Here are some shots I've taken during a walk in the French town Mer near the Loire last week.
When checking out the photos I thought they would look really nice to post in black and white, so I decided to post them as an entry for the #monomad challenge.
I tried to
I really like details of buildings. The subject doesn't need to be beautiful to make a nice photo I think. This window with scratches on the glass, bladdering paint and some dried out succulents can really tell a story I think.
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Alsmost every French town at least has a statue to honour those who fought and/or lost their lives either in the first or the second world war. I had to look it up, but J. Manoury seems to be Michel-Joseph Maunoury, a French general who became Marshal of France after World War I.
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This view was also quite typical to me. Some of the houses are completely overgrown with ivy. Even the shutters of the window on the first floor are covered. I even wonder if there might be a window on the side of the house as well 😀
Apart from that you see electrical lines everywhere. I wonder if anywone would onderstand how the network of cables are connected.
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In a blog about typical French villages, a church cannot be missed. This is one side of the tower. I couldn't photograph the front of the church without a wide angle shot because the street was too narrow. But I liked this side of the tower too. It's a bit strange that it is not very symmetrical.
As I always do, I entered the church. Except from the organist, who was practicing I was the only one in the church. It had an interesting construction of large beams and a dark roof. But the light walls and floor made it not too dark.
And of course the stained-glass windows, which I thought wouldn't be impressive when I turned them into black and white, but I was actually pleasantly surprised by the result:
But I'll let you decide for yourself:
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Thanks for visiting this simple, yet beautiful town with me!
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