OCOLOY Day 334: Les Forges de Paimpont by vignouse

OCOLOY Day 334: Les Forges de Paimpont

Coming back from the maternity hospital at Ploërmel this afternoon after another session of capturing images for the project "The Story of Birth", I stopped at the the ancient village of Les Forges to take advantage of the late afternoon sun throwing interesting shadows on the vestiges of the old iron smelting works. The middle-ground shows the remains of the two Blast Furnaces to the left and the Foundry to the right; in the background are the workers' canteen and lodgings to the left and the site-manager's office in the centre.

As usual, the image is SOOC and is part of my ongoing OCOLOY project - you can read more about it in my profile.

Definitely BoB!
Your shot in the late sun on a crisp day make sure this ensemble de bâtiments resonate. Crisp, clean and singing its history.
November 29th, 2016  
Lovely light. I like the benches
November 29th, 2016  
Interesting to see what these old villages still hold in memory! Iron smelting - I wonder what for!
November 30th, 2016  
This is a nice shot in the late afternoon sun. Hope we'll be able to see some of your images from your project.
November 30th, 2016  
Nice play of light and shadows
November 30th, 2016  
Great capture of light and shadows...nice composition
November 30th, 2016  
Great capture.
November 30th, 2016  
Very, very delicate. Thanks.
November 30th, 2016  
@randystreat Kathy, I'd love to show you some of the wonderful moments I've captured so far but the nature of the project means that I can't. My favourite session so far is having the privilege of photographing a caesarian birth - very moving. There will be an exhibition in April after which all the images will be hung on the walls of the maternity hospital.
November 30th, 2016  
@vignouse I'm disappointed but understand.
November 30th, 2016  
a very grand space.
December 1st, 2016  
Great shot! Beautiful light but that bench did it for me :-)
December 3rd, 2016  
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