The "Veil" of the Church Photo

Photographer’s Note

Happy Easter TE! Happy Easter everyone.

I went through my files and looked for an Easter related shot and this is what I found.

I took this picture in Seville Spain. On my own, I went through the narrow streets of the center and came across this church.

I wondered about this thin cloth/screen that they put in front of it. Construction? Renovation? Protecting people from falling debris. Then all of the sudden, a pegion swooped down in front of me. Then I realized that it was to protect people from pigeon droppings. You can see of them by the edge of the screen.

For me, I looked at it as a veil. A beautiful veil in fact (for picture's purposes).

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ChrisJ, nwoehnl, Kenny10pin, summer89, avigur_11, carper, jrj, RGatward, mortimer, sunny has marked this note useful

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ianmcall (1213) 2004-04-10 22:30

Before I read your note the first detail I really noticed, and liked, were the pigeons. Good PoV and the mesh creates an unusual but efective atmosphere for church viewing.

I suspect the screen may be a sun screen, even if it doubles as a pigeon screen, but it doesn't seem to be covered in droppings.

snuggleaphagus (4140) 2004-04-10 22:31

The veil goes so well with the concept of Easter, the world in darkness and then the light is shown. Very cool photo very fitting of the holiday. Happy Easter.

ChrisJ (70443) 2004-04-10 23:51

Ditto

The red veil also compliments the red paint on the church wall, & the gradation to cyan (top left) is also interesting.

clodreno (0) 2004-04-11 4:35

Strange colors.. Nice catch anyway. Those cloth are beccause of the pidgeons I believe; to avoid getting something on your head..

nwoehnl (120) 2004-04-11 9:31

Happy Easter to you too, Manny. An interesting view here, with the veil occupied by some pigeons, and the old church building in the background. Colors and details are well seen from a fine angle - good shot.

Kenny10pin (19301) 2004-04-11 10:46

great photo, i like the cloth, you can still see the details of the building through it.

You have framed it well too and the colours are great

summer89 (5414) 2004-04-11 11:41

Wonderfull angle you get, Manuel.

When i saw it i never imagine this ws take in Spain.

Well done and Happy Easter

avigur_11 (21307) 2004-04-11 12:33

Aa very smart composition. It can also be a sun shed. Anyway the view through this net is starnge and colorfil. The pigeons on the edgr add to this compo. Wonderful color and contrast, Manny.

carper (65696) 2004-04-11 12:39

Manuel, another kind of photo,
It's realy nice the composition, the colours and the details, good job

Josh69 (1427) 2004-04-12 1:34

Happy Easter! good photo and an interesting way to make an architectural photo more appealing. thanks.

jrj (34779) 2004-04-12 5:25

Very well seen detail Manny. The cloth sure makes an interesting, almost articifal impression of this pix. Well done.

RGatward (19749) 2004-04-12 10:38

Interesting shot and note. That's the second pigeon protector I've seen on TrekEarth today, and I can't I've noticed any before.

sunny (3068) 2004-04-13 14:50

Interesting story behind this colourful and cheerful picture, Manny! :-)
You composed the veil just perfectly as it reveals enough of the fine architecture details and at the same time keeps the top shyly hidden behind. Excellent!

dominique (11403) 2004-04-16 15:41

Very original like composition, likes angle chooses and framing is interesting, the colors are good.