title in my head of Salman Rushdie's book "Haroun and the sea of stories". I'm not sure why, as there are many titles with the word sea in it, maybe because of what you write about the former Portuguese colonies, there must be a lot of stories intertwined, or it's just that I can't control my imagination.
Nice, Gal, and you manged very well with the bright light.

devimeuxbe (56524) 2005-08-27 6:44

Hi Gal
I really like theses waves on the ground and the great composition with the men walking.
Well done !
Bertrand

krakowiak (4704) 2005-09-24 3:52

It looks so TwIsTeD.
Very nice piece of architecture :)

Best Regards
Pawel

alainh (35391) 2005-10-28 23:58

Bonjour Gal
je me suis balladé sur ta gallerie.
tu as vraiment un coup d'oeil tres averti.
il y a toujours un angle, un sujet, une couleur qui alpague. la construction de celle-ci en est un bon exemple.
angles et courbes.
bon Week-End Gal
amicalement
alain

jafadabret (40601) 2006-03-17 4:53

Un excellent graphisme donné par ces pavés en vagues. Je vais ajouter ce cliché au thème "Paving stone"