Window of the past Photo

Photographer’s Note

A Ephèse je regarde les vitrines du passé.
Les vieilles bibliothèques se tiennent debout.
Elle défient le temps pour se faire pardonner.
Elles ont perdu ce qu'elles devaient protéger.
Les vieilles reliques sont parties en fumées.
Alors, je lis dans la pierre.
Je regarde les lignes.
Et je pense au passé.

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In Ephèse, I look at the windows of the past.
The old libraries are held upright.
It defy time to be made forgive.
They lost what they were to protect.
The old relics left in fume.
Then, I read in the stone.
I look at the lines.
And I think of the past.

Image scannée > correction de la distorsion

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Zepi (22848) 2005-12-23 16:59

Hello Bertrand,
Belle image, très graphique!
C'est pas facile à mettre dans la petite boîte ce genre de lumière!
Le rendu est très bon
Beau travail
Merci pour le partage
Amicalement
Sébastien
Joyeux Noël

gilou530 (35568) 2005-12-23 17:22

salut bertrand
belle architecture ou la lumière est trés difficile a domptée, bon cadrage
un bon noel
gilbert

danyy (69319) 2005-12-23 17:27

Bonjour Bertrand,
Excellent cadrage, juste un rien coupé au dessus, les couleurs sont intenses et la netteté au rendez-vous.

Un excellent noël à toi .
Daniel.

sixTL (8586) 2005-12-23 17:35

Bonsoir Bertrand. Your photo is beautiful. Really colourfull. I like the saturation, contrast and light. Very good composition. Very impressive picture!

Merry Christmas.

Merci Artur

isabela_sor (42349) 2005-12-23 17:41

What a great arhitectue and all this bas-relief are so beautiful!Indeed we can read in the stone, with your help, here!Good contrast and light..
Joyeux Noel!
CRACIUN FERICIT
Best wishes from Romania

amstel (2298) 2005-12-23 17:43

Hi Bertrand!
Very curious and interesting image. Superb composition and colours!
Cheers!

huynt (5077) 2005-12-23 19:45

Cher ami
A wpnderful shot woht a old building in your great view. Thanks and best wihses for a Joyuex Noel. Huy

weswang (18223) 2005-12-23 20:23

Hi Bertrand, A nice close up tight cropped picture to capture the ruin. Nice repetition and good contrast.

singuanti (15240) 2005-12-23 23:52

Hi Bertrand. I like the straight-on POV. The sharpness brings out some great textures. Nice combination of light and shadows. Too bad about the very top of it getting chopped off. Nice shot and Merry Christmas Bertrand!

gary91 (15321) 2005-12-24 2:22

Bonjour Bertrand,
Très belle prise de vue et superbe monument.
Merci aussi pour ce moment de poésie sur ta note
Joyeux Noël
Amicalement. Christian

xavshot (62991) 2005-12-24 3:47

Bonsoir Bertrand
très belle photo d'un joli monument. J'aime beaucoup la symétrie et l'architecture de cette vitrine
Merci de partager cette photo... je ne connais absolument pas cet endroit
Bravo
Xavier

Tue (25608) 2005-12-24 4:19

Bonsoir Bertrand,
A great capture of this old building. Well captured and composed. I like the light too.
Joyeux Noël!
Hilsner,
Lars

jmdaoudal (82) 2005-12-24 4:54

Belle image au carré avec aussi de belle pierres et ces fen^tres qui s'ouvrent sur le ciel.
Poetique.
Jean Michel

faubry (32405) 2005-12-24 6:24

bonsoir Bertrand, malgré la forte luminosité pas facile à gérer,tu as réussi à faire une belle photo avec des couleurs pas trop claires les pierres ressortent très bien sur le ciel bleu, je connais cet endrtoit et j ai aussi cette bibliothèque en image en attente.
passe un joyeux Noêl en famille et à très bientôt
amicalement

jhm (83161) 2005-12-24 8:08

Hi Bertrand,
A wonderful architecture picture, a image where all much schools are visit come. Excellent composition and real colours too!
Cher Bertrand a Joyeux Noël.
John.

gaby (19793) 2005-12-24 10:51

Bertrand - c'est très pur en compo et en couleurs et cette symétrie est super -
Joyeux Noël à toi et à toute ta famille
Amicalement
Gaby

kensimage (8543) 2005-12-24 11:12

Good idea to fill the frame with this structure, Bertrand--it has enough interest all by itself. Even though the angle of light is high, it works well because of all the interesting shadows that provide depth and three-dimensionality. (But you might not want the building to actually touch the frame at the top.) Merry Christmas! Regards, Ken.

capthaddock (28640) 2005-12-24 13:36

Merry Xmas Bertrand - a familiar subject but well presented, great geometry, I like the way the building fills the entire frame, and don't mind if the top is touching the frame in this case, a great shot from less than 1 hour away from where I was born.

