The gateway and the statue Photo

Photographer’s Note

In the background La Gross Horloge, in the foreground a statue of the French Admiral and Government Minister, Guy-Victor Duperré.

In the 13th century the bottom part of this great gateway marked the entrance to the town of La Rochelle from the port area. It originally had two archways, one for pedestrians and one for carriages. The two arches were made into one in 1672 to improve traffic circulation. In 1746, the upper part of the previous tower was demolished and replaced by the building you can see today.

Guy-Victor Duperré (La Rochelle, 20 February 1775–Paris, 2 November 1846) was a French admiral, Pair de France and thrice Naval Minister.

Duperré commanded the fleet at the Battle of Grand Port, where he was wounded. From 1812 to 1814, he commanded the French and Italian naval forces. On February 5, 1830, Charles X named him commander of the naval elements of the expeditionary force that carried out the Invasion of Algiers in 1830.

The picture is a stitch of two landscape images. Sorry for the traffic, but it's a busy street and difficult to avoid!

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mortijo (12180) 2009-11-05 0:34

Hi Stephen,
Not easy, stitching with moving traffic. Quite a good job. Nice streetscape of La Rochelle, a town that I discovered in June this year. I see that you choose a special day to take this shot :-).
Have a nice day
John

Budapestman (41686) 2009-11-05 0:40

Hi Stephen,
a splendid sunny photo with spectacular composition and beautiful architctural details, the colours and lights are very nice, beautiful square, indeed. Tfs! Have a nice day!
George

jurek1951 (25930) 2009-11-05 0:43

Hi Stephen,
This is a great composition, wonderful sharp colours and details,amazing light and a fantastic blue sky,
Georg

besnard (30560) 2009-11-05 0:47

Bonjour Stephen
Pas facile à faire ce cliché avec le rond-point et toutes les voitures qui circulent dans le secteur mais tu t'en sors plutôt bien, c'est clair, lumineux et intéressant.
Bonne journée.
Nicole

delpeoples (5892) 2009-11-05 0:51

Hi Stephen, I must say that the French and Italians really do know how to do a good gate. I suppose they've had centuries of practice. Nice POV here, with that brilliant French-blue sky and light-coloured architecture. TFS and have a happy Thursday, Lisa

John_F_Kennedy (31263) 2009-11-05 2:04

Hello Stephen,
Nice shot of this great stone church with the sculpture in the foreground. Very well captured, great light and colours.
Best wishes,
Achim

ChrisJ (70125) 2009-11-05 2:09

Hi Stephen

A marvellous blue sky, excellent sharpness, & well managed lighting & perspective. The people add scale & animate the scene. Tfs!

john1 (1992) 2009-11-05 3:04

Hello Stephen,

Wonderful composition sunny, full of lights and lighting
The framing is superb, giving her the sight of street life. the city of La Rochelle must be nice to visit.
Good day.
john

asajernigan (14090) 2009-11-05 3:30

Stephen,
This is a nicely composed shot with the statue providing balance for the tower. The road leads the eye to the gate perfectly giving the photo a good sense of direction. The lighting and colors are fine as is the photo's sharpness.
TFS,
Asa

jlbrthnn (37749) 2009-11-05 4:44

Bonjour Stephen,
C'est une image de la Rochelle, comme si on y était. La lumière y est agréable et le trafic est "naturel".
Excellent équilibre de la composition et bonne réalisation.
Bonne journée
Amicalement
Joël

Gerrit (35613) 2009-11-05 5:29

Hi Stephen,
excellent composition and beautiful colours.
regards, gerrit

saxo042 (15544) 2009-11-05 7:32

Hi Stephen,
A fine and interesting street scene! This looks very typical French and the man of this statue is apparently a contemporary of that Frenchman, who became king of Sweden, they could very well have known each other...
Kind regards
Gunnar

diomed (3859) 2009-11-05 8:14

Hi Stephen,
lovely architecture full of light and with great contrast. Nice composition with the statue on foreground andamazing perpective. Well done!
Nice evening
Antonio

npecanhuk (13713) 2009-11-05 9:18

Hello Stephen!
Excellent sharpness, exposure, colors, dof, pov and composition to present such eye-catching, interesting and beautiful architectural details!
TFS - congratulations!
My warmest regards,
Neyvan

Fis2 (45687) 2009-11-05 10:01

Witaj Stephen!
A very interesting place.
Beautiful gate and interesting statue.
I like the frame and light.
Well done.
Regards
Krzysztof

lucasgalodoido (16583) 2009-11-05 10:12

Olá Stephen,
muito bonita mesmo essa foto das antigas contruções e da estátua, o contraste de cores ficou ótimo em sua captura também. Belo trabalho.
Parabéns e Abraço

papagolf21 (56251) 2009-11-05 11:32

Bonsoir, cher Stephen,
Le bâtiment de la grosse horloge est parfaitement placé dans la composition.
Tu es tout excusé quant au trafic de voitures, il semble bien difficile d'arrêter la circulation.
La statue, les immeubles, la vie active, tout ressort à merveille dans l'ensemble de cette réalisation.
Amitiés.
Philippe

pattabe (415) 2009-11-05 23:32

Hi Stephen,

a splendid nice sunny shot, with bright and clear colors, well captured, good work,

Regards Freddy (Bangkok)

subhendu_bagchi (2997) 2009-11-05 23:54

Hi..
Nice composition here with the great statue and the gorgeous gate. Brilliant light. Perspective is great and colourful. Nice sky. Very good photojob.
Congrats.
Subhendu

Silvio1953 (41557) 2009-11-06 6:39

Ciao Stephen, beautiful composition with wonderful statue and splendid church, great light and colors, very well done, have a good week end, ciao Silvio

wolf38 (12728) 2009-11-06 7:31

Hi Stephen. A very beautiful photograph of this central place in Rochelle. In combination with the blue sky, the photo looks particularly good. Regards, Wolfgang. Have a nice weekend.

bnilesh (110) 2009-11-07 9:40

Undoubtedly the sky is very interesting & with nice colors but I think it's really grabbing more attention than the subject. The subject with less brightness may add a more balanced feel in the image complimenting the sky!

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ilDottore (4002) 2009-11-08 12:35

Hi Stephen,
What a light! Just photographer's dream... :)
Excellent composition and croping.
Very interesting architecture.
Best Regards
Chris

macondo (13075) 2009-11-10 2:28

Hi Stephen.
I didn't have to click on the thumbnail to know this was La Rochelle; I remember well the clock tower and its arch, and the statue. The sky is stunning in this one, and the square crop very pleasingly places the statue and the clock/weather-vane on a diagonal. Beautiful light and colour, excellent clarity and detail on the buildings. Great stitching job, and never mind the traffic. There can't be many opportunities in LR to take this shot without it!
Regards,
Andrew