Photographer's Note
First in a series of captures made during a short break last month in the city of Rennes, the regional capital of Brittany in West France. This is the Palais du Commerce on Place de la République.
Some information from Rennes Tourist Office web site:
The river Vilaine (which paases through the centre of the city) was canalised in the mid-19th century, with a covered stretch between the Nemours and Berlin bridges that was officially opened in 1912 by the mayor Jean Janvier.
An imposing palace was built here between 1885 and 1929 by Jean-Baptiste Martenot and later Emmanuel Le Ray. The building was commissioned by the mayor Edgar Le B.....d to make the southern part of the city more attractive. It originally housed the Trade Exchange and the post and telegraph office.
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dkmurphys
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(73216) 2017-05-18 23:55
Good morning,
Quite an impressive building, looks more like a palace, similar to Royal one of Madrid. Well taken urban scene.
Daniel
Tue
(54272) 2017-05-19 0:23
Hello Stephen,
What a beautiful building, I really like its architecture and it looks even better in this bright and appealing sidelight. Very well chosen POV and the people in the street add a nice and calm mood.
Lars
Fis2
(120873) 2017-05-19 0:45
Witaj Stephen!
Interesting building.
Excellent frame and perspectice.
Good colours and light.
Nice scene from street.
Well done.
Nice day.
Krzysztof
papagolf21
(124559) 2017-05-19 0:54
Bonjour, cher Stephen,
Il me semble voir également une partie de la mairie de Rennes.
Architecture de haute qualité avec des ornements tout à fait dans le style du dix-neuvième siècle, début vingtième.
Une époque révolue, et c'est dommage, place au modernisme !
Belle prise de vue.
Amitiés.
Philippe
pajaran
(76125) 2017-05-19 2:11
Dobar dan.
Lep pogled, interesantan i dobar tekst ...
Dobar rad i kompozicija, lepo pokazano mesto i arhitektura, dobar kontrast i perspektiva, lepe boje, lepo uhvacen trenutak sa prolaznicima. Lepa arhitektura i detalji na fasadi.
Imajte lep i uspesan dan, sve najbolje za vikend, srecno.
Paja.
Good day.
Nice view, interesting and good text ...
Good work and compositions, beautifully demonstrated city and architecture, good contrast and perspectives, beautiful colors, beautiful moment captured with passers-by. Beautiful architecture and details on the facade.
Have a nice and successful day, all the best for the weekend, good luck.
Royaldevon
(51878) 2017-05-19 2:30
Hello Stephen,
I remember you mentioning to me that the weather was unreliable in Brittany so, I assume that was related to this stay in Rennes.
It is a comparatively big place as seen by the width of its main streets though I'm sure you found some much older regions.
This is one splendid building and your viewpoint details its size and depth as well as the quality of its design and materials.
You controlled the light extremely well, especially as there are a lot of white buildings.
Have a good day,
Bev :-)
holmertz
(68882) 2017-05-19 2:40
Hello Stephen,
I can't help thinking that this building must have been rather overdimensioned for its purpose right from the start, but sometimes size matters, especially to the state bureaucracy. It serves very well as a photo object with its elegant architecture and on this diagonal with a few persons in the foreground. I find the photo slightly pale.
Kind regards,
Gert
cornejo
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(53672) 2017-05-19 2:45
Hi Stephen, very good photograph of this interesting building, very well captured in this interesting image, with good clarity, depth, light, color and quality. Very good and interesting work perfectly done, my congratulations, my friend. Thank you for sharing this beautiful work.
Good night and happy weekend.
Affectionate greetings from the south of Spain.
Angel.
ikeharel
(88618) 2017-05-19 3:14
Fine view of this grand building with its full length collected, Stephen.
street action, people and the green buses mingling and contrasting beautifully against the marvelous architecture's details.
My best regards,
Ike
jhm
(172908) 2017-05-19 4:27
Hello Stephen,
A beautiful architecture the bulding has diiferent nice arches in frontage.
Create nice depth and perspective.
An excellent composition and lovely of colours.
Very well done, TFS.
Best regards,
John.
pierrefonds
(79499) 2017-05-19 4:44
Hi Stephen,
The length of the street is giving depth and perspective to the composition. The point of view is showing the details of the Palais du Commerce. The good luminosity is enhancing the colours. Have a nice day.
Pierre
lousat
(106855) 2017-05-19 5:14
Hi Steph,i never been there but the architechture remember me a lot the Hotel de Ville of Paris. A great diagonal perspective well exposed and very bright,i like it!Have a nice weekend and thanks,Luciano
Sergiom
(101910) 2017-05-19 6:50
Bonjour Stephen,
C'est très français comme architecture. Ces bâtiments donnent de la gueule à cette belle rue qui nous offre une très belle ligne de fuite sous une lumière très forte.
Amicalement
Serge
carlo62
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(65857) 2017-05-19 13:56
Ciao Stephen
bentornato con una nuova serie di fotografie.
Mi è dispiaciuto non avere avuto il tempo di visitare questa città durante il mio tour.
Molto bella questa architettura tipica della zona, è anche molto grande, Rennes è una città importante e merita la giusta rilevanza.
Buon we
Carlo
jemaflor
(112118) 2017-05-19 23:40
Hi Stephen,
A beautiful architecture well framed from this POV, good depth effect with the perspective, nice light well captured, tfs.
abmdsudi
(68060) 2017-05-20 20:19
Hi Stephen
This looks so luminous where focus is directed to the majestic edifices with nice range of colours, sense of depth and good diagonal touch. Thre's good scale reference too, Excellent street shot, Congrats.
Best regards
ChrisJ
(132416) 2017-05-22 12:16
Hello Stephen,
A good angled pov with excellent sharpness and perspective. The trees soften the hard outline of the buildings and the people add scale. I like the clear blue sky backdrop. Tfs!
mcmtanyel
(39149) 2017-05-29 21:09
Hello Stephen,
This is an impressive structure taken from a fitting POV. I am enjoying other details in the photo, such as the (most probably) Muslim woman walking toward you and the two articulated city buses and one regular city bus behind them.
Regards,
MT
PoorColdBoy
(1047) 2017-06-02 14:18
Hello again, Stephen.
I am quite impressed with your architectural photos. As many great and classical building photos of the past, you show a vertical perspective correction, so the vertical lines are true (or close to true) vertical. This emphasizes the height of the buildings. Congratulations on this and many other fine shots.
-- Bill
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Copyright: Stephen Nunney (snunney)
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- Medium: Cor
- Date Taken: 2017-04-00
- Categories: Vida Diária, Arquitectura
- Camera: Canon Eos 760d, Canon EFS 10 - 18 mm
- Exposição: f/8, 1/160 segundos
- Versão da Foto: Versão Original
- Date Submitted: 2017-05-18 23:51
