Alcobaça Monastery, a photo from Leiria, North

Photographer's Note

Alcobaça Monastery

The Santa Maria de Alcobaça Monastery, also known as Royal Abbey of Saint Mary of Alcobaça, is one of the Portuguese architecture and historical master-pieces, classified by UNESCO as World Heritage, considered to be one of the most important Cistercians Abbeys in Europe.
Donated by the first Portuguese king, D. Afonso Henriques, to Bernard of Clairvaux, the Abbey’s construction works started back in 1178. It consists on the first Gothic work built in Portuguese soil. Its general plan is perfectly introduced in the rigor, austerity and purity of the building forms in the Saint Bernard style, which was devoted to pray, penitence, renunciation to the material goods and manual work, in constant community and in the most absolute silence.
The Monastery is composed by the Church with a latin cross plan, and three cloisters with two floors. Recently the existence of a fourth cloister was discovered, a structure that was probably destroyed with the big earthquake in 1755.
Also quite interesting is the Ambulatory, the Chapter House, the Sacristy, the Reliquary Chapel, the Dormitory, the Monks Room, the Refectory, the Old and the New Kitchens, the tombs of kings D. Afonso II (1185-1123) and D. Afonso III (1210-1279) and the very famous tombs of D. Pedro and D. Inês de Castro, in what is considered to be one of the most tragic and romantic love histories of Portugal.

http://www.guiadacidade.pt

In the Ws can see a larger view

Nikon D40X
2009/10/31 19:23:34
Compressed RAW (12-bit)
Image Size: Large (3872 x 2592)
Color
Lens: 10-24mm F/3.5-4.5 G
Focal Length: 10mm
Exposure Mode: Manual
Metering Mode: Spot
1/2 sec - F/3.5
Exposure Comp.: -0.3 EV
Sensitivity: ISO 100
Optimize Image: Custom
White Balance: Preset
AF Mode: AF-C
Color Mode: Mode IIIa (sRGB)
Tone Comp.: More Contrast
Hue Adjustment: +6°
Saturation: Enhanced
Sharpening: High

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ymrk (15099) 2009-11-26 11:34

Impressive wide angle view of Monastery..Great perspective Goncalo..Abraço friend,

Yağmur

Silvio1953 (220605) 2009-11-26 12:36

Ciao Goncalo, great nocturnme shoot, good POV on splendid architecture, wonderful light, very well done, ciao Silvio

anesugur (18789) 2009-11-26 13:02

Ola Goncalo,
Beautiful wide angle shot.
Good light management.Best regards. Uğur

belido (19934) 2009-11-26 15:04

Olá Gonçalo,

linda fachada e apresentação com a distorção da grande angular fazendo toda a diferença aqui...e eu ai me esqueçendo de que é uma excelente foto noturna :)) Parabéns, amigo!
Abraço,
Carlos

jplebrun (21208) 2009-11-26 16:19

Bonsoir Goncalo
superbe photo de nuit de ce magnifique monastère que les lumières font admirablement ressortir de dans la nuit.
Amitiés
Jean-Pierre

ChrisJ (171222) 2009-11-26 17:35

Ola Goncalo

A good upward pov on the Monastery, with reasonable sharpness, & good perspective. The people provide scale. Tfs!

gunbud (34066) 2009-11-26 18:38

Hi Goncalo,
Beautiful nighttime look at this beautiful old church.
Excellent light management makes all the intricate details stand out atainst the black night sky.
Regards, Tom

siamesa (28231) 2009-11-26 19:33

Olá Gonçalo

Simplesmente majestosa. Uma foto belíssima com o monastério brilhando na escuridão.Parabéns, amigo pela foto maravilhosa.
Abraços
maria

bakes888 (18499) 2009-11-26 23:08

Hi Goncalo.
Great photo, wonderful light and well composed for drama. The people add a little life also. Nice work and thanks for sharing.
Have a good weekend, Paul.

