� Major � cathedral and J4, a photo from Provence-Alpes-Cote-dAzur, South

Photographer's Note

Sainte-Marie-Majeure cathedral, Marseilles, Bouches-du-Rh鬾e district.

Since the walkway to the J4 (MUCEM - Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilization), the view of St. Mary Major Cathedral in Marseilles is incomparable. From here, the cathedral seems set on the roof of the museum.

The terrace on the J4 top floor is a place to relax as it hosts a brasserie and a stylish bistro (held by a renowned chef, Gerald Pass閐at) and plenty of sunbeds that permit to admire the toing and froinf of small pleasure boats.

St. Mary Major Cathedral, generally known as the "Major", was built between 1852 and 1893 on an esplanade overlooking the Joliette harbour (ferry terminal). It replaces the old Major, built in the twelfth century, which today remains the choir and a span. These remains have been saved thanks to the action of an association of heritage protection, which then rebelled against the destruction of the old church. The neo-Byzantine style of the new Major suits really well to this cosmopolitan city of Marseilles that I discovered during my stay.

holmertz, No_One, Cricri, mkamionka, adores has marked this note useful

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HimalAnda (10671) 2014-10-05 2:54

Bonjour Delphine,

Tr鑣 chouette, le point de vue qui met bien en valeur la cath閐rale avec, en plus, un premier plan int閞essant ! Et le traitement noir et blanc est tr鑣 r閡ssi.

St閜hane

tchefi (1841) 2014-10-05 3:53

Bonjour Delphine
Tu es arriv閑 � superbement mettre en valeur notre Major. Cet effet avec le toit du mus閑 est impressionant et donne un magnifique premier plan. Le format carr� et le noir et blanc lui vont tr鑣 bien. Seule ombre aux tableaux, les grues mais � cette p閞iode c'閠ait difficile de les 関iter
Amicalement
Jo雔le

holmertz (103642) 2014-10-05 6:34

Hello Delphine,
This is a very original and surprising composition. I didn't understand the strange foreground until I had read your note. It is a very interesting view towards the impressive church and the equally impressive clouds.
Kind regards,
Gert

Sergiom (117241) 2014-10-05 7:08

Bonjour Delphine,

J'aime beaucoup cette composition. L'utilisation du noir et blanc apporte une belle touche dramatique � l'ensemble. Ces formes � l'avant plan apportent beaucoup de profondeur � l'image.

Bon dimanche

Serge

Gerrit (62042) 2014-10-05 7:09

Hello Delphine,
Fine view towards the impressive 19th century cathedral over this curious pattern of sinks and concrete edges that belong to the museum as I can make up from your note,
regards, Gerrit

No_One (4) 2014-10-05 7:44

Hi Delphine
This is a very creative composition, its brilliant that it looks like the cathedral is on the roof. In fact, as I looked at the picture before reading your note I thought to myself that the approach looks quite dangerous with lots of big holes to fall into :) The sky has made a brilliant backdrop to this scene, and the choice of black and white is really nicely considered, as there are so many excellent tones across the scene. Great picture, thanks for sharing.
Cheers
noel

rbassin (27472) 2014-10-05 9:23

bonsoir Delphine
C'est une tr鑣 bonne photo N&B, la cath閐rale est en effet magnifique. Le premier plan est 閘閙ent graphique int閞essant en opposition avec l'architecture de la cath閐rale.
Bonne soir閑
Roland.

PiotrF (56042) 2014-10-05 16:31

Hello Delphine,
Interesting view of this Sainte-Marie-Majeure cathedral.Great picture, amazing viewpoint and composition. Very well done.
Regards
Piotr

rychem (72187) 2014-10-05 21:04

Beautiful photo and a beautiful cathedral, nice and creative POV, great sharp and detailed photo
regards Ryszard

abmdsudi (95869) 2014-10-05 22:06

Hi Delphine
Thanks for the enlightening information which provides some fine opportunities and you certainly made good use of this. An attractive composition with a bit going on in the bottom of the picture so my eye is darting back and forward between the bottom and the imposing Cathedral. The mono capture is lively with excellent tonal contrast to a nice punchy conversion with interesting effect and wealth of detail throughout. Great capture indeed and foresight to see the photograph, Congrats
Kind regards

jjcordier (79299) 2014-10-05 23:17

Delphine
Bonne exploitation du toit du MUCEM comme premier plan et tr鑣 beaux nuages en premier plan. Le choix du noir et blanc est int閞essant....m阭e si j'aurais bien voulu voir ce que cela donne en couleurs.
Amicalement
JJ

patpatch (1601) 2014-10-06 6:38

Bonjour Delphine.

Personnellement j'adore ton choix du noir et blanc ici.L'inter阾 pour la richesse architecturale du monument s'en trouve encore renforc�,ainsi que la mise en valeur du premier plan,tr鑣 spectaculaire,qui conduit le regard vers la cath閐rale.La mise en page et le cadrage sont excellents et la profondeur de champs impresionnante (nettet� parfaite du premier plan jusqu'� la cath閐rale).
Point de vue original et tr鑣 belle r閍lisation.
Amiti閟.
Patrick

Cricri (176) 2014-10-07 9:57

Bonjour Delphine
Belle id閑 depuis le toit du Mucem, c'est original,
donnant a la fois un c魌� graphique et de la profondeur, belle r閍lisation
Belle soir閑
cricri

Didi (61589) 2014-10-08 10:00

Bonjour Delphine
Cadrage tr鑣 original de la Major avec un int閞essant avant plan
Bonne r閜artition de l'閏helle des gris
Amicalement

Silvio1953 (222959) 2014-10-08 10:38

Ciao Delphine, great view of fantastic cathedral, lovely B&W composition with beautiful graphic elements in FG, excellent clarity and splendid light, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

carlo62 (81265) 2014-10-09 0:12

Ciao Delphine
un'immagine bella e originale, sia per la scelta del b&w, sia per la scelta del pov.
Di solito la vista di questa splendida chiesa � associata al mare, qui hai utilizzato un "mare" artificiale per avere questo effetto.
Saluti
Carlo

mkamionka (75139) 2014-10-09 12:42

Hi Delphine,
fantastic view. It is so confusing! I like very much this type of the confusion it is a sign of a very creative composition. Wonderful presentation of this beautiful architecture.
Excellent work,
M

siudzi (34141) 2014-10-19 11:50

Hello Delphine,
This is very beautiful presentation of this stunning cathedral. Its unique design and pattern look so fantastic and built a spectacular subject for this work. Well done.
Best,
Gosia

siolaw (38294) 2014-10-22 2:12

Bonjour Delphine
Un point de vue que je ne connaissais pas, avec un premier plan bien graphique et la cath閐rale qui se d閠ache parfaitement...
Le noir et blanc convient bien et le r閟ultat est appr閏iable.
Amicalement
Laurent

speedymanu (3701) 2014-10-23 11:55

Bonjour Delphine,

le noir et blanc met superbement en avant l'aspect min閞al, la beaut� aust鑢e de cette composition. Elle fait ressortir textures (dans les nuages notamment), les motifs et strucutre l'ensemble.

Bonne soir閑,

Emmanuel

adores (46979) 2014-10-23 14:26

Hi Delphine!
I guess I had never seen a photo of the catedral taken from here! I like it a lot, the foreground makes it very original. Very good in b&w!

fotka (9139) 2015-03-31 11:04

Hi Delphine,
Looking through your gallery I saw a lot of B&W photos. I understand that you like this type of picture.
Beautiful church taken from very low position. Great tones and shadow. Superb presentation.
Warm regards,
Zbigniew