Forteresse de Salses, a photo from Ile-de-France, North

Photographer's Note

The Fort de Salses (also called Forteresse de Salses) is a Catalan fortress in the commune of Salses-le-Chвteau, situated in the French dйpartement of Pyrйnйes-Orientales. It is clearly visible from the A9 autoroute and it is possible to visit from the motorway rest area.
Built by the Spaniards at the end of the 15th century, the fortress guarded the former frontier between Spain and France. Its layout and architecture, innovative for the time, present a rare example of the transition between medieval castle and the fortresses of the modern period
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danos (110407) 2016-01-04 0:09

Bonjour Philippe,
nice the panoramic view of the fortress of Salses with the excellent light and colour management to enhance the beauty as the details of it.

Have a good and Happy New Year,Danos

lousat (139362) 2016-01-04 1:27

Salut Philippe,la prise de vue depuis le top est gagnante,parfaite pour voir cette fortresse dans son design meilleur,capture de haut niveau et bien detaillee'.Belle semaine et merci,Luciano

snunney (130967) 2016-01-04 1:48

Hello Philippe,
Excellent point of view on this most impressive fortress that seems to have withstood the tests of time to great effect. Good mastery of the light and shadow contrasts supported by excellent colours and clarity. Good rendering of the textural detail.

besnard (59196) 2016-01-04 2:07

Bonjour Philippe
Une bonne vue plongeante sur ces fortifications qui nous permet d'en voir tous les dйtails.
Bonne annйe 2016 ainsi qu'а tes proches.
Nicole

jhm (211736) 2016-01-04 3:23

Bonjour, mon ami Philippe,

Formerly, the architects were very good people with big constructures.
Today not to payable, and not acceptable today.
A lovely composition and nice presentation.
Very well done, TFS.

Amitiйs, et bonne journйe,
John.

holmertz (102846) 2016-01-04 3:38

Hello Philippe,
A magnificent castle seen from a favourable vantage point. We see so many details of the defense structures from an interesting angle. The colours and light are very good.
Kind regards,
Gert

pierrefonds (114608) 2016-01-04 4:22

Bonjour Philippe,

Le cadrage serrй met la forteresse en йvidence. La prise de vue permet de voir les dйtails de l'architecture de la forteresse. La bonne luminositй fait ressortir les couleurs. Bonne journйe.

Pierre

pajaran (116065) 2016-01-04 5:09

Dobar dan.
Interesantan i dobar tekst o staroj tvrdjavi sa istorijom i opisom ...
Lepo pokazana minijatura tvrdjave, dobar kontrast, lepe boje.
Lepa minijaturna stare tvrdjave.
Lepo popodne i sve najbolje u novoj nedelji koja je pocela, srecno.
Paja.

Good day.
Interesting and good text on the old fortress with a history and description ...
Nice demonstrated a miniature fortress, good contrast, beautiful colors.
Beautiful miniature old fortress.
Nice afternoon and all the best for the new week which began, good luck.
Paja.

Nicou (193806) 2016-01-04 5:35

Hello

quelle vue plongeant sur ce fort fantastique captage comme on voit bien le chemin du mur de la forteresse toutes ces tourelles la cour intйrieurs quel rendu sur la pierre et architecture splendide.
Belle journйe
Nicou

Tue (92548) 2016-01-04 5:50

Bonjour Philippe,
It takes a second look to notice that this is a miniature of the castle instead of the real place. This offers a nice bird's eye view.
Lars

Sergiom (117241) 2016-01-04 6:26

Bonjour Philippe,

En regardant cette photo avant de lire que c'йtait une miniature je me demandais quel point de vue tu avais trouvй qui permettait de voir l'intйrieur de cette forteresse. Elle aurait йtй assez facile а attaquer.

Amicalement

Serge

ikeharel (113501) 2016-01-04 8:50

Bonsoir Philippe,
Took me few seconds to realized this was a miniature, I was looking for some element or object to get some sense of scale, than read your note and all came into place.
Nice taken a marvelous model.
Au revoir,
Ike

rychem (72187) 2016-01-04 9:14

This is an impressive fortress with all details belonging to this type of fortification, very well captured
regards Ryszard

gildasjan (43826) 2016-01-04 10:06

Bonjour Philippe
Le bon point de vue nous permet de bien admirer les volumes de cette forteresse et ceci est amplifiй par le bonne orientation de la lumiиre.
Bonne annйe 2016
Amicalement
Gildas

PiotrF (54882) 2016-01-04 15:07

Hello Philippe,
Interesting view of Fort de Salses. Beautiful details, exactly shown in the photograph.
I like great perspective, very good POV and excellent clarity.
Nice shot
Regards
Piotr

carlo62 (81265) 2016-01-04 15:22

Ciao Philippe
non conoscevo questa fortezza e sono andato a documentarmi, non sono passato molto distante da qui, ho visto che sono pochi km da Narbonne.
Molto bella, bella anche questa riproduzione in scala, la sensazione fotografica и ottima.
Saluti
Carlo

adores (46979) 2016-01-04 16:41

Hi Philippe!
This is a very nice miniature, I believe the original must be very impressive. Well captured, I like the composition!

mcmtanyel (68707) 2016-01-04 21:12

Hello Philippe,
You had quite a vantage point there, it looks like there is even a higher structure than the one you photographed. I see that the moat is dry.
Regards,
MT

berek (50518) 2016-01-04 22:05

Bonjour mon ami Philippe,

Looking at this picture before reading that it was a miniature wondered which perspective had found that allowed you to see inside this fortress. It would have been easy enough to attack.
Greetings
Burak Erek

Cricri (176) 2016-01-05 10:59

Bonjour Philippe
Bravo pour le POV, qui permet d'apprйcier la forteresse dans sa splendeur, belle prйsentation
Meilleurs vњux 2016
cricri

Graal (103040) 2016-01-05 11:17

Hello Philippe,
interesting view and architecture of fortress. Good shot from high POV. Nice presentation.
Have a nice evening.
Aleksander

COSTANTINO (116674) 2016-01-06 11:35

Hello Philippe guillard
excellent point of view from above showing
the Fort de Salces magnificent castle
seen in a different way
real impressive fortress
regards
Costantino

macjake (98486) 2016-01-08 13:18

Hi Philippe
wonderful subject, love this one.
from this vantage point we can really get to see just how thick and strong those walls are.

seems almost impossible to get over those walls from the outside. great post
cheers
craig

ChrisJ (171888) 2016-01-09 0:38

Bonjour Philippe,

A marvellous birds eye view of the chateau with good sharpness and a fine downward pov. The miniature looks very realistic and only the opened thumbnail provided clues as to its real size! Tfs!

Didi (61589) 2016-01-09 11:44

Bonjour mon ami
Une maquette parfaitement rйalisйe, difficile а photographier sans intйgrer la prйsence des visiteurs
Il est possible de photographier ce fort depuis une aire de repos de l'A9
Sincиres amitiйs

Periko (9107) 2016-01-17 20:25

Hi Philippe
It would be great to see the entire fort from such a point of view. What I can see is interesting because it looks similar to the Mexican forts from the colonial period.

TFS
Pedro

ourania (51103) 2016-01-21 7:40

Bonsoir cher Philippe,
this looks like an aerial view and it's fascinating to see so diverse aspects of the fort in the smae shot, your viewpoint worked superbly. Amazing how thick and solid the walls are, this side has no windows and I imagine it's the same in the other three. A very interesting structure, the heavy shadows make it look really mysterious. Congratulations and thank you!
All the best, have a great evening,
Ourania