Eleanor & her book..., a photo from London, England

Photographer's Note

Photograph taken in the Victoria & Albert Museum (next to the Natural History Museum) in London.

These are plaster casts of the tombstones of famous people. The actual tombstones are located somewhere elses.
In the V&A museum you can also see the reproduction of the statue of David by Michelangelo.

And my photo shows Eleanor of Aquitaine (1124-1204), the Queen of France and England, the mother of Philip III Augustus and Richard I Lionheart.
[the other two kings to the right...I forgot their names...)

Eleanor was often considered as the most powerful women ever in the Middle Ages. She's very attractive and even took part in the 2nd Crusade, commanding her army of knights from Aquitaine.
First married to a French King, divorced him (the Pope allowed that) and then married a Norman King, Henry II - the King of England at that time.

And her tomb effigy portrays her reading the Bible. (She's actually entombed in Fontevraud Abbey, France - where Richard & Henry were entombed, too.)

(Info from Wikipedia)

Cropped, resized, saturated, contrasted.

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elmec (12210) 2006-02-21 13:23

Hello Cheuk!
Great work!
I like the dark light, and composition!
Very interesting photo!
Best greetings!

Flavia (10352) 2006-02-21 18:15

Hi Cheuk,

Very nice POV of this tombstones, good perspective with the tree on a diagonal. Good light balance, colors and contrast.

Cheers,

Flavia

cjmm (4479) 2006-02-22 15:51

Hi CheukHin,

Very good composition and DOF, with sharp foreground and background, and lots of rich textures and details.

The exposure is very good too, and the image has great contrast and colors.

Best regards,
Carlos

weswang (18247) 2006-02-22 16:13

Hi Cheukhin, An impressive detailed shot of the sculptures. It is interesting to show the picture of the RIP. You did a good job to this long exposure indoor shot. You do have a pair of steady hands to hold for 1/8 to this clear shot.

jinju (14265) 2006-02-23 4:36

Hi Cheuk,

nice shot. I like this sort of detail work myself. I like how you humanize this stone statue. I relly like the POV. Maybe a larger aperature to isolate the lady statue?

designsoul (17843) 2006-02-23 15:15

A very sweet way of showing this famous woman, Cheuk, supine and reading (reminds me of myself at 2am!), a beautiful perspective with the king and another woman, taken with a judicious dof to show all these details. A fine work,
sasa

dominique (11414) 2006-02-23 17:00

Bien vu le cadrage est original on remarque bien les trois sculpture , une image riche en detail , jolie lumiere aussi .

Angshu (56760) 2006-02-26 23:34

Hi Cheuk
A very nice perspective. the DOF is also great. It's a very nice work
Cheers
Angshu

pranab (5354) 2006-02-28 3:56

cheuk,
great use of light here. good pov to show the statue and the surrounding. good amount of details and good color scheme.

tjanze (5674) 2006-03-30 2:34

Hi Cheuk!
Very good compo of this interesting tombstone.I like angle of view and light.
I see a lot of like this in Poland city Krakow.They have underground catacombs with many thombstones from kings and popes. regards Vlado