Columns. . . .Medieval style

[gahspidy]

Another shot from the Cloisters.
Your thoughts . . . .

[Chunk]

What a strong feeling of age and new life you've found. I like the strong perspective and the dimly seen arcadein the background. I think I would have probably gotten closer to the flowers, but this is better your way. A good balance here - the sparkle of the blooms is important, but the permanence and solidity of the structure is the real beauty. It must have felt great to see this through the viewfinder.

[Yoyo Szeto]

Hi Gary,
I like the combination of the muted and bright colour which makes this pic very eye-catching. The moisture condensation in the front windows helps to blur the background, however, I find the clear windows at the back affect the continuity of the blurred background. Good shot!
yoyo

[mjs1973]

Another very nice shot Gary. The combination of the old structure with dark shadows, and the bright colors of the flowers makes for a great contrast in time. Does that make sense? Anyway, it makes me want to keep looking at this image. Nice work.

[jcharris]

Hi Gary

This is for me a excellent shot .
You draw the viewer's eye to a point of interest with leading lines of the structure.
The choice of the yellow flowers is very nice and add a lot to your composition of the photo.


Great work with this one .

Regards
james

[ShotsbyScott]

As everyone else has already said, another good picture. Something I noticed..........your elevation is perfect, as you're centered on the column height, therefore the flow for the remainder of the columns could not have been framed up any better.

Scott

[Overbeyond]

Great stuff and there's something subtle here as well; I see the light increasing on the columns in unison with the decreasing condensation on the glass thus allowing more light on to the columns. I like the flowers and also it's nice to see the ones in the distance. Before Tuna says it I will add that this may be a great candidate for a B/W conversion.
Tom

[Knight]

Great shot Gary

[gahspidy]

Chunk. . .Great description, i like how you think Yes, seeing this through the view finder was indeed a pleasure. In fact so that I had taken more than a dozen shots of just these and some other columns as well. I just could not stop the temptation to continue to shoot these structures as the light falling through them and their muted textures and colors were very attractive.

Yoyo. . . thanks for your take on this. I see what your saying about the clearer glass exposing a more in focus bg, so to speak. I might try blurring that area of the bg abit.

Micheal . . . yes, that does make sense and a nice way to see it. I like the description, thanks.

James . . .I appreciate your thought on this. The yellow flowes are there, I guess placed there by the keepers of the Museum and really does contrast nicely with evrything and do well in the light.

Scott. . .good point brought up by you. After taking lots of shots of these columns, I realized that my getting right in the middle of ther height gave me the effective symetry that I found pleasing. Something I had not really thought about before going through several shots.

Tom . . .good observation about the lighting. As far as b&w goes, I think it would be effective, but I would'nt want to lose the warm tones of the old stone and the colors of the flowers.

Knight. . . .Thanks for looking and commenting. By the looks of your Avatar and name , you might feel right at home in this scene;)