Lucky or unlucky? – Auvillar, November 2007
I found this door in the beautiful and ancient village of Auvillar on the Garonne in Gascony. The village is well worth a visit for lovers of history, art or photography. And for food lovers there is always the Sunday produce market, held in an unusual open-sided circular grain market.
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The colours and textures are exquisite. I love it.
Wonderful ‘snap’. Have you tinkered to enhance the grainy feel?
Beautiful as always.
The door doesn’t seem to have door handle. I wonder if its only a decorative door?
Barbara – thank you! The whole village was a visual delight…
Andrew – it was shot at my usual crazy ISO of 1600 which might explain some of the inherent graininess. Other than that I cropped, pumped up the midtone contrast and saturated the blues.
Elra – well spotted!! Looking at another pic of the whole building (it’s the town’s Office de Tourisme, btw) it seems these are probably shutters rather than doors. Presumably the door behind the shutters has a handle. Or maybe they just don’t like tourists 😉
What a load of character the door has. It’s a beautiful snapshot Jeanne! Love the attention to detail…
I took lots of photos of doors and gates when I was in Greece:D They make such interesting photos:D
Love this one!
I adore this type of photography….the colours, the textures, the history WOW!! Well done xxx
I like the textures, the patterns, the colours well everything actually! great shot!
What a beautiful picture – as usual!
What camera are you using?