Arиnes d'Arles, a photo from Ile-de-France, North

Photographer's Note

The Arles Amphitheatre (French: Arиnes d'Arles) is a Roman amphitheatre in the southern French town of Arles. This two-tiered Roman amphitheatre is probably the most prominent tourist attraction in the city of Arles, which thrived in Roman times. The pronounced towers jutting out from the top are medieval add-ons.
Built in 90 AD, the amphitheatre was capable of seating over 20,000 spectators, and was built to provide entertainment in the form of chariot races and bloody hand-to-hand battles. Today, it draws large crowds for bullfighting during the Feria d'Arles[1] as well as plays and concerts in summer.

LARGE VIEW HERE

pajaran, COSTANTINO, Royaldevon, pierrefonds, ikeharel, cornejo, bukitgolfb301, Cricri, mcmtanyel, ourania has marked this note useful

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besnard (59196) 2016-02-05 2:21

Bonjour Philippe
Une bonne vue plongeante sur ces cйlиbres arиnes qui nous permet d'en voir tous les dйtails.
Bravo et bonne journйe.
Nicole

pajaran (115891) 2016-02-05 2:28

Dobar dan.
lep pogled, interesantan i dobar tekst o staroj arhitekturi, sa istorijom i opisom ...
Dobar rad, lepo pokazana arhitektura, lepe boje, lepo uhavacen trenutak sa posetiocima i borcima u areni.
Lepa arhitektura.
Imajte lep dan, sve najbolje za vikend, srecno.
Paja.

Good day.
Nice view, interesting and good text about the old architecture, the history and description ...
Good work, nice demonstrated architecture, beautiful colors, beautiful moment captured with visitors and fighters in the arena.
Beautiful architecture.
Have a nice day, all the best for the weekend, good luck.
Paja.

snunney (130967) 2016-02-05 2:34

Hello Philippe,
An excellent downwards point of view on this magnificent ancient amphitheatre. We are permitted to appreciate the architecture in great detail whilst the visitors, whilst the people offer a good sense of scale.
There appears to be a problem with the designated location, which at present is recorded as Ile-de-France.

COSTANTINO (116490) 2016-02-05 2:44

Hello dear Philippe and have a nice time
and a happy weekend
amazing capture of the Arles Amphitheatre
here we have a very difficult capture
which has been perfectly executed showing
the great glory of this Roman amphitheatre
in the southern French town of Arles
welldone
regards
Costantino

Nicou (193806) 2016-02-05 2:44

Hello

quelle image et vue quel amphithйвtre superbe quel rond on le voit tout en entier merveilleux on se demande comment il peut contenir autant de personnes splendide.
Bravo et amitiй
Nicou

king (4242) 2016-02-05 3:25

Hello Philippe,
Very nice point of view. Gives the feeling of being able of fly like a bird. It's lovely to discover action in the arena. So you can estimate the volume of the building.
Have a nice day,
Huub de K.

Royaldevon (85932) 2016-02-05 4:08

Bonjour Philippe,

This is a remarkable building, having survived so much intact for so many centuries! You have provided an excellent, bird's-eye view, perfectly sharp, so that we can appreciate its shape, size and structure.
Your details suggest that the amphitheatre is being used for a bull fight! I was unaware that such activities occurred in France!

Have a lovely day,
Bev :-)

pierrefonds (114448) 2016-02-05 4:43

Bonjour Philippe,

Le cadrage serrй met les arиnes en йvidence. La prise de vue permet de voir les dйtails des arиnes d'Arles. On dirait une maquette, ta note donne beaucoup d'informations. La bonne luminositй fait ressortir les couleurs. Bonne journйe.

Pierre

ikeharel (113345) 2016-02-05 6:07

Hi Philippe,
Marvelous view of the miniature of the great arena, I guess this would be the only POV to see a full side round structure - unless you take a Helicopter flight...
Perfect view of the smallest objects - fantastic work of meticulous art, and no-less a fine photo about.
Bonsoire'e,
Ike

Sergiom (117241) 2016-02-05 6:19

Bonjour Philippe,

Le plaisir de se pencher sur son sujet. Ayant visitй ces arиnes а Arles, je me la rappelle trиs compressйe dans la ville et non entourйe de verdure. La couleurs est aussi diffйrente.

