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Post by imec on Aug 1, 2009 15:19:50 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 1, 2009 16:32:37 GMT
I cannot believe how absolutely beautiful that town is, and the surrounding countryside is breathtaking!
Imec, I love your photographs. You don't just capture how something looks, you really convey its essence. Your eye, your compositions are out of this world.
The only thing bad is that there is so much here I WANT ~~ the food-porn in the window, the rambles here & there, the adorable fat little pots (which need weeding!).
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Post by imec on Aug 1, 2009 16:44:03 GMT
Well, thanks, but the kids deserve a lot of the credit for the photos. Funny, they often looked at what I was shooting and then shot their own version - many of theirs are better than mine.
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 1, 2009 16:45:54 GMT
That must be so gratifying to you that the kids were really into the trip, especially when they were enjoying the same things you were.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2009 17:45:16 GMT
The wooden doors with the gorgeous hardware of madame's hand sent me. I am struck by how pristine everything looks yet there is an elegance to some of the decay that doesn't make it seem austere.
Where are the people though? Nary a soul in sight. Why is that?
Please convey to the young imecs how splendid a job they did and thank them for me please.
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Post by imec on Aug 1, 2009 18:05:51 GMT
Nary a soul in sight. Why is that? Please convey to the young imecs how splendid a job they did and thank them for me please. There were a few people around - mostly in and around the miain square at the top of the hill - but it was pretty sparse. We were lucky enough to be there 1. on a weekday and 2. before most of the schools in Europe broke up for summer. Thanks, I know the young imecs will be delighted! |
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Post by lagatta on Aug 1, 2009 18:42:20 GMT
I am relieved Cordes isn't overrun by tourists; I was afraid it might be, as it is a famous Bastide and known as one of the most beautiful villages in France - which is saying something. The feeling is not very different from the central Italian hilltowns I'm familiar with, but the architecture is different - the half-timbered houses for one thing, and perhaps squarer proportions. Even in hilltowns many times larger than Cordes in central Italy and southern France, I've experienced the "nobody home" sensation, during the midday break and certain other times of day. By the way, if you want to google anything about the town, its exact name is Cordes-SUR-Ciel, not Cordes-du-Ciel. See that it is even accessible via rail and a short shuttlebus ride: Par le train: Gare de Cordes-Vindrac (5km): 05 63 56 05 64 Desserte quotidienne TER (Albi, Toulouse, Brive) renseignements SNCF: 36 35 (0,34 €/mn) Navette de la gare de Cordes sur Ciel: sur demande au 05 63 56 14 80 Site / www.voyages-sncf.comwww.cordessurciel.eu is also accessible in English and Spanish, though I didn't check out the completeness or the language quality of the translated versions. |
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Post by imec on Aug 1, 2009 18:56:23 GMT
By the way, if you want to google anything about the town, its exact name is Cordes-SUR-Ciel, not Cordes-du-Ciel. Of course you are right lagatta. I seem to have been getting my bastides (Castelnau DU Montmiral) mixed up. (I did have it right in the text at least.). Titles are now fixed. Thanks |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2009 18:58:12 GMT
Oh, that old stuff all looks the same anyway, so it's normal to mix up the names.  |
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Post by imec on Aug 1, 2009 19:30:20 GMT
Oh, that old stuff all looks the same anyway, so it's normal to mix up the names. Yeah, wouldn't you think they'd tidy these places up a bit? I mean, everything is SO out of date... |
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Post by Jazz on Aug 1, 2009 19:38:24 GMT
Throughout this great report, you often say that your children took the photos. How old are your children? Many of these photos are very beautiful and, if taken by the kids, they have an innate artistic 'eye'. In this sequence, I think that the birds, the unexpected and self-contained sunflower, the pots and the door are wonderful! A beautiful village.
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Post by imec on Aug 1, 2009 19:43:06 GMT
If you mouse over the images and look at the file names it's not hard to tell who took the pics. As I said, in many cases I had the choice of posting my version or one of the kids - I'm surpised myself at how many times I chose their version. My son is 10 and my daughter is 14.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2009 19:43:47 GMT
I don't want to go off topic, but I don't recall having seen a Winnipeg thread yet.
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Post by imec on Aug 1, 2009 19:45:05 GMT
Yeah, yeah, yeah.... if it ever stops raining I may go out and shoot some pics o' the peg.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2009 0:58:54 GMT
I have taken a second glance and picture #5 I stared at for a long time. It holds so much detail in such a compact area that also conveys vastness,with the hill looking downward and the background of the far away hills upward. with all the implications of every day life in a small village.
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