Villers Abbey I by nathalie06

Photography • Atmosphere/Mood • posted on Oct 10, 2005

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Photograph made with my Nikon D70S and a Tamron lens 18-200 mm. Post-work with Nik Color Efex Pro 2.0 (for the sepia colors) and frame with Photoshop 7

This Shot has been taken in the ruins of the Villers Abbey, at 30 km of Bruxels, where I gone with Michel, in Belgium, 2 weeks ago. Here you'll discover 850 years of daily life and history by strolling among the ruins of one of the most beautiful architectural sites in Europe. (GiMi53) It was a very interesting place, with so many parts to discover, inside and outside. And this day, we where lucky.... the sun was with us ! You can read more about this Cistercian Abbey on his own website : Villers Abbey

Thank you for all your kind comments on my last post : "Sweet Dragonfly" If you want to see the last photography post in Giancarlo's gallery, just click here : The Old Red Farm And always the last upgrade of our Website here : the first gallery of HORSES, a reportage made in 2003 with Giancarlo, about our young friend Morgane and her horses... Home Page of Giancarlo Lucerni and Nathalie Masson Have a great week ! Nathalie, and always close to me, Giancarlo

Comments (44)

john010766

3:05PM | Mon, 10 October 2005

love the textures and the POV, this just screams character at you, very sympathetic post work, this could have been so easily over done. Craking work, well done. S

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sharky_

3:07PM | Mon, 10 October 2005

Beautiful structure design. The tones are perfect. Excellent. Aloha

ana-maria

3:13PM | Mon, 10 October 2005

Fantastic image. Love the light and shadow effect. The toning looks perfect. Excellent work, Nathalie!!!

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marybelgium

3:26PM | Mon, 10 October 2005

superbe Nathalie ! le choix du N & BL est excellent ici !

ovag

3:41PM | Mon, 10 October 2005

C'est magnifique. Le dail de la texture des pierres est superbe. Beau travail !

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zulaan

3:52PM | Mon, 10 October 2005

Absolument grandiose ! Ces voes sont magnifiques et le traitement en sia renforce encore plus la beautdu lieu ! Bravo !!! ;)

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Luka_30

4:03PM | Mon, 10 October 2005

Beautiful building. Good details, and excellently captured.

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GiMi53

4:06PM | Mon, 10 October 2005

H Nathalie, tu commences vraiment fort cette sie sur l'Abbaye de Villers ! Ton traitement sia accentue encore la beautde ton cadrage !Il va falloir que je me surpasse... (heureusement, comme le soleil ait pour une fois de la partie ce matin l je pourrai toujours poster des vues extieures.) Mais h, pour le moment, je suis "overbook et j'ai peu de temps pour prarer les photos de nos visites....

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rayburg

4:07PM | Mon, 10 October 2005

Looks so cold and uninviting..great shot with the light and shadows playing on each other

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jophoto

4:13PM | Mon, 10 October 2005

Beautiful image. I love the textures and the toning. What a wonderful place. I hope to see more of these images you took that day.

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clifftoppler

4:20PM | Mon, 10 October 2005

A beautiful picture, with a fine range of tones. The Cistercians began as an order dedicated to simplicity, and their architecture reflected this. You know this, of course, but the comment may be helpful to others. Cliff.

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Zacko

4:29PM | Mon, 10 October 2005

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!! How gothic is this!!!! Soooo cool!!! What a gorgeous piece of work this is Nathalie!!! I LOVE THIS ONE!!! Perfect tone!!! Oh, this is sooo cooooool!!!!! Excellent for sure!!! Hope you had a wonderful weekend my friend and that your upcoming week is just as wonderful!!!! #:O) ...ooops...its monday already, lol. Working the weekends really make you somewhat confused on the days. #;O)

FAIRIESWITHOUTWANDS

4:49PM | Mon, 10 October 2005

My eyes can feel the stones, my nose can smell the age and my brain can see the vampires crawling away from he toes of the sun into the safe shadow of the arch. This picture enfolds the brain in texture and longing.

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Lledeline

4:49PM | Mon, 10 October 2005

C'est vraiment magnifique!. La couleur, les textures ,les lumies : tout est parfait. Vivement la suite.

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giareg

5:06PM | Mon, 10 October 2005

Bellissima anche questa,magari riuscissi a fare delle foto cosi'.Che dire se non che e' perfetta sia tecnicamente che artisticamente,luci e ombre giocano ottimamente,congratulazioni.

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kimariehere

5:26PM | Mon, 10 October 2005

totally beautiful light awesome tone and structure.. amazing shot indeed!!

logiloglu

6:57PM | Mon, 10 October 2005

wonderful and fascinating scene. impressive architecture and textures. most beautiful lightning and a great tonal range. simply superb photography. VOTE #:O)

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Saurav

7:02PM | Mon, 10 October 2005

Wonderful tones and shadows. V!

glennn23

8:10PM | Mon, 10 October 2005

Very, very nice. Love this kind of work!

cricounette

11:11PM | Mon, 10 October 2005

C'est superbe, et effectivement le choix du sia est excellent pour ces vieilles pierres ! On attend la suite , bravo !

UKmac

12:59AM | Tue, 11 October 2005

Just a perfect shot, POV wonderful and the tones and contrast spot on.

pimbotin

2:28AM | Tue, 11 October 2005

Parfaite verticalitet superbes jeux de lumie... Le monochrome est aussi une excellente id. Il renforce l'impression mystique... Bravo!

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maggiemai

2:29AM | Tue, 11 October 2005

Ohhh..how perfect! Wonderful textures and the sepia color gives it the perfect aged feel! Wonderful shot Nathalie!!! :-) V

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tibet2004uk

5:15AM | Tue, 11 October 2005

Beautiful toning and POV here Nathalie! I love the mood of this pic!

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bayoubooger

7:34AM | Tue, 11 October 2005

love this whole deal and i want that sepia program.. merci Nathalie...

thesymphonyofthelife

8:25AM | Tue, 11 October 2005

Tr jolie photographie avec un beau rendu des pierres et de la luminosit Gros bisous et bient.

zoozee

9:08AM | Tue, 11 October 2005

Wonderful old coloumns ! .. Fantastic shot of the wear and tear they have been through. This picture holds a lot of atmosphere :) Really Excellent :):) V

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