Thiers, overlooking the lower town, a photo from Auvergne, Central

Photographer's Note

Thiers is a town and commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in the Auvergne region in central France. It is twinned with the towns of Bridgnorth, England and Schrobenhausen, Germany.

The town is built upon a hillside along the Durolle river valley. The steep elevation splits the town into distinct areas – the high town and the low town. The high town is notable for its old quarter, which contains a number of historic half-timbered houses.

Thiers is famous for its knives, blades and cutlery industry. The town has a museum in the old quarter, portraying the history of knife-making; there are also a large number of shops selling cutlery based in this area. Further along the valley of the Durolle where many of the original factories were located, the industrial heritage museum, l'Usine du May was opened in 2009. Modern factories include Forges Gorce who make blades for agricultural machinery from hedge trimmers to combine harvesters and are part of McConnel Alamo group.

(Source: Wikipedea)

dkmurphys, dta, jlbrthnn, Budapestman, delpeoples, Charo has marked this note useful

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mauro61 (53429) 2010-12-29 0:58

ciao Stephen,
immagine in campo lungo che va dai tetti rossi in FG alle case sulla collina.
Bella l'ambientazione,
buon fine anno
maurizio

digbymerry (3998) 2010-12-29 1:26

Hello Stephen

Lovely photo. A bit reminiscent of the mountain villages in Andalucia except for the architecture and the landscape is greener. Excellent composition.

Best wishes

Digby

Nicou (193806) 2010-12-29 1:34

Hello

superbe vue plongeante, avec ces tuiles sur le toit, la belle couloeur des toits, le format allongé donne de l'ampleur à l'image, mangigique.

Bravo et amitié

Nicou

mikolaj_kawa (0) 2010-12-29 2:17

Hello Stephen!
Fine high POV, amazing cityscape and landscape, amazing countryside.
Excellent weather, nice bright and colours.
Wonderful vertical take. Good format.
Superb shot. Interesting note.
Well done!

rodgerg (55767) 2010-12-29 2:39

Hello Stepehn,

Des choix très judicieux pour présenter ce village blotti dans la vallée: le POV qui offre une magnifique plongée, le cadarge qui inclut les tulies à l'avant-plan pour donner du relief à l'image, le format vertiacle qui accentue l'aspect étendu du village.
Amitiés,
Roger

dkmurphys (79209) 2010-12-29 4:04

Hi Stephen,
I like your panorama withe the roof detail from the front. Fine POV, picturesque place.

dta (98848) 2010-12-29 5:09

Hello Stephen ,
Excellente vue plongeante sur ce quartier de Thiers , nous montrant bien les anciennes usines qui longent le cours d'eau pour en utiliser la force motrice .
Amicalement

npecanhuk (79329) 2010-12-29 5:28

Hi Stephen!
Very nice and interesing picture specially for its chosen pov and vertical format!
So nice to see that place from that angle!
It seems to be beautiful and quite enjoyable!
TFS - congrats,
Kind regards,
Neyvan

Silvio1953 (221593) 2010-12-29 6:04

Ciao Stephen, great POV on lovely town,wonderful colors and excellent clarity, very well done my friend, ciao Silvio

Sergiom (117241) 2010-12-29 6:54

Bonjour Stephen

Le toit en avant plan guide le regard dans l'image et force le regard vers le bas et cette rangée de maison qui semble percer la verdure environnante.

Amicalement

Serge

subhendu_bagchi (26091) 2010-12-29 7:53

Namaste Stephen,
great capture. Like your high POV. Great scenery. Like the colour variety of this image. Depth and sharpness are superb. Very well done. Tfs.
Wish you and your family a very happy and prosperous new year.
Subhendu

Fis2 (170747) 2010-12-29 12:45

Bonjour mon ami!
Interesting vertical frame.
Curious view.
Good light and colours.
Well done.
Best regards
Krzysztof

jlbrthnn (76043) 2010-12-29 13:59

Bonsoir Stephen,
Belle photo de la ville basse depuis la ville haute. Le format vertical est adapté à la description de la configuration de la ville. Excellente lumière et netteté. Bravo.
Bonne fin de soirée
Amicalement
Joël

Budapestman (82620) 2010-12-29 15:39

Hi Stephen,
a picturesque view with spectacular composition and warm lights, beautiful details and POV, Tfs! Have a nice evening! Kellemes estét kívánok!
György

delpeoples (60342) 2010-12-29 17:10

Hi Stephen

I love rooftops, I find them really characteristic and they give a context to the image, as they do here. Excellent vertical framework adds to the depth and all the details are so well-defined. I probably would have applied a darkening mask to the bottom half of the image, which would have the effect of saturating the ceramic tiles and balancing the photo out light-wise.

TFS and I hope you have a good New Year's Eve, despite the back. Have you tried acupuncture? It has worked for me.

Best wishes
Lisa

Charo (51290) 2011-01-01 16:36

Bonsoir Stephen,
Un point de vue magnifique qui nous donne une bonne idée de l'emplacement de la ville.
Grande profondeur et belle couleur.
Mes meilleurs voeux pour l'année vient de commencer!
Charo

wolf38 (30) 2011-01-02 8:25

Hi Stephen. From the red roof in the foreground to horizon. A wonderful overview with great depth. The viewing angle is chosen really well. And as always a very informative text. Excellent. Rgds, Wolfgang.