Calatrava's TGV station Lyon, a photo from Rhone Alpes, South

Photographer's Note

Gare de Saint-Exup廨y TGV (formerly Gare de Satolas) is a railway station situated 20km from Lyon city centre. Satolas was designed by Santiago Calatrava, built to serve the TGV line from Paris to Marseille and opened on 3 July 1994. The dramatic of the central hall𠏋 superstructure derives from one of Calatrava𠏋 sculptures: a balanced shape resembling a bird at the point of flight. The building is a steel covered cement structure. Satolas railway station is linked to Lyon's Satolas Airport by a footbridge. This first airport (historically) to be served by a high speed station.

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ricochet (9716) 2011-02-07 8:21

Hello Vanessa
A place I know very well! A beautiful image with a very neat symmetry, splendid graphism, perfect light management and great dof!
Great work i think!
Have a nice evening.
Amicalement
Eric

krzychu30 (15512) 2011-02-07 8:26

Hello Vanessa,
great interior picture with well-chosen POV.Excellent light management and exposure.Nice,natural colors and good sharpness allows us to admire many details of this station.Good work!
My Best Regards
Krzysztof

Hansaphotos (11381) 2011-02-07 8:27

Hello Vanessa

A very nice interior image from this railway station. A fine symmetrical composition with stunning effect of the repetative beams. Well controlled light and colours, and great sharpness. Very nice work! TFS. Have a nice week.

Best regards, Erling

ingvar (2106) 2011-02-07 8:33

Ciao Vanessa,

Al primo impatto mi � sembrata la pista da pattinaggio, cosi � lisce e perfetta!

Ottima prospettiva e le forme geometriche in questa foto sono ipnotizzanti!

Unico dettaglio da sottolineare, al mio avviso, il nero sopra lo schiaccia un po�.

Forse la linea pi� sottile di nero sopra sarebbe pi� in armonia, cosa ne dici?

E poi altra curiosit�, come hai fatto che non c𨬓 nessuno?

Buona serata!

I.

annjackman (23019) 2011-02-07 8:43

Hello Vanessa,
A beautifully graphic image. Very well seen and taken with great exposure and sharpness.
Regards, Ann

batalay (41261) 2011-02-07 8:44

Hello Vanessa,

Welcome back to Trekearth. I was interested in your remark about abandoning the site, deleting your photos, then returning. This is an excellent architectural portrait of the Calatrava-designed trains station of the TGV. I've become a fan of the great Spanish architect, although The Calatrava Bridge in Venice has generated considerable controversy.

Warm regards,

Bulent

JFS (32459) 2011-02-07 9:28

Bonsoir Vanessa,
Une oeuvre d'architecture magnifique tr鋊 bien capt嶪. Photo nette, 彋onnante, tr鋊 belle. Merci!

Amicalement,
Juan

CLODO (45118) 2011-02-07 9:32

Bonsoir vanessa et bienvenue sur TE

J'y suis pass� quelques fois, mais n'ai jamais remarqu� cette largeur (merci le grand angle). Tu as un magnifique effet de r廧彋ition, bien soulign� par les lumi鋨es et ombres. Personne!! Fichtre!
Amicalement
CLODO

sacimar (38173) 2011-02-07 9:47

Hello Vanessa,

impressive building and excellent picture, the graphism here is excellent with an interesting visual effect, nice image,

Best regards,

Sergio

HimalAnda (10671) 2011-02-07 9:51

Hello Vanessa,

I like this very graphical picture. It looks like a SF movie scene.
Maybe you could have try to crop your picture a little bit on the left to have a perfect symetry.

St廧hane

halilguven (417) 2011-02-07 9:53

Simetrisi saglam hos bir kare.
Tebrikler.

gildasjan (43826) 2011-02-07 11:20

Bonsoir Vanessa
Un tr鋊 bon rendu des lumi鋨es de cette perspective soign嶪.Un tr鋊 bon choix d'exposition pour cette image de qualit�.
Cordialement
gildas

jaywalker (16105) 2011-02-07 11:36

Hi Vanessa, The depth is amazing & the light has been brilliantly managed, the way the structure all points in towards the end is excellent, TFS, kind regards Wilson.

avene (12675) 2011-02-07 11:58

fascinating image, Vanessa, I like a lot that in this case you have chosen a very symmetrical and centered composition, I find it nicely emphasises the orderly patterns of the ceiling. the result looks almost futuristic, as if all humans have left and machines have taken over the world :)

best,
Kristine

siudzi (34141) 2011-02-07 13:19

Hi Vanessa,
Excellent symmetry of this great railway station. Love your composition, exposure, light management. Well done.
Thanks for sharing.
Best, Malgorzata

i9l2y1m8a8t3 (4814) 2011-02-07 20:17

Hi Vanesssa!

Wow, splendid photograph. Balance, symmetry and all those curvatures, Calatrava's works never fail to amuse me. It's a good thing you were able to capture this magnificent structure without distractions! Perfect timing indeed! Great exposure and nice tones. Thanks for sharing this one! Well catpured!

All the best,
matthieu

DINOZOR (16452) 2011-02-08 1:51

Hello Vanessa,

Cette perspective sans 滵e qui vive est assez sublime.
Le graphisme sur la base de la r廧彋itivit� ne manque pas de force ni de s嶮uction.

Cordialement.

timecapturer (49288) 2011-02-08 7:16

Hello Vanessa
stunning perspective and amazing composition. What did you do to all the people? Excellently seen and executed shot!

Regards
Brian D.

ManuMay (36447) 2011-02-13 11:31

Hi Vanessa!

A wonderful capture, powerfully graphic and very well realized...excellent point of view, this time even centered deserves a great view over this amazing place...Very good light management indeed!!

Have a nice day...

Manu

cpontoal (254) 2013-01-12 13:30

Hello

Bonita e interessante foto com refer瘽cia muito sim彋ricas e olhar inteligente. Parab幯s pela excelente foto, muito bonita.(portugu瘰)