BlaiseCendrars (0) 2005-12-25 5:58

Salut Bertrand! I hope you are fine and I wish you a Merry Christmas! This is very nice! Good symmetry, rich colours and fine light. I like the tight crop. Best regards, Chris

riclopes (33117) 2005-12-25 10:41

Bonjour Bertrand,
How nice to see you again. And from a place that surprises me. I have a couple of shots from this place, but never got to post them...
The composition of this façade, the highlight of this place I supposed (although the anfiteatrum is wonderful as well), is very good, so well balanced. May be a little more of sky, but I'm not sure...
Was this place crowded in 2002? It was one of the most crowded places I've ever been - And I was there on the morning opening!
A very pleasant postcard, along with the usual interesting note!
Merci,
Amitiés,
Have a nice Christmas day,
Ricardo

Cricri (43560) 2005-12-25 14:52

Bonsoir Bertrand,
Beau cadrage, détails,couleurs.
et toujours une jolie note de circonstance.
Amitiés
cricri

keribar (42760) 2005-12-25 14:57

Salut Bertrand et Joyeux Noel,

Une photo qui ressemble beaucoup a celles de mon stock mais qui quand même n'est pas pareille. En général les miennes sont de côté tandis que celle-ci est de face. Bon résultat - Bravo !

Joyeux Noel - Izzet

Paolo (40751) 2005-12-25 15:18

Bonsoir Bertrand, excellent shot of the Clesus Library.
excellent POV and composition with a wonderful blue sky and excellent focus.
the Celsus Library is one of my favorite monuments 'cause Epehsus (and that part of the western Turkey coast)it was the first one that i visited outside Europe when i was a teenagers during a summer vacation with friends many, many years ago. a beautiful monument that remember me a wonderful summer!
anyway...good shot.
have a great Xmas and 2006!
thanks, ciao

Graal (58577) 2005-12-25 15:29

Hi Bertrand,
very nice old architecture. I like the colours, sharpness and light. Interesting a document. Well done.
Rgs, Aleksander

pitai (3925) 2005-12-25 22:12

Very frontal composition. The holes on the window of the ruins give a nice effect. The only think that needs is a little rotation to straighten the horizon. The rest is perfect. Very well done. Best regards and happy Christmas, Gabriel

berek (28989) 2005-12-26 2:04

Hi Bertrand,
Nice shot. i can see all the details on the historical libraries.Have a nice week.
B.Erek
Sharpness:9 **Light:9**Colour:9 **Compo:10
**Idea:10**POV:10**Note:9
PS:Evaluation rate is max:10

jemaflor (39675) 2005-12-27 7:48

Salut Bertrand,
Cadrage de face avec de beaux détails qui t'ont permis "de lire dans la pierre", le relief est souvent mis en valeur par des vues en contre plongées ou de biais ... mais là c'est l'éclairage latéral qui donne un parfait relief au monument. Bien de ne pas avoir de foule dans le champ sauf que quelques personnes donneraient une échelle à cette façade.

john_c (24635) 2005-12-27 11:19

Hi Bertrand,
A well composed shot of this ancient building. I like the mystique created here by the macro view and the way the sky intrudes through the windows. Great lines and graphics and clarity of detail throughout. Very pleasing work. Regards.
John

Emile (20055) 2005-12-27 23:12

Hola Bertrand.
Very famous place and famous library. Good sharp colours, very well captured. Sharpness is excellent, good POV. Well done.

Giorgio (8762) 2005-12-28 2:26

- Belle image contrastée du passé, Bertrand, tant que de telles images nous apporterons le plaisir de les regarder, elles ne seront pas des ruines, bravo et bonne fin d'année à tous !
giorgio

alainh (35385) 2005-12-28 4:09

salut Bertrand.
Ephèse: un petit bout de notre histoire d'une grande beauté. et ton scan en livre assurément toute sa grandeur.
Merci pour tes voeux et à mon tour de te souhaiter les miens. Pleins de voyages, d'aventures humaines, de photos ....
amicalement
alain

Stepan (27175) 2005-12-28 15:45

Assez étonnant comme construction. On imagine un mur seul, sans rien derrière hormis... le passé !
Bonne retouche de distorsion !
Stéphane

papagolf21 (56623) 2005-12-31 5:43

Heureuse Année

À l'aube du Nouvel An, acceptez de tout coeur les voeux les plus chaleureux pour une année exceptionnelle!

There is no time fitting to say
THANK YOU
and to wish you a Happy Holiday Season
and a New Year
of health, happiness and prosperity

Philippe

Janice (4386) 2006-01-02 5:44

I knew this was the library at Ephesus as I have seen photos of this great historical place. It is good seeing how well the building has lasted. Thank you Bertrand for sharing this with us, well done,
Janice

Ozdemir (0) 2006-03-13 4:57

nice pov
nice gallery

sufi (9568) 2007-04-18 7:22

Merhaba Bertrand...
It's a wonderful point of view and beautiful light, indeed... The colors and the details are also beautiful... Wonderful contrast between the blue and tones of the cram too...
TFS...
Stay well..
Salim.

dumanica (5054) 2008-09-09 23:59

Hii Bertrand,

First I can say, beautiful historical places in Türkiye. Aspecaialy I like this library building.
Anyway this composition has got very nice detail and sharpness color. TFS Duman:)