Shine A Light, a photo from Rhone Alpes, South

Photographer's Note

2010 Lyon Festival Of Lights. Another cool opportunity to get out there and shoot! This year there were a lot of tripods out there..
As a reminder, it happens on the 8th of December and has recently been extended to a few days after that.
The city expresses gratitude toward Mary, mother of Jesus on December the 8th of each year. This tradition dictates that every house place candles along the outsides of all the windows to produce a spectacular effect throughout the streets.
The festival also includes other activities based on light with 80 happenings throughout the city, set up by various artists, students or inhabitants.
On the picture, you can see the Hфtel-Dieu building, a former hospital, soon to be renovated into something else. The rays of light actually come from the Fourviиre basilica, at the top of the neighboring hill.

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ManuMay (36447) 2010-12-19 5:22

Hi Philippe!

Great work!
Amazing lights and colours, perfect exposure, absolute definitin...great!!

Have a nice day...

Manu

bema (26591) 2010-12-19 5:26

Salut Philippe,

absolutely a great capture with a sn perfect sharpness, fine exposure and a lot of mood!

thanks for sharing, see you around, Bernd

lilito (3534) 2010-12-19 5:36

Bonjour Philippe
Une prise excellente, les lumiиres sont vraiment belles. J'adore le halo bleu derriиre la cupule et la chaussйe mouillйe, super.
Bon dimanche!
Lily

siudzi (34141) 2010-12-19 5:57

Hi Philippe,
Very beautiful post with full of interesting details, perfect colours, amazing lights. Good work!
Best, Malgorzata

atha2pan (3811) 2010-12-19 5:57

Besides the fact that your lights are slightly overexposed, I really like this photo.

Well done
Athanasios

timecapturer (49288) 2010-12-19 6:18

Hi Philippe
beautifully controlled night shot that is a perfect example of how successful these shots can be. A wonderful light and effect perfectly executed, outstanding capture!

Regards
Brian

JFS (32459) 2010-12-19 7:42

Hi Philippe,
Beautiful vertical night shot, very spectacular. It's funny to see the line of buses in front fo the gorgeous building.

Cheers
Juan

leo61 (0) 2010-12-19 10:42

Hi Philippe!
Black,gold and blue is a great colorcombination here.A good exposure,taken from the perfect POV.
Regards,Leo

baclama (19214) 2010-12-19 10:57

bonsoir,
une superbe photo de nuit avec ces rayons bleus (assortis а la signature)...
le Rhone qui se transforme en patinoire grace а la vitesse lente...magnifique
bravo
bonne soirйe
vero

bebbetto (122) 2010-12-19 11:09

Perfect technique. Details and light management excellent

jafadabret (56501) 2010-12-19 11:13

Bonjour Philippe,
Tu as su te positionner pour obtenir les rayons bleus juste sur le dфme de l'йdifice. Une photo trиs rйussie !
Amicalement
Jacques

PaulVDV (62804) 2010-12-19 12:19

Bonsoir Philippe,
Magnifique, tous ces йnormes rayons bleus qui semblent de sortir du dфme et qui partent dans toutes les directions.
Le bвtiment bien йclairй et la lumiиre bleue font un trиs beau spectacle de la nuit.
Dйsolй pour la longue ligne de bus. Mais oui, avec tous les visiteurs il y avait aussi de nombreux bus.
Slts, Paul

Nolme (6829) 2010-12-19 12:45

Une belle йtoile de Noel par ces temps

JOLIE

Marie

dkmurphys (79209) 2010-12-20 1:50

Hi Philippe,
This si impressive and spectacular. Wonderful capture, perfect management of lights. Great work.

chawax (20764) 2010-12-20 11:25

Bonsoir Philippe,
La grande classe cette photo ! Une belle ambiance lumineuse et de beaux rayons parfaitement captйs. J'aime bien le cadrage qui donne une idйe de la "grandiositй" du spectacle.
Amicalement,
Olivier

ciakgiak (30) 2010-12-20 12:46

Hello Philippe,
what a wonderful nocturnal image! This is a very impressive capture, the quality is superb, the rays of light behind the palace are magnificent.
Congratulations and TFS.
best regards
Giorgio

korbee (6619) 2010-12-20 13:07

Brilliant work Phillipe and what a way to present to us in December mood.

jan

baddori (20341) 2010-12-20 14:23

Philippe
Non solamente Paris "ville de lumiere"
Ottima cattura di un festival di luci .
Il tempo di esposure , ha creato un gioiello d'oro stupendo ....
Le fotoelettriche danno ...corona ...alla regina della foto .
GF

pauloog (11751) 2010-12-20 14:23

Hello Philippe,
Well photographed this crown of light surrounding the cuppola of the classic building, a pleasure to look at.
Regards,
Paul

delpeoples (60342) 2010-12-25 17:14

Salut cher Philippe

What a sensations photo. The gold tones are truly magical and so full of the spirit of Christmas. The rays of light behind the dome are the icing on the cake. Superb sharpness, exposition and framing. The water in the FG is amazing thanks to the long exposure. I hope that your Christmas was spent with loved ones and was very happy with good food and wine flowing.

Bonne amities
Lisa

ricochet (9716) 2010-12-26 2:35

Bonjour Philippe
Superbe composition avec ces rayons qui sont du plus bel effet et tu as rйussi а sortir une image trиs originale de la fкte des lumiиres, ce qui n'est pas toujours facile tant les sujets sont photographiйs!
Bravo а toi et bonnes fкtes de fin d'annйe!
Amicalement
Eric

i9l2y1m8a8t3 (4814) 2012-02-05 6:40

Hi Philippe!

A great thing that I dropped by your page and saw this one on the featured photos. Excellent timing, the rays behind this infrastructure is a superb effect, the long exposure did a great reflection and nice touch on the waters. Love how the buses are aligned in front of this nice architecture. Great capture, I bet it would've been more stunning if this was shot in blue hour.

Best regards,
Matt