Former Glory

parmi

Former Glory

This is a corridor of The Louvre, Paris.

The Louvre is the largest museum in France and the most visited in the world. It is also the home of the Mona Lisa, arguably Da Vinci’s most famous and mysterious work.

The Louvre was build in the 12th Century and initially qas a fortress for Philip II. 400 years later it became a display house of Louis XIV, and in 1793, was opened for it’s first exhibition. It was closed again until 1801 due to structural damage, when it reopened.

Today the Louvre houses over 380,000 pieces of art, across 8 departments. I spent 4 hours in there and only got to see 1/8 of the entire building.

Two textures added to this one and a slight adjustment of colour and contrast to make it look like an old photo of an aristocratic past. Slight crop also, to take out the tops of the many visitors heads that were in frame.

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Canon SX100IS

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All editing completed at 12.30am

MCN: C438Y-96JW4-Q5HEA

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Former Glory by parmi
Former Glory by parmi
  • ChristineBetts

    ChristineBetts

    great work:)

  • parmi replied

    Thanks a lot Christine! :)

  • Aileen David

    Aileen David

    a very beautiful shot; and you have achieved the aristocratic and nostalgic mood you went for :)

  • parmi replied

    Thank you so much Aileen! Really glad the mood has come across effectively and that you like it :)

  • terugvanver

    terugvanver

    like the color tones and composition

  • parmi replied

    Thanks very much mate!!

  • Mark Cotterill

    Mark Cotterill

    Simply Magnificent!

  • parmi replied

    Cheers Mark, really appreciate it mate!

  • JUSTART

    JUSTART

    great

  • parmi replied

    Thanks so much J

  • Ric Alexander

    Ric Alexander

    An excellent bit of editing. Love the oldness given to this. I like the choice of composition too.

  • parmi replied

    Thanks Ric, that’s so nice of you to say mate!

  • Trish Woodford

    Trish Woodford

    This is great work Parmi, love your processing here and the composition is really appealing too :))

  • parmi replied

    Thanks so much Trish! I wasn’t 100% convinced about this one, but glad I did put it up now! :)

  • reflector

    reflector

    Nicely spotted and caught ! Great geometry and perspective.

  • parmi replied

    Thank you very much mate!

  • Anthony Mancuso

    Anthony Mancuso

    great composition and treatment Andrew

  • parmi replied

    Hey thanks a lot mate, really appreciate that!

  • mm1208

    mm1208

    very artistic!
    you should try to sell it along the streets around the louvre with those millions of other street sellers that try to sell their postcards of the louvre and other paris sightings ;)

  • parmi replied

    Haha, thank you very much! I would definitely be selling outside the Louvre, if not for living 16,000km away :)

  • sfmilner

    sfmilner

    Greetings Parmi; Beautiful capture and treatments !
    steve

  • parmi replied

    Hey Steve, thank you so much mate, appreciate your continued support greatly!!

  • Derek Dobbie

    Derek Dobbie

    Great capture indeed.

  • parmi replied

    Thanks very much Derek!

  • Carol Barona

    Carol Barona

    fantastic

  • parmi replied

    Thank you so much Carol!!

  • Kim Calvert

    Kim Calvert

    This is beautifully done Andrew, for some reason I am reminded of the Titanic, I think it is the old and beautiful detail in this..Gorgeous!!

  • parmi replied

    I can see the Titanic’s corridors in this one! Great Kim. Thank you very much my friend!!

  • hologram

    hologram

    Was waking through here just last week and got exactly the same shot – Obviously we share a similar discerning eye :-) lol
    Think you’ve brought the essence out better though with the textures.
    Cheers,h

  • parmi replied

    Haha, well if that’s true mate, I have just been treated to an awesome compliment, thank you! I really wanted to get into the history of the place and bring that out. I’m glad it’s come through for you :) Thanks so much!!

  • rumimume

    rumimume

    Awsome,

  • parmi replied

    Hey thanks so much!

  • Natalie Broome

    Natalie Broome

    Great capture Parmi – I went here a few weeks ago, it’s such a beautiful building!

  • parmi replied

    Thank you so much Natalie! I was floored by the enormity of the place, so ornate and decorated, the palace is an art piece in itself!

  • Shelly Hiebert

    Shelly Hiebert

    Awesome composition and treatment Andrew :)

  • parmi replied

    Ah thank you so much Shelly, people are gonna think I pay you to do this! Haha.. the fav is very much appreciated, as I am sure you know!!

  • Julian Escardo

    Julian Escardo

    The overall treatment takes it to an abstract form of beautiful leading lines…...nice work!

  • parmi replied

    Thank you very much my friend! So glad you like this one :)

  • Scott d'Almeida

    Scott d'Almeida

    awesome work

  • parmi replied

    Cheers mate!!

  • Maria Moro

    Maria Moro

    I love your choice of treatment & tones…. it just enhances the architectural curves & arches….. golden image… well done.

  • parmi replied

    Thanks once again Maria, I think I was referring to the Golden Age with this one, didn’t realise till I saw your comment! My hands are sore from typing, I don’t know how you did this! lol

  • Sinisa Saratlic

    Sinisa Saratlic

    Fantastic capture, beautiful tones ,like gorgeous painting !

  • parmi replied

    What a great compliment, thanks so much Sinisa!

  • SD Smart

    SD Smart

    Congrats on being featured in the Tunnel Vision Group.
    Great textures!

  • parmi replied

    Oh awesome, thanks heaps Shane, really made my weekend mate!

  • Lois Bryan

    Lois Bryan

    marvelous … your tones are perfection!!!!!!

  • parmi replied

    Thank you so very much Lois!!! :)

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