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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blue439" data-source="post: 830387" data-attributes="member: 53455">Saintonge: a profusion of Romanesque ! (2021)The old province of Saintonge, in the western part of France, is replete with gorgeous Romanesque churches. So, one day in the Fall of 2021, I plunked myself down in a rented house for two weeks, squat in the center of the area, and I started shooting... morning, noon, afternoon and evening, with the shortest possible pauses for sleep and feeding. I wouldn’t call that “eating”; I was alone, so no time to go to restaurants, frozen foods in the microwave and fast food had to suffice. I returned home with a stomach ache, thousands of photographs and the feeling of having barely scratched the surface...Dedicated to Notre-Dame the Virgin Mary, the parochial church in the village of Échillais was listed on the very first list of Historic Landmarks in 1840 —that’s a good indication of how famous and valuable it is, historically. Its almost square façade categorizes it as one of those very rare churches in the shape of a triumphal arch. Built during the late 1000s and early 1100s, it features a crowd of amusing characters, artisans, jesters, acrobats, viola players and villagers, as well as a slew of monsters and beasts, including some very original ones... The outbuilding you see to the right is a sacristy added in the 15th century.Nikon Z7, Nikkor 19mm, ƒ/4 PC-E tilt-shift lens, manual focus, FTZ adapter. Gitzo tripod, Benro geared head.[ATTACH=full]416611[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

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