Roof, a photo from Lisboa, South

Photographer's Note

Although I'm not very fond of re-posting, I wanted to repost this picture, because the angle in the original one was very wide, and all the columns were slant, and the thumbnail stinks, and I think this roof deserves better. bertolucci made a workshop, which I used for this repost.

This picture was taken in the church of the Mosteiro dos Jeronimos in Lisbon.
The monastery is build in 1502, and a few years ago completely renovated. the monastery is the most ambitious and succesful achievement of Manueline architecture. Dom Manuel (Manueline style), made a vow to the virgin that he would build a monastery should Vasco da Gama return succesfully. And da Gama returned very succesfully. You can find his tomb in the church.

The color of the monastery is of a beautiful yellowish, and I loved the roof.

Original picture skewed to both sides, sharpened, cropped and saturated a bit.

jhm, jurgen, bertolucci, Kenny10pin, sunny, erthmuffin, SylFondacci, baudinm has marked this note useful

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clodreno (0) 2004-04-03 7:53

This is a very nice shot. i like this ceiling. What a beautiful piece of art..
very nice.

ianmcall (1213) 2004-04-03 8:03

This is a good light to show off these beautiful arches, and a good PoV.

A little grainy and could be sharper, but very nice.

lost (694) 2004-04-03 8:16

Good shot of the mosteiro dos jerónimos church..excellent..

jhonny_blue (4956) 2004-04-03 8:48

Maravilhoso e trababalhado teto doa Jeronimos, uma obra de arte retratada na perfeição pela sua lente !
Parabéns pela boa foto !

kourosh (2346) 2004-04-03 9:55

definitely improved Rinie. colors are nice. sharpening is effective. well done!

jhm (211736) 2004-04-03 11:15

Rinie, dit is absoluut geen gemakkelijk foto om te maken, maar u bent daar zeer goed in geslaagd, kretiek is het makkeijkste maar doen het moeilijkste, de belichting is goed en de details komen mooi uit. Groot werk.

jurgen (2074) 2004-04-03 11:19

Vem-se muito bem as nervuras clássicas do estilo gótico, mas a foto não tem muita definição. Gosto dessas cores cinzentas, que mostram o material com que foi feito o mostéiro.

bertolucci (14052) 2004-04-03 15:38

Alsnog het volle pond voor deze mooie compositie, Rinie!

Kenny10pin (19301) 2004-04-07 9:56

Great compositon and I like the patterns of the ceiling and the pillars shapes too, really well done, I guess they were pretty far away fom you when you took it.

Great pic

Hanssie (11022) 2004-04-17 13:31

Hoi Rinie, ik zat even in je serie te kijken en vond deze en vind hem heel erg mooi, heerlijk om in kerken en kloosters
platen te schieten...
Prachtige details ! !

sunny (3069) 2004-04-23 12:40

Fantastic light, textures and details, Rinie! I can't remember if I saw the first posting of it, but I like this one a lot. Very well done!

vascao (192) 2004-04-24 19:32

Interesting graphism, Rinie. It make us think about the scenario of "The name of the Rose".

SylFondacci (4087) 2004-12-27 10:09

Hi Rinie !
Such a beautiful shot of one of my favourite monuments in Lisbon !
Congrats
Sylvie

baudinm (349) 2005-05-16 4:41

Hi Rinie,
I like the contrast between the shadows and the yellow stone ; it creates a beautiful light.
The grain is visible, but is not a drawback since it is in harmony with the texture of the rock.
What grabs the look is the geometrical construction.
The improvements of this re-posted photo are good : the vertical lines of the columns are now in contrast with the curves of the roof.
Bravo !
Amicalement,
Michaël

MiguelP (14470) 2008-03-27 10:00

Hi dear... The other day I posted a photo of the very same place, another part of the same ceiling, I love the arquitecture here, the way you have portrait it. How everything dear? Take care.