The War Memorial, a photo from Poitou-Charentes, West

Photographer's Note

Soubran is a village and commune in South-West France in the dйpartement of Charente-Maritime.

In 2016 it had a population of 382. Unlike many French villages of a similar size it has managed to retain some local shops, notably a baker's, a butcher's, a post office, a bar/restaurant and a small grocery store. It also boasts a inevitable church, a mairie and a war memorial plus a school and a library.

(Source: French Wikipedia)

Fis2, papagolf21, ikeharel, pajaran, pierrefonds, jhm, COSTANTINO, claudeD, tyro, mcmtanyel has marked this note useful

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Fis2 (170717) 2019-05-24 0:53

Witaj Stephen!
Curious place, the War Memorial makes impression.
Good POV and perspective.
I like colors and light.
Good morning.

papagolf21 (152607) 2019-05-24 2:10

Bonjour, cher Stephen,
C'est cela la France, des petits villages qui gardent jalousement leur patrimoine. Peu d'habitants en gйnйral, mais toujours la recherche d'entretenir le tissu du passй.
J'aime beaucoup cette prise de vue;
Amitiйs.
Philippe

abmdsudi (95869) 2019-05-24 2:16

Hi Stephen
An interesting find and well conceived memorial nicely taken with good effect which suits the condition - the light and shades obviously helps. Indeed a poignant image which makes an interesting capture, Congrats
Best regards

Silvio1953 (221563) 2019-05-24 3:09

Ciao Stephen, great perspective on fantastic memorial, wonderful colors, splendid light, fine details and excellent clarity, very well done, my friend, have a good week end, ciao Silvio

ifege (48055) 2019-05-24 3:12

Hi Stephen
Another good photo from this village. The building behind the memorial loks like it may have been a railway station in its past life?

photographer_sg (6059) 2019-05-24 3:21

Hello Stephen
A very well framed view of the memorial with the building and the church tower in the distance. Excellent light - utilized to good effect - colours and sharpness. The flags add an attractive touch of colour to the picture.
Thanks for sharing and have a nice weekend.
Satya

pajaran (115861) 2019-05-24 4:02

Dobar dan.
Lep pogled, dobar tekst ...
Lepo pokazano, dobra perspektiva i kontrast, lepe boje.
Lep spomenik i arhitektura u pozadini.
Zelim vam lep dan, sve najbolje za vikend.
Paja.

Good day.
Nice view, good text ...
Beautifully shown, good perspective and contrast, nice colors.
Nice monument and architecture in the background.
I wish you a nice day, all the best for the weekend.

pierrefonds (114422) 2019-05-24 4:49

Hi Stephen,

The flags are an eye-catcher. The point of view is showing the details of the war memorial and of the building in the background. The light is enhancing the colours. Have a nice day.

Pierre

lousat (139236) 2019-05-24 13:59

Hi Steph,every village in Europe has someone to remember,and this one too,so small but with some death in the wars of the past. I like a lot the perspective and the quality is excellent too. Have a nice weekend and thanks,Luciano

rychem (72187) 2019-05-24 21:02

A very good photo of the memorial, very well captured with the perspective of local buildings,
regards Ryszard

jemaflor (147104) 2019-05-24 23:59

Salut Stephen,
Bon effet de perspective avec ce cadrage et ce monument aux morts en avant-plan, cela donne un intйressant effet de perspective, bonne gestion aussi des contrastes de lumiиre.

jhm (211736) 2019-05-25 0:26

Hello Stephen,

France has very much suffered from the war
Happy that today young people have respect for the victims.
Lovely picture generally.
Perfect perspective and depth image.
Sharpness and clarity are perfect.
Very well done, TFS.

Have a nice weekend,
John.

COSTANTINO (116452) 2019-05-25 14:27

Hello dear Stephen and have a nice time
and a happy new day sUNDAY
Nice pov and perspective
thanks for sharing with us
the memorial of War
sometimes one shot
is one thousand words
regards
Costantino

claudeD (47754) 2019-05-26 2:13

Hello Stephen,

very fine picture from Soubran showing this WAr Memorial in perfect sharpness and clarity. Very good contribution to TE. TFS.

With regards from Luxembourg

JC

Royaldevon (85932) 2019-05-26 2:13

Hello Stephen,

As I have been away for a while, I browsed your archive and just had to choose this photograph.
The clarity is excellent but I was mainly drawn to it because of the composition. I like how you have situated the memorial so strongly in the frame, then slowly eased us out of the scene by way of the diminishing building, to end at the church spire. It's beautifully balanced.

My warm regards,
Bev :-)
Chucking it down here! Ughh!

tyro (30513) 2019-05-26 9:04

Hello Stephen,

An interesting note and a fine photograph of this war memorial which is enhanced by the contre jour lighting illuminating the flags gracing its top. I very much like your strong diagonal composition and the open space on the left.

Glorious light, fine colours and exquisite details and sharpness.

Excellent!

Kind Regards,

John.

carlo62 (81265) 2019-05-27 8:14

Ciao Stephen
sembra che questo villaggio abbia spazi infiniti, tra le varie architetture c'и molto spazio.
Saluti
Carlo

mkamionka (74375) 2019-05-29 5:38

Hi Stephen,
charming town so nicely captured here.
The war memorial certainly has the most interesting design among all the elements captured here so you have well chosen it to be your foreground.
Nice geometry too.
Also I like the presence of the flags which add color and confirm the location.
Great reportage,
M

jmdias (115128) 2019-05-31 10:16

stephen

it is very small, but has nice details. interesting as every place in france and UK has a war memorial, a mark of the successive tragedies in these countries.

take care

jorge

mcmtanyel (68479) 2019-06-06 21:45

Hello Stephen,
I like your POV that presents two sides of the war memorial and show the building(s) as an extension of it. Good light management into the sun. 👍🏻👍🏻
Regards,
MT