How indeed?! That is a very famous window.

Breathtaking to consider; what a dramatic and awe-inspiring scene!

I bet the acoustics are wonderful.

Wondrous view of the rose window, and totally agree about building such an amazing structure without benefit of "modern" architectural skill. Nice view of the outside as well. Beautiful images and so lucky to be there.

They built for it to last, which modern architects don't, often due to costs and the pressure to build it FAST!. They also built from experience and specific formulas (see my comment about the Gothic construction to your previous post). Modern architects build from theoretical models (see all the acoustic catastrophes in modern concert halls - in a church like this, you can hear a whisper from one end to the other (no need for the minister to scream out his sermon!). And what it does when it comes to music - fantastic! Very nice photo highlighting the rose window and the grand pillars. Keep up the good work! :-)

Wow how indeed ? Outstanding shot of the windows and epic pillars. Amazing how small the people look standing in the aisle compared to the amazing height of the church. Thanks for sharing these beautiful photos, you were very fortunate to be there.

Very awe-inspiring to say the least.

Claude, I was going to get to you on the weekend, but my back went out (normal, nothing serious), and I came to a halt. I'll do a long session soon...but I just wanted to tell you I've seen everything---especially after the ebots started working again---and I've loved it all. And I send my congratulations to you on completing the move, even though I imagine you're still setting up and doing all the other stuff that people do after they move... Also, to tell you that this shot is beautiful, dark bs mysterious, a real capture of the interior of one of the most beautiful of all Gothic cathedrals---and I say that never having been there! When you study Gothic architecture, Chartres jumps to the top of the charts for its unfettered looming pillars, it's deep cavern interior, that wonderful deep light, and its famous (and I think largely still intact) stained glass. T.Rex may be right that this was the first, or one of the first cathedrals in Gothic style, Rhe first great Gothic 'structure' was the Abbey at St. Denis, but Chartres was one of the first full-bodied Cathedrals---and that's a big deal: because those cathedrals were embodiments of the totality of Christ, from the cross shape (aerial view) to the head facing Jerusalem, to the rose window capturing the eternal bloom and beauty of Christ, to all the saints and people from the bible lining the exterior and interior, to (above all) the membranous 'sinews' of stone that Gothic architecture allowed (after the stone-laden structures of Romanesque architecture), making the interior a vast series of "threads" open to the shadows and lights of "divinity". And culminating in the windows, where 'the light of heaven' poured in and illuminated everyone below. I'm envious that you could stand there and photograph it. Your lighting captures the deep mystery that the designers wanted us to feel; and your saturated white lights---with those tinges of purple on its edges---captures the dissolving power of the light that was supposed to pour into your soul, when standing in there. It looks like you're looking towards the entrance (with windows in 3's, for the trinity), with a sense of being inside a deep cave. Your whole France series has been wonderful, and I'll be back for more. Btw, thank you for your comment Saturday night: I accidentally removed the image, but I saw what you wrote before I did. (I re-posted it, with a more toned down look---maybe not as interesting, but I could never quite get used to those dayglo tones on a barn and cow!) I hope all is well, enjoy your new home!

Oh well, even if anahata.c stole most of my thunder with his deep felt novella, I must still add that the contrasts evoked by the quasi-silhouetting, the POV, deep color and awesomeness of this terrific shot are nonpareil.