An interesting take on Versailles, wrapped in winter grey. Well done. Paul On Dec 29, 2013, at 5:52 AM, Bob W <p...@web-options.com> wrote:
> On 29 Dec 2013, at 01:08, Stan Halpin <s...@stans-photography.info> wrote: >> >> >>> On Dec 28, 2013, at 1:06 PM, Bob W wrote: >>> >>> I spent Christmas week in Versailles, and had a very enjoyable time. I'm no >>> Atget, and here are some photos to prove it: >>> >>> <http://www.web-options.com/V2013/> >>> >>> B >> Nice gallery Bob. >> >> Back in the day, some of the French lived like Kings didn't they! >> >> One suggestion: I quite liked the rendering on #22, thought it worked well >> with that scene. I wonder if the same rendering applied to #39 might make >> that image a bit stronger? >> >> I have to admit that, in the midst of all of that opulence, >> >> http://www.web-options.com/V2013/content/P0270718_large.html >> >> and #4 with the lights across the street are my two favorites from this set. > > Thanks Stan. The goats are in the farm which is part of the rustic hamlet > that Marie Antoinette had built at Trianon. It's ironic that Louis XIV had > the original real village of Triant pulled down so he could build a summer > house for his guests to stop and have a collation, then Marie-Antoinette > built a toy village for the educational benefit of the princes. She didn't > get to enjoy it much though - it wasn't finished until 1788. > > Her palace of the Petit Trianon is an eye-opener after the main chateau. She > had very refined taste indeed. > > The farm is now used by an animal welfare society. > > B > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
