When I was in Rouen a few years ago they did some spectacular son et lumière projections onto the facade of the cathedral, including Monet's paintings, which was all very post-modern given that they were projecting multiple versions of a simulacrum of a representation of the original onto the reconstruction of the original.
> On 12 May 2017, at 14:15, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks, Chris. > > No, I was only in France for 8 days, the week before Easter in early > April. My wife and I took a river cruise on the Seine, with an excursion > to the D-Day landing beaches and two days in Paris. It is just taking me > this long to get around to all the images I took while there. <G> > > The Rouen Cathedral was special to me, because of the many paintings by > Monet of its facade in varying light. A poster of one of those works hung > in my room in college, and was one of the few decorations on our first > apartment after Lee and I got married, > > I tried to take image of the view that Monet used, from the front, but even > with my 18-135 zoom and my 17 mm fisheye, I couldn't get the whole thing in > one frame. There is a line of buildings across the street, and in fact the > upper floors of those buildings is where Monet did most of his painting > there. > > As we went around the cathedral, on our way to the St Jean church and > memorial, I noticed this view of the cathedral over the trees, and thought > it a nice scene, although not the one made famous by Monet. > > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 2:53 AM, Chris Mitchell <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Nice one Dan. Are you still in France? We're staying near to Montpellier, >> down south. By some weird coincidence, might you might be heading that way >> in the next few days? >> >> Chris >> >>> On 12 May 2017 05:32, "Daniel J. Matyola" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> https://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2017/5/11/rouen- >>> cathedral >>> >>> K-5 IIs, DA 18-135 zoom >>> Comments are invited and appreciated. >>> >>> Dan Matyola >>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
