Le Moulin de la galette, a photo from Ile-de-France, North

Photographer's Note

Walking through the narrow streets of Montmartre at the end of "blue hour" we came across a restaurant,the "Moulin de la galette"! The Mill of the Wafer (ex bolt-with-end) is mentioned for the first time in 1622 under the name of Moulin of the Palate. It returns in the inheritance of the Debray family in 1809 and made flour. Also transformed into guinguette in 1870, it makes double employment with close the Radet Mill. Debray thus decide to keep one mill: the choice was made on the ridge-with-end which recovers then about 1895 the name of Mill of Wafer. Very attended by the painters, he will know his hour of glory while being painted by Renoir, (the ball of the mill of wafer) but inspired also Toulouse-Lautrec and Picasso. With the Radet Mill, it is the last of the thirty mills which decorated formerly the Montmartre hillock. It is also the only one in perfect operating state. It does not visit interior and one can aperçevoir it only since the street Lepic at a certain distance, it is placed in height. Free visit: Located in a private joint ownership, the Mill of Wafer can be seen only since the street Lepic.
Hand held shot,contrast- neatimage-resize and frame the process in my PC.

kaustubh10, syd1946, lilimih33, azaf1, Cretense, Didi, steliosk ha contrassegnato questa nota come utile

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kaustubh10 (182) 2008-01-16 7:59

Hi Panagiotis,

Very beautiful picture and light. The deep purple of the sky makes a great background!

At first, this picture looks like some countryside scene. I have visited this very unusual sight in Montmarte during the day. You've done a great job with this close up shot of the mill!

cheers,
Kaustubh

jplebrun (21208) 2008-01-16 8:17

Bonjour Panagiotis
superbe cliché de soir ou tu as bien composé avec la luninosité des lieux, bien cadré .
Salutations
Jean-Pierre

syd1946 (1167) 2008-01-16 22:42

Γεια χαρα Παναγιώτη,
Ετοιμοι να μας παρει ο αερας του ανεμομυλου!Μια ακομη εξαιρετικη φωτογραφια και λιγο ανελπιστη απο το Παρισι.Πολυ κατατοπιστικο και το σημειωμα,το βρισκω πολυ χρησιμο!

Θωμάς

clnaef (6289) 2008-01-17 5:21

Bonjour,
Intéressant essai de nuit.
Bonne journée.
clnaef

lilimih33 (9918) 2008-01-17 6:55

Hello Panagiotis!
Great colours and light and wonderful night composition!
Very good point of view!
Perfect clarity!
Excellent done!
Best regards!
Lili

dip (21408) 2008-01-17 13:44

Geia sou Panagioti,
asunithisti fotografia apo to Parisi,thumizei ligo Ollandia:-)
oraios fotismos kai xromata,
Xaireto,
Dimitris.

azaf1 (15931) 2008-01-18 1:02

Panagioti kalispera
O milos einai apithanos. Kai to kadrarisma tou alla protistos to katapliktiko fos pou to kanei entelos diaforetiko
Evge
Argiris

Cretense (68709) 2008-01-19 9:05

Γεια σου Παναγιώτη!

Το "ξεσκισες" το Παρίσι απ' ότι βλέπω με μια σειρά από εκπληκτικές νυχτερινές φωτογραφίες (ξέρεις ότι είναι η "αδυναμία" μου!). Τι να πω; Τέλεια από κάθε άποψη, κάδρο, σύνθεση, αλλά κυρίως, έξοχος φωτισμός! Συγχαρητήρια!

Ηρακλής

Didi (61589) 2008-01-20 1:23

Hi Panagiotis
Very good point of view of this windmill.
It's not very easy to catch it and your frame is well done.
I suggest just a WS for a litlle white balance adjustment.
Cheers.

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Signal-Womb (13048) 2008-01-26 5:35

Hi Panagiotis, this is very eye catching with great visual impact. The colours are fantastic and your POv well chosen. Regards Steve.

ifanik (21679) 2008-01-30 5:30

Ela Panagioth
Esen se exw jexasei teleios
Blepeis anebazeis synexeia apo thn Galia kai twra to katalaba
Exeis bgalei yperoxes fwtografies apo ekei opvw ayth edw
Sygxarthria
Nikos

steliosk (4802) 2008-03-16 14:58

poly omorfh nyxterinh skhnh, pou fysika de mporw na mh mpw ston peirasmo na dw kai na sxoliasw.

Epiases th mple wra sto teleiwma, kai isws ligo aproetoimasta ka8ws thn trabhkses sto xeri xwris tripodo, xwris auto na shmainei oti h epeksergasia after den ekane 8aumata.
Apsogh xrhsh tou neat image gia thn apo8orybwsh, kai to white balance, opou protimw th sygkerimenh ekdosh se sygrish me to workshop. Latrhs tou xrwmatos blepeis.

oso gia to POV ths eikonas, kataferes kai strimwkses ypodeigmatika ton mylo ap akrh se akrh.

Ena akomh mprabo

Xairetw
Stelios