Sunday 25 January 2015

Le temps des ombres

Bosquet de la colonnade Versailles
Winter is a time for long shadows... This is one of the entrances of the colonnade grove in the palace gardens. VDP had shown you Hardouin-Mansart's masterpiece here and here. Below is just a shot of some trees next to Apollo's chariot fountain.

L'hiver est propice aux ombres... Voici l'une des entrées du bosquet de la colonnade dans les jardins du château. VDP vous avait montré la splendeur d'Hardouin-Mansart, c'était ici et . Ci-dessous, juste les ombres des arbres près du bassin du char d'Apollon.
Tree shadows Versailles palace

22 comments:

William Kendall said...

Both are beautiful shadow shots, Ciel. I can't decide which of the two appeals more to me!

Revrunner said...

Oo! Impressive shadows.

Sharon said...

I do love those winter-like long shadows. Very nice.

RedPat said...

These are fabulous shadows, Ciel!

Randy said...

Nice light and shadows.

Lowell said...

Excellent. Someone once said I work best in the shadows - not sure what that meant! :)

I like these a lot. That 2nd shot looks similar to my post of a few days ago with the "tree lights." Great minds, you know....

Gemma Wiseman said...

The shadowy colours in the first photo are beautiful and love the tall slender trees in the second photo.

Tammie Lee said...

beautiful long shadow photos
there is so much to take to heart
in winter

La cachette à Josette said...

magnifiques tes photos d'ombres...j'adore

Anonymous said...

They sure are l o n g shadows!

Julie said...

I prefer the second image, although the copyright imprint spoils it.

EG CameraGirl said...

Beautiful long images, Ciel!

Thérèse said...

C'est vrai c'est le moment de l'annee ou tout se decoupe a cause de la perte de verdure et en consequence on voit mieux certains details. Et surtout comme ici qui dit ombres dit soleil...

Birdman said...

The shadows have in your second image.

Aimeecakes said...

I love these so much! They both have such lovely lighting and the shadows are fab

Halcyon said...

A beautiful time of day, especially with the blue skies.

VP said...

We rested there for a while in a very hot day...

Wayne said...

I do love that arched entrance, it's very grand and mysterious.

Unknown said...

Lovely, great shadows when you have low winter sun, well done.

Jack said...

Two lovely shadow photographs, Ciel.

Karl said...

Schöne Schatten-Kompositionen, besonders im zweiten Bild.

PerthDailyPhoto said...

Thank goodness I don't have to choose Ciel.. j'adore arches and here they are in both, the shadows from the tree arch are wonderful.