rikko77 (10861) 2009-11-27 1:07

Hi Gonçalo
good framing with low POV that let us see how majestic is this building. Good pic with tripod.
Have a good WE!
Rikk

mikolaj_kawa (0) 2009-11-27 1:50

Ola Goncalo! Amazing monastery of Alcobaca. Excellent night shot. Perfect POV and capture. Good contrast and sharp. Original effect. Very interesting note. Well done!

diomed (13926) 2009-11-27 3:15

Hi Goncalo,
lovely architectural capture with a masterly light management, well balanced between light and shadows. Excellent POV, very animated scene. TFS
NIce Friday
Antonio

patdeph (35750) 2009-11-27 8:29

hello Goncalo
the light gives some beautiful golden colors to the monument,and it's superbly standing out the dark of the sky!There is a nice mysterious atmosphere too!
Regards
Pascale

syrus_persia (2270) 2009-11-28 20:54

Salam Goncalo
nice night shot.Beautiful architecture .You managed this light perfectly.Good perspective here.
TFS
cyrus

mkamionka (73374) 2009-11-29 2:57

Hi Goncalo,
very well composed! The perspective is really cool!
I did not have the pleasure to see it by night but is seems wonderfully illuminated and as crowded as during the day.
The people introduce a nice atmosphere here though.
The only thing which I would improve would be the blue hour instead of the black sky but not always you have a choice ...
TFS
M

wgreis (8267) 2009-11-29 3:00

Gonçalo,
o mosteiro é muito bonito e, o fato de você tê-lo mostrado a noite, valorizou a textura e suntuosidade do lugar.
Parabéns e obrigado por compartilhar.

giorgimer (35017) 2009-11-29 12:09

Olà Goncalo,

nice nightshot, wide lens distorsin is a bit too high

TFS

G

xuaxo (6854) 2009-11-30 13:44

Olá Gonçalo,
Interessante perspetiva do famoso mosteiro.
Cumprimentos,
Francisco

Amaz (11475) 2009-12-01 15:51

Ótimo registro, Gonçalo!!!
Bela composição noturna e lindas cores!!!

Meus parabéns,

Cumprimentos

adramad (72562) 2009-12-02 10:11

Hola Gonçalo.
Una estupenda vista nocturna de este gran monasterio, el grado de distorsion es normal pues sino es imposible sacar este gigantesco edificio, buena luz nocturna y buena calidad en la imagen.
Un abrazo.
Luis.

bracasha75 (24591) 2009-12-02 10:13

Ola Goncalo
Impresive view on this monastery and nice evening shot
Great sharpnes and atractive light effect
Cheers,Braca

paura (25802) 2009-12-02 14:50

Gonçalo,
A distorção ficou muito bem aplicada aqui, com o eficiente ajuste de iluminação. Lindo trabalho, amigo.

Abraço

Paulo

AiresSantos (56155) 2009-12-02 23:59

Ola Goncalo
Só mesmo com esta lente conseguirias captar uma imagem como esta.
Excelentes detalhes e manuseamento da luz
Um abraco Amigo
Aires

jmdias (114278) 2009-12-05 5:43

gonçalo

é um conjunto arquit. impressionante, sempre tebnho vontade de rever.
aqui o ângulo apertado e baixo faz a fachada ainda mais imponente, gosto da luz contrastando com o fundo da noite. lindo trabalho. bem feito

abraços

jorge

riclopes (35577) 2010-08-07 1:19

Olá Gonçalo, essa lente deve ser mesmo um prazer... ;-) Belo ângulo e aproximação deste fotogénico mosteiro. Impressionante a quantidade de gente, gosto de pessoas em fotos mas assim tb é demais :) Bonita luz na fachada, o WS é uma grande surpresa que se calhar prefiro em relação a esta. É uma excelente panorâmica, muito limpa e muito bem executada.
Um abraço,
ric