* Wednesday C&C "No Theme" Thread #824 / Revived #044 on 2024 01 31 *

Rich

With orange shoes and red coat, the woman is easily the first thing the viewer sees. The distortion caused by the wide-angle lens is used to good effect here, and her leaning body forms a slightly unusual leading line towards the building, with her phone-camera pointing the way towards one of the pillars of the building and into the delightful wooden cloud of the structure itself. Interestingly the leaning verticals do not distract here, although it is a photo of architecture. No doubt this is due to the organic shape of the structure, which does not show any well-known shapes for our brain to try to force back into verticals, horizontals and rectangles.
A nice touch is to capture the “Sevilla” sign, with nobody obscuring it(!), telling us where it is.
It is a structure, which breaks some of the rules of architectural norms to good effect, and your photo does the same.

Pete

The sunshine, the strong and complementary colours, the leading lines of trees towards the gothic lines of Notre Dame and the happy couple in the foreground, all create a warm feel-good feeling. Despite your title, it makes me remember Paris fondly and realise how long it has been since I last visited and that I must rectify that soon. Judging by my reaction, your photo is a good advert for Paris!

A little detail, which amuses me, is how the carefully manicured trees, with their flat sides, seem architectural, whilst the building, in all its gothic glory, seems organic!

Pete

The interior has been captured showing the dignity and power, for which it was no doubt designed. It is very attractive, despite being decorated solely with coats of arms. The tourists seem quite insignificant at the bottom of the frame, but they have brought their own insignia with them on their pennant, and it was good of the flag-bearer to hold it at an angle to match the other lines.
The photo could trigger an interesting discussion on whether the current role as a tourist attraction threatens the dignity of the room with their presence, or whether the ensure its survival with their interest.

Pete

I enjoy trying to suggest movement in the static medium of a photograph, so I really enjoy this, where the whole thing is in motion. Since the rails are in the direction of the motion, they appear to be sharp, especially the near rail. They seem motionless, which accentuates the blur of the rest, giving it an even greater sense of speed.
Simple, but very effective.

Pete

The red dragonfly is beautiful and well taken in both. The first, with its creamy blurred background, is particularly good and is my favourite.
However, I can see what attracts you to the second. As it is, it seems a bit cluttered, and the sharp grasses on the left and right distract from the main subject. Maybe I could suggest a crop, leaving a natural frame of blurred grass to draw the viewer in to the insect? Something like this …..

Pete

"Neurons"

It's almost a reflection of what our brain has to deal with in today's world...

I have no words for it. Just superb.

Love these horizontal, vertical and angled lines against the texturd and colored wall.
The magnificent sunshine helps tremendously . Well seen.

Good picture that might evoke deeper thoughts if it weren't so close to images seen in recent TV news footage .....

WhyNot

Thanks Chris ... but even from where I sat I couldn't hear those wings ....

Thank you JS . Take off and landings are captured often because they are often a bit simpler to do than BIF... more interesting than sitting or in flight is a personal preference I fear ...

Thank you Minniev .... always appreciate your comments ....

Thanks for the comment Byan .. Here is a quick and dirty try at raising the shadow areas so you can see what might have been ...

Thanks again to everyone who commented on this picture

WhyNot

Thanks for your comments Pete. I have a crop basically exactly the same, but chose the original because I liked the few bits of grass in focus and reflecting light. But I see how they are a distraction from the main subject and the tunnel effect is more pronounced.

You have caught the size, fluidity and honeycomb nature of the structure. The photographer gives scale and the name adds place. You can't ask much more of a travel photo.

I don't know where we are. It may not be Paris but the couple aren't going to forget it. JSPhotoHobby sums it up.
Aren't flying buttresses wonderful things!

There may not be many elements to the image but "simple" it isn't. The two rails give strength and direction while the blurs convince with speed. The almost monotone treatment ensures that nothing else distracts from the impression.
Wonderfully effective.

So similar to minniev's post this week. I envy photographers who get opportunities to record fog scenes. There is the softening that mist adds and then there is the depth it creates. I have no idea as to how I'd try to set my camera with scenes like these. Both shots use bare limbed trees and their reflections and in both, the spikey lines are foils for the soft mist.
The buildings here are not welcoming. They have a dystopian dream like quality in the mist. A warning.

"Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain"