Wow! The thumbnail does not do this justice. This is a really terrific presentation. Very sharp and clear; well lit. Great composition. Thanks for sharing.

Wow! I really like this one. It kind of makes the computer look like you are looking into a story when you turn it on. It is a little bright in some areas, but that is a small thing in comparison to just how great the picture is as a whole. Good job. Someday I hope to be able to travel to a bunch of exotic places and old castles and stuff just so I can take pictures and get ideas for stories. Very nice. Keep up the good work!



P.S. If you get the chance, let me know what you think of my gallery. Any comments, advice, criticisms, all is appreciated. Have a great day!

Well, you can just imagine what I thought when I blew this up and viewed it full size...I may be here for a week! How long did you say you had to read my comment? LOL...first of all I have to commend you on the perfect way you've photographed the interior. Indoor shots I think are some of the most challenging, and I'm glad you're such an expert at handling this. The angle you've chosen here is also good, but you'd be hard pressed to stand at a bad angle, as there is so much to see that's it's almost too much..but I am so glad you decided to take us inside. I won't be a comment hog here, because it would be a very easy thing to do, so I'll just pick up on a couple of things that I'm having a hard time tearing my eyes away from and one of them is, strangely enough, the flooring in this marvelous room. I assume that it has to be a modern treatment, and even though it is intricate in design, in this setting it looks almost tame, and that's exactly one of the things that needed to be done to this room...a nice "solid" yet glowing surface upon which to place all the excessively lavish accoutrements. Whoever picked this out did a great service to this wonderfully preserved room, and of course I can't leave without drooling over the wall mural and the colorful characters in it so richly captured doing so many things that it would take me a forever to see them all. I love this sort of mural and I think we're all lucky that Jean Monier was such a talented fellow and also that the people who were charged with presevering his lustrous work did such a fine job. :)PJ

this is the kind of room that most of us never get to see much less have. the murals are wonderful and the furniture is wonderful. the armor suit lets us know that the room must be very large. thanks. jen

I could spend hours looking at this - "Old World Charm and Grace"! Thanks for letting us see this, Paul. - Patty

That is truly priceless. The art is gorgeous as well as the room.

Gee, we sure don't have interior decorators of this caliber anymore. Too bad!
What an amazing room this must be to stand in. I'm in awe just looking at it. You have such a great variey of posts, I always look forward to seeing your next one.

Fabulous! Next best thing to actually being there.

When this is a cloth on the wall, insted of a painting, it must have taken a million stitches....oh well, we can forgive them, there was no internet at the time !
Great shot again Paul, and thanks for the posting.

Really beautiful photo you made here. Altough I don't really like the subject, but that's personal of course. The colors are brilliant, certainly for an indoor shot. Great pic.

Bas.

What a fascinating shot..each time I look into the picture, I see something new. I just love the suit of armour, the weaponry, those ancient trunks and the magnificent mural. You did so well to include so much, and capture the light...great shot..jacquie

Unreal...utterly beautiful!
JuneBug

Excellent comp on this. Beautiful shot.

i love the painting and the lighting, thanks