Cloth Hall, Ypres

Artist: Colin Hollywood
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Cloth Hall, Ypres

The design of the Cloth Hall in Ypres, Belgium creates an almost abstract design when photographed in wide angle. Tha vapour trail of the airliner high above seems to add to the effect!
I treated the image to a mild application of HDR to emphasise the textures in the stonework.

Cloth Hall, Ypres belongs to the following groups:

Beautiful Belgium, HDR Photography and IPA -International Photographers Alliance

hilarydougill, 7 months ago

Absolutely magnificent capture. Great subject and you handled the brickwork perfectly.
Dave Warren, 7 months ago

Very nice indeed, the hdr touch has worked well, great texture
Colin Hollywood, 7 months ago

Many thanks Hilary and Dave. I am not a huge fan of HDR, but sometimes it does work in an image.
kathywaldron, 7 months ago

wonderful building, great composition…nice one Colin
Colin Hollywood, 7 months ago

Many thanks Kathy
DuhDog, 6 months ago

Nice angle here, great shot!
Colin Hollywood in reply to DuhDog’s comment, 6 months ago

Many thanks Wolfgang
Colin Hollywood, 6 months ago

Framed version…
theBFG, 6 months ago

wow impressive!
theBFG, 6 months ago

impressive angle and lovely lighting :-)
KevinH, 5 months ago

beautiful shot, the positioning of the camera makes this feel very impressive!
i went here once and heard about an old ceremony that happened here – every year or so they would throw black cats off the top of the building because they thought they were the link to witches!! nowadays they do the same but they use fake cats and they have chocolate in! :)
Colin Hollywood in reply to theBFG’s comment, 5 months ago

Many thanks
Colin Hollywood in reply to KevinH’s comment, 5 months ago

Thanks Kevin – I think I have heard of this tradition too. One of the amazing things with Ypres is that none of the buildings are as old as they appear – the town was extensively rebuilt after the destruction of WW1.