Padula, a photo from Salerno, Campania

Photographer's Note

Padula is a typically South Italian village of about 5.000 inhabitants. Located on a hill, it overlooks the Valle del Tanagro which borders the Parco Nazionale del Cilento.

Padula is famous for the Carthusian monastery at its feet: Certosa di San Lorenzo. It is the second biggest charterhouse after the motherhouse in La Chartreuse near Grenoble in France. Its edification was begun by Tommaso il Sanseverino in 1306 but was not finished before the 18th century. But few is left of the original buildings, the present form being in Baroque style. After a long period as a cultural center its decadence began with the French occupation at the end of the 18th century. The monastery was closed in 1866.
Here you can see part of the very big cloister of 12.000 sqm from the 17th century.

Since I did not know which version to post I put an alternative view and a closer up view as workshops.

vinicio, Angelillo, Paolo, Buin, jean-marie has marked this note useful

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jb06 (150) 2006-10-04 18:03

Excellent Photo! Great POV, I miss Italy so much!

vinicio (23423) 2006-10-05 2:48

Good image Guenther, beautiful light and composition, to my taste I more like the alternative view but both are beautiful and have good appeal to me, compliments.
Ciao
Vinicio

Budapestman (82620) 2006-10-05 12:30

Hi Guenther!
This is a fascinating and cery spectacular architecture photo! What a splendid POV! Excellent observation and very nice details! Its a picturesque and very expressive shot!
Thank you, nice days
George

Angelillo (9374) 2006-10-05 17:33

Hola Guenther,

﹔u� t甑icos -y a la vez qu� impresionante- estos pueblos italianos agarrados a la monta鎙! Creo que son dignos de muchas fotograf燰s, por lo que representan de esfuerzo del hombre por la supervivencia. Que hayas elegido el claustro de este monasterio para dejarnos ese fondo es muy buena idea. Y me gusta tambi幯 el 嫕gulo con que has tomado el claustro, el contraste de las luces entre las dos fachadas... y la suavidad de los colores. Un conjunto espl幯dido y una muy bella foto. Gracias.

PixelTerror (0) 2006-10-06 4:34

Hi Guenther,
Having seen all three I'd go for this one as well, I like here the part of the building to the left that sets a small perspective and associated depth with the repetition of the elements, and building the view on several plans as you did having the village rise over the foreground building is a clever idea.
Have a nice day,
Jean-Yves

nikole (481) 2006-10-06 7:42

Bravo Guenther
bel contrasto tra le linee architettoniche cos� perfette e le case del paese che sembrano messe a caso. Complimenti!
nicole

Buin (42580) 2006-10-06 11:59

Halo Guenther!
Machen wir's auf deutsch! Dieses Foto gef鄟lt mir besonders wegen des unglaublichen Kotrastes zwischen der "geordneten" und strengen Architektur im Vordergrund und der "frei gestalteten" im Hintergrund. Ein hochinteressantes Foto!
Gr晧e aus dem regnerischen und k𢞴len Deutschland! Ein sch霵es Wochenende!
Frank

Paolo (41258) 2006-10-07 5:24

Ciao Guenther, bella foto della certosa di Padula.
la cosa pi� bella secondo me � la vista del paesino sullo sfondo "sopra" il bel porticato.
� un pochino "storta", ma la luce e i colori sono molto belli.
buon w.e.
ciao

feather (51130) 2006-10-08 5:12

I'm not surprised you found it difficult to choose which version as your main post as all three are excellent. I think this is marginally the best one for two reasons. By including two sides of the cloisers there is a more complete frame for the splendid village above. Also the left side cloiser provides perspective that works well as lead-in as well as providing depth. On all three versions the repetition of the windows and arches is very good and the colour of the stonework is bright enough to show well in the shade. Excellent work
Kath

papagolf21 (152607) 2006-10-14 4:27

Bonjour, mon ami Guenther,
Oh ! Ah oui ! superbe, tels sont les interjections qui viennent � l'esprit en regardant cette superbe composition.
Le cadrage est excellent pour mettre en valeur l'嶮ifice principal du premier plan et ce village qui le surplombe.
Un grand bravo, Guenther.
Amiti廥.
Philippe
P.S. : Merci, pour les bonus pr廥ent廥 en atelier

jean-marie (3088) 2006-10-19 15:57

Ciao Guenther,

Mi piace tanto il constato con il primo piano et il paesetto in dietro.

Grazie per questa foto
Jean-Marie

king (4242) 2007-08-17 8:42

Hi Guenther
I know this place very well: visited it in may this year. Also posted a shot of it on TE with a bit other pov as in your 3 attempts. Thanks for the nostalgic feelings you gave me.
Greetings,
Huub.