Photographer's Note
La Croix-Rousse is a hill in the town of Lyon, France, as well as the name of a quarter located on this hill (divided into two halves - the pentes, which form a part of the town's 1st arrondissement, and the plateau, which is in the 4th arrondissement). It is 254metres at its highest point.
The quarter is heavily marked by silk industry; Lyon being the centre of silk manufacture in Europe at one time.
The quarter is called La Croix-Rousse (The Russet Cross) because of the cross the Christians put there in the 16th century: made in stone from Couzon-au-Mont-d'Or, it was reddish-brown in colour.
In Lyon, La Croix-Rousse is nicknamed la colline qui travaille (the hill that works) in contrast to the better-known hill to the east, Fourvière, which is known as la colline qui prie (the hill that prays).
The district started developing in the 18th century when the silk workshops moved here from the Vieux Lyons area. The canuts (silk workers) were subject to extremely poor working conditions. On account of these conditions, they staged many worker uprisings, known as the Canut revolts. The first revolt, in October 1831 is considered to be one of the very first worker uprisings.
(Source: Wikipedea)
The map reference is approximate only.
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digbymerry
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(3998) 2010-10-09 0:50
Hello Stephen,
Very good street scene. I like the soft colours, the composition and the human interest. As I commented before it is good to see the buildings in harmony with each other in Lyon.
Best wishes
Digby
dkmurphys
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(79209) 2010-10-09 1:14
Hi Stephen,
A very picturesque old street. Interesting chromatic effect from the light and the buildings facades. Also, once again, I hate those stupid graffiti works. Nice street scene, good work.
jurek1951
(42198) 2010-10-09 1:31
Hi Stephen,
Beautiful shot with so nice colors, composition...
Beautiful old architecture.
Georg
wolf38
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(30) 2010-10-09 1:55
Hi Stephen. A beautiful and lively street scene. The pedestrian zone like it very much. These old and livable cities are really wonderful. A good shot, in fact. Regards, Wolfgang.
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(1042) 2010-10-09 3:08
Hi Stephen,
A beautiful daily life street scene. The beautiful houses on both sides of this ascending sreet are very attractive. A charming place.
Very good composition.
Best regards,
Vishal.
diomed
(13926) 2010-10-09 3:42
Hi Stephen,
great vertical framing in order to show the graphism of the building with soft and warm colors. Animated and interesting scene, excellent POV and DOF, good sharp.
NIce WE
Antonio
npecanhuk
(79329) 2010-10-09 4:21
Hi Stephen!
Very attractive urban & architecture & street life photograph!
Sharpness, exposure, pov, dof, colors, pp, contrasts, vertical format and composition are all very good here!
TFS - congrats,
Have a great week-end,
Neyvan
rodgerg
(55767) 2010-10-09 4:43
Hello Stephen,
Beau cadrage vertical sur cette étroite rue et ses hautes maisons aux beaux tons pastels. De très beraux jeux d'ombre et de lumière comme souvent dans ces ruelles étroites et de la vie avec les passants. toute ce qu'il faut pour faire une belle photo.
Amitiés,
Roger
jlbrthnn
(76043) 2010-10-09 4:57
Bonjour Stephen,
Excellent cadrage en plongée de cet endroit où l'on travaille, et ou l'on grimpe. L'exposition est très bonne, la photo est intéressante et agréable. J'apprécie la note aussi. Bravo.
Bonne journée
Cordialement
Joël
Silvio1953
(220637) 2010-10-09 5:18
Ciao Stephen, great perspective on beautiful street full of life, excellent clarity and splendid colors, very well done my friend, have a good week end, ciao Silvio
mikolaj_kawa
(0) 2010-10-09 5:59
Hello Stephen! Fine scene, nice street, superb houses, excellent shadowplay, good exposure and capture. Fine vertical format. Well done!
Sergiom
(117241) 2010-10-09 6:12
Bonjour Stephen
J'aime le plongée dans cette rue. La posture des personnages indique la difficulté de la montée et l'effort pour y arriver. Les couleurs des devantures sont très belles et on un côté italien.