Amicalement

Serge

Fis2 (170747) 2016-02-05 10:12

Witaj Philippe!
Interesuj±cy amfiteatr.
Ciekawe spojrzenie i kadrowanie.
Dobre ¶wiatіo i kolorystyka.
Podoba siк.
Miіego wieczoru.
Krzysztof

Silvio1953 (221593) 2016-02-05 10:35

Ciao Philippe, great POV on fantastic well preserved amphithatre, fine details, wonderful colors, excellent clarity and splendid light, very well done, my friend, have a good week end, ciao Silvio

mesutilgim (0) 2016-02-05 11:27

Hello dear Philippe,
Very nice birdseye view of this round Roman amphitheatre in Elancourt -seemingly in action.
Unlike on many places in the antique Roman World this one is really very well kept.
TFS and have a nice weekend
MESUT ILGIM

cornejo (61504) 2016-02-05 11:34

Bonjour Philippe, trиs bonne image de cette belle et intйressante miniature, amphithйвtre intйressant. Trиs bien capturй dans cette belle image avec une nettetй bien, la lumiиre, la couleur et la qualitй. Trиs bon et intйressant travail bien fait, bravo mon ami. Merci de partager ce beau travail.

Bonsoir et week-end heureux.
Meilleurs voeux de sud de l'Espagne.
Angel.

carlo62 (81265) 2016-02-05 14:33

Ciao Philippe
ancora una volta sono arrivato troppo tardi ad Arles per poter vedere questo anfiteatro.
Con queste riproduzioni ben fatte si puт avere anche una vista dall'alto, cosa molto difficile da fare.
Buon we
Carlo

bukitgolfb301 (54014) 2016-02-05 15:55

Hi Bonjour dear Philippe

Great usage of fish-eye lens, that makes all in one shot. So attractive color touch in the best framework and composition. Very sharp and clear presnetation as usual. Thanks for your sharing,

All the best and have a good weekend! Takero

Cricri (176) 2016-02-05 23:07

Bonjour Philippe
merveilleuse prйsentation de ces arиnes d'un POV qui permet d'apprйcier les moindres dйtails
belle journйe
cricri

jemaflor (147128) 2016-02-05 23:41

Salut Philippe,
Ces monuments ainsi fait en modиles rйduis permettent d'avoir des PDV originaux et donc de bйnйficier d'angle intйressants pour les photos comme depuis des drфnes ... Belle rйalisation et bonne photo bien gйrйe, exposition et nettetй.

Tue (92360) 2016-02-06 6:54

Bonjour Philippe,
Such a great overview of the impressive amphitheatre. It's really nice that there are some people included too. Good composition and pleasant lighting.
Lars

ChrisJ (171822) 2016-02-06 13:21

Bonjour Philippe

A superb aerial view of the Roman era arena with good sharpness and framing, leaving adequate breathing space right around. It looks just a tiny bit smaller than the one I saw in Nimes. Tfs!

Periko (9107) 2016-02-06 23:09

Hi Philippe
The view of this amphitheatre is excellent from your high point of view, which allows to appreciate the building in all its majesty.

Regards

macjake (98456) 2016-02-07 4:20

Hi Philippe
impressive older amphitheatre for sure.
I wonder how it looked when it was first built hundreds and hundreds of years ago, i bet it wasn't this pristine looking :)

too bad its used for Bull Fighting today, as an animal lover I think its horrible, and I ALWAYS cheer for the Bull to stab the man.

where did you take this photo from? its an excellent pov, showing the total circumference. lovely shot and well detailed
cheers
craig

batalay (41261) 2016-02-07 8:29

Bonjour mon ami, Philippe,

Like a miniature model of a bull-fighting arena, you have presented this beautiful photo in Elancourt. The light colors of the building are beautifully highlighted by the red padding on the fence encircling the grounds of the arena.

Warm regards, dear friend,

Bulent

mcmtanyel (68503) 2016-02-14 18:49

Hello Philippe,
I suspected this was a miniature and reading your reply to Stephen Nunney confirmed it. It is so realistic that you might want to mention in your note that this is a model.
Regards,
MT

ourania (51103) 2016-02-18 12:10

Bonsoir cher Philippe,
I like the angle you chose and the way the amphitheatre is placed, covering most of the frame and displaying so many interesting features for the viewer to study. I like the soft lighting and the variety of shadows, the moody colours and the arena making a captivating focal point. Congratulations and thank you!
All the best, have a lovely evening,
Ourania

berek (50518) 2016-02-19 21:38

Bonjour mon ami Philippe,
A good view overlooking the famous Arena which allows us to see all the details.
Congratulations.
Greetings.
Burak Erek

jmdias (115156) 2016-02-25 15:49

philippe

impressionante este outro trabalho de miniatura. me fez lembrar o dia que visitei esta arena. interessante a cena de tourada que foi reproduzida na miniatura.

abraзos

jorge

claudeD (47754) 2016-03-08 11:08

Hello Philippe,

very fine view from Arles showing this wonderful old amphitheatre. Very good picture shot from a high pov with excellent sharpness and clarity. Like the shot very much.TFS.д
With regards from Luxembourg

JC