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The Dancer Lifting Her Tutu...
Posted by zOOm (Paris, France) on 22 July 2008 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.
La Danseuse Relevant Son Tutu...
This is the name given By Frank O. Gerhy (Architect) to his building, now the French Cinematographic Centre, formerly the American Cultural Centre.
dj.tigersprout from San Bruno, United States
a beautiful shot and a massive angle! i love this architect... what a great sky and amazing b/w!!
22 Jul 2008 5:11am
saeed from ahwaz, Iran
really great and interesting shot! lovely architecture indeed! the sky make it perfect! excellent! well done
22 Jul 2008 5:55am
Erik from Amersfoort, Netherlands
Splendid shot, love the processing work.. really catching !
22 Jul 2008 5:59am
thib from Angers, France
L'ambiance dramatique dessert bien la bonne composition. Super photo!
22 Jul 2008 6:37am
fcofont from Valencia, Spain
Dramatic bw treatment!, I like the composition and the beautiful set of lights and shadows. Great capture!
22 Jul 2008 7:06am
véronique from France
j'aime beaucoup le " travail" fait sur tes derniers noir et blanc florence ! très contrasté, presque dur mais qui donne beaucoup d'équilibre aux photos
22 Jul 2008 8:49am
Observing from West Cheshire, United Kingdom
What an imposing angle of that strange building, but it looks very dramatic against that beautiful sky. Top work Flo.
22 Jul 2008 9:41am
Francesc B. from région parisienne, France
Très beau cadrage pour cette singulière architecture.... je rejoins Véronique pour cette dureté, qui est plutôt un atout dans le cas présent, en appuyant cette atmosphère que tu as voulu donner.
22 Jul 2008 9:42am
Vink from French riviera - Grasse, France
Cet assemblage architectural présente la particularité d'être à la fois austére et harmonieuse. Très beau traitement !
22 Jul 2008 9:45am
Eric Rousset from Grasse, France
Royal ce post-traitement, du beau N&B comme je les aime ;-)
22 Jul 2008 10:49am
paulski from Muncie, IN, United States
wow! the sky is stunning, and the b/w works so well here. very nice...
22 Jul 2008 11:13am
Carson from Portland, United States
This shot is stunning, indeed, zOOm. Just perfect!
22 Jul 2008 11:48am
Tracey from United States
i love the angle of this shot it really shows all the great lines and shadows with a wonderful sky as a perfect backdrop. wonderful shot.
22 Jul 2008 12:28pm
willow from Chelsea, United States
Very dramatic clouds! Perfect shot for black and white.
22 Jul 2008 2:38pm
Marcie from United States
Your title makes it!! Love your point-of-view..and the black and white processing.
22 Jul 2008 3:17pm
Riccardo from Lyon, France
Me voilà de retour après mes vacance déjà terminés ...sigh sigh...Bonne soirée Florence...et surtout bravo pour ce shot magnifique! Il me semble presque un HDR! Un n&b perfect selon moi! Riccardo!
22 Jul 2008 3:19pm
Monique from Koh Samui, Thailand
Great angle and post-processing ... looks very surreal! The architect will be very pleased with a picture like this.
22 Jul 2008 4:07pm
@Veronelle: Non, comme je le disais à Ginnie, ce sont différents calques de réglage dans Photoshop.
Ginnie from Atlanta, Georgia, United States
The angles and perspective are just wonderful, Flo! And your B&W conversion (HDR?) is very enticing.
22 Jul 2008 6:38pm
@Ginnie: No Ginnie, no HDR here, just the juxtapositon of several layers in Photoshop.
Fabrice from France
De nouveau une très belle composition, Florence.
Superbe contraste.
22 Jul 2008 6:46pm
Philine from Germany
Oh, I love the dancing buildings of Frank Gehry (we have some works of him in Germany (Berlin, Düsseldorf, Herford) too, and I like how the clouds are dancing with him/them! Your composition and perspective can express the special intention and character of his art!
22 Jul 2008 7:08pm
FLOOG from United Kingdom
Stunning! The B&W works so well and I love the perspective.
22 Jul 2008 7:35pm
Isao from isère, France
Belle architecture contemporaine, belle ambiance, beau traitement, belle composition, bref, belle photo !
22 Jul 2008 7:52pm
DaveB from Exeter, United Kingdom
Wow, another cracking black & white shot, the sky and perspective are brilliant! Thanks alot for the info you sent through, I've just started to digest it now!
22 Jul 2008 8:08pm
Helen from Melbourne, Australia
Everyone has said it already! Just fabulous. Congrats
22 Jul 2008 9:06pm
Evelyne Dubos from Le Mans, France
Bon alors pour le nom de l'oeuvre il faut beaucoup d'imagination (il devait un peu avoir fumé la moquette ce jour là, l'architecte....) mais ce bâtiment a beaucoup d'allure et les courbes sont intéressantes et ton N&B très contrasté le met superbement en valeur. Merci beaucoup pour ton com .
22 Jul 2008 9:54pm
marianne from France
je ne partage pas l'avis de Veronelle et de Francesc, je ne vois aucune dureté dans ce travail !
au contraire, tu l'as adouci en faisant comme en dessin, lorsqu'on "étale" un trait de fusain, comme avec un buvard ... pour atténuer le côté sombre et trop net ..
l'architecture, c'est une question de gôut mais le traitement est superbe , comme pour le louvre, une réusiite !
un seul mot, bravo; et 5 étoiles !
22 Jul 2008 11:36pm
Gérard Méry from Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, France
belle et troublante ambiance, de la superbe photo Florence
23 Jul 2008 8:17am
@Don: Thanks a lot Don, glad you like it.
akarui from Kagoshima, Japan
Joli photo d'architecture moderne. J'aime bien les distorsions du grand angle ici.
26 Jul 2008 8:58am
VZ from Atlanta, United States
This is worthy of a page in the architectural magazine, Flo.
What happened to the American Cultural Center? Did it die along with the American culture? :-)
26 Jul 2008 3:02pm
@VZ: Well Viktor, they just replace the American Cultural Center by the French Cinematographic Center... Wooddy Allen just loves to come there... Among other american directors... so... ! :-)
Betsy Barron from Glenmoore, United States
captured well - great perspective from which to shoot..
28 Jul 2008 8:55am
Rob from Mount Joy, United States
This architect (American) also did a great work in Prague, affectiionately called "the dancing building" but really he named it "Ginger & Fred" ... http://www.galinsky.com/buildings/dancinghouse/index.htm ...
Great capture!
31 Jul 2008 11:12am
@Rob: You're right ! He is a very creative architect... ! The shapes of his buildings are so different from what we know... that's incredible.
Thanks for the link, Rob !
Nataly from Santa Monica, United States
Yes, of course. As well as Barcelona... And you just proved my point. His structures are must to be photographed. And they are stunning!!! Great shot, by the way! :)
24 Jun 2009 5:01pm