Bon weekend
Serge
bobocortis
(16090) 2010-10-09 8:21
Bonsoir Stephen.
Les couleurs chaudes son t agréables à voir.
Le cadrage vertical met en valeur la profondeur.
Bien vu.
Amicalement, Bobo.
saxo042
(38078) 2010-10-09 9:35
Hi Stephen,
A good point of view here with the long curving street and the pleasant row of houses along the side. I like the addition of people too. This is a very good daily life street scene!
Kind regards
Gunnar
gunbud
(34066) 2010-10-09 17:19
Hi Stephen,
You have captured this beautiful avenue in warm mid day light that brings tranquil shadows over this stunning architecture and lovely brick road.
Looks like a wonderful street to take a liesurely strool.
Regards, Tom
Graal
(103040) 2010-10-09 23:45
Hi Stephen,
an interesting back street and old architecture. Good shot from high POV. Well note and done photo.
Have a nice day.
Aleksander
Nicou
(193806) 2010-10-10 0:44
Hello,
sueprbe cadrage de cette rue que ces tons sont merveille de rose avec de l'orange un léger rouge, quelle iamge colorée et animées, même sur le sol de sreflètent le tons, grandisoe.
bravo et amitié
Nicou
subhendu_bagchi
(26091) 2010-10-10 4:37
Namaste Stephen,
interesting capture of this road scene. The alley is looking nice for its colours, for its light and shade contrast with the people in road. Great work with perfect exposer and fine POV. Tfs.
Best wishes.
Subhendu
JFS
(32459) 2010-10-10 9:14
Bonsoir Stephen,
Il y a des années que je ne me promene pas dans ce quartier que je vois très changé sur ta photo. Très belle perspective de cette ruelle de coleurs délicieuses et une lumière spéciale.
Amitié,
Juan
mauro61
(53411) 2010-10-10 10:52
ciao Stephen,
un buon dosaggio della luce e ottima la resa della via attraversata dai turisti.
Il taglio è buono ed è piacevole da vedersi il gioco delle finestre sui prospetti delle case,
saluti
maurizio
csabagaba
(7018) 2010-10-11 1:52
Hello Stephen!
Spectacular street scene, a good view. Unique colors and beautiful shapes. Good ratio of light shade.
Sincerely,
Csaba
PixelTerror
(0) 2010-10-11 3:48
HI Stephen
Nice street perspective where we can feel the grade of La Croix Rousse, but there is too much shade on this image, generally speaking many of your images suffer from bad timing
Have a nice day JY
BluSimo
(9392) 2010-10-11 13:28
Bonsoir Stephen
une lumière difficile que tu as su gérér bien, en effet je ne vois pas de sovrexpositions et la partie en ombre est très bien captée. bel instant quotidien pour ce cityscape Lyonnaise. la pente de la route est evidente dans la succession des maisons coloriées.
compliments.
une bonne soirée
Simonetta
Charo
(51290) 2010-10-14 14:58
Bonsoir Stephen,
J'aime la rue en pente, bien que je préfère pour le descendre le porter ...
Excellent point de vue et le dynamisme de cette scène quotidienne. Très bonne lumière et de couleurs.
Amitiés,
Charo
ikeharel
(112467) 2010-10-19 6:07
Typical mid-European street sight, Stephen.
Good light management and shadow's play.
Regards
Ike
delpeoples
(60342) 2010-11-01 3:31
Hi Stephen, how's things? I'm back after a lovely trip to Italy and all refreshed :) What a beautiful town, so characteristic and immaculate. The coloured houses are reminiscent of many of the Italian towns I visited. Those coblestone streets are amazing. I like the vertical framing and the excellent light management. TFS and I wish you a beautiful week, Lisa
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- Date Taken: 2010-09-00
- Categories: Vida Diária
- Camera: CANON EOS 10 D
- Exposição: f/8, 1/125 segundos
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- Tema(s): Tenement houses [view contributor(s)]
- Date Submitted: 2010-10-09 0:43
