Saturday, February 6, 2010

Victory?


Looking up from the interior courtyard of Les Invalides.

8 comments:

Louis la Vache said...

Jacob, do you have any information about that statue? Is that a Napolèon-era soldier or WWI? («Louis» couldn't tell when he enlarged the image...)

VP said...

...or surrender?

Lowell said...

@ Louis - No, I don't, sorry. This was kind of a throwaway shot...but it looks rather like WWI to me...

Cezar and Léia said...

Magnificent! :)
Wonderful composition, detail and sculpture!Also very energetic!Loved it!
Léia :)

Starman said...

Interesting shot and an equally interesting question.

Mary Stebbins Taitt said...

A very cool capture, wonderful pov!!!

tapirgal said...

I like the composition of your "throw-away shot." It's a view we don't usually see of this wonderful building.

By the way, we have quite a lot of red lava in the West. It may be black or gray, but it can just as easily be red. I have some brighter pix of the top of lava butte, and there is no question that it's RED. I'll post more one of these days.

Virginia said...

Invalides has been on my TO DO list for a long time. It's still on there. I love love this shot.
V