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Interior of the Eglise Notre Dame de Royan
Interior of the Eglise Notre Dame de Royan
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Architecture VI (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Location: Royan, France
Date: Aug 15, 2010
Aperture: f5.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 0.5
Galleries: Architecture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Aug 17, 2010

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Increased exposure by an f-stop or two
Raw Conversion
Cropping

France is a country with a wealth of architectural beauty. Two-thousand year-old Roman ruins, thousand year-old churches. The country is absolutely drowning in architectural excellence.

And then there's Royan. This town in Southwestern France was almost completely destroyed during the second World War, and then rebuilt in those heady, post-war years when you didn't have to be beautiful if you were a building; you just had to be THERE.

So much the better... what stands out in a country where every building is beautiful? A church as ugly as sin.

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 08/24/2010 08:53:50 PM
ugly as sin haha... it is indeed playa. great capture and congrats on the new PB!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/23/2010 09:06:47 AM
The capture of the beams of light really elevate this.
 08/21/2010 09:23:08 AM
Very nice. I like the diffusion created at the bottom from the widening shafts of light. I'm wondering if there might be a way to increase some contrast overall without losing the diffusion.
 08/18/2010 12:00:07 PM
I just love when sunrays beam into buildings.
 08/18/2010 11:08:59 AM
Great light rays.
 08/18/2010 06:36:20 AM
very nice!! (9)
 08/18/2010 05:39:39 AM
I like the processing and the light rays are fantastic
 08/17/2010 08:48:00 PM
beautiful lighting


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