Thursday, February 01, 2007

Circa 1888!!!

The Langlois bridge at Arles (France) as painted by Van Gogh (1888)

The drawbridge in Amsterdam (The Netherlands), captured by Moi (2006) :D

17 comments:

Jen said...

Very cool...I love the picture you took!:)

Jen said...

It's even neater that you have a photo of what Van Gogh wrote! (got a little hasty with the publish key - oops!)

KAD said...

Why is the snap so dark?? With the dark template it looks darker.

Chica, Cienna, and Cali said...

jen: :)

kanishka: i know but its taken in very very low light from behind the glass of the boat..........cant help the dark bit there!!!! :(

Jas B said...

Its beautiful, and especially neat is the "Van Gogh's 1988" and "Moi's 2006" bit!

suramya said...

I see u seem to be drawing inspiration from the maestro's, I love van gogh, any man who can cut of his ear for a woman he loves is definitely worth knowing

Reflex said...

A great painting! Arles, I have to go there! :)

Sarad said...

For a moment I thought the photo and painting are of the same bridge, trickery :)

Zeekat said...

lol a dutch master, in a new design. Like the picture, It's so Amsterdam. Like your windmills, I see them here so many but never take a picture of them, maby I will soon.

Greetzzz from holland

Zeekat

Chica, Cienna, and Cali said...

zeekat : welcome!!! :)
wud luv to see more of them, any day :)

sarad: they look very similar, dont they? :)

reflex: take me along :)

suramya : :) there's more to him than his cut-ear though :)

jas: glad u liked it :)

Sarad said...

Except for the arches under the bridge, wouldn't have been able to tell the difference. I had to read the foot note to realize they weren't the same :-)

Unknown said...

and the irony is one was painted in 1888 while the latter is shot in 2006.....

Chica, Cienna, and Cali said...

sard: yeah they are very very similar..wonder if there are more bridges like these around ...or is it just some kinda co-incidence!!! or maybe the bridge in amsterdam was built after VanGogh's painting!!!! .....time to google!!! :DDDD

to touch a unicorn said...

And your photo is much, much better! lol
Love the colours and atmosphere moi, must have some special memories with this photo. :-)
Sandy

Suzana said...

LOL Good one, moi! And I like the "darkness" - gives it a relaxed, evening stroll feel.

Anonymous said...

Very clever! Were you aware of Van Gogh's painting when you shot your picture?

Blather From Brooklyn

Chica, Cienna, and Cali said...

hey annulla , welcome here...and yeah i kinda cheated...as in i was aware of the painting by Van Gogh!!! :DDd