01 May 2009

Theme Day: Shadows...in the Jardin Exotique


Fencing like this - looking as if it's made of tree branches yet in fact fashioned in concrete, is typical in the south of France and Monaco. Here, we see shadow of this fence on a walkway in the Jardin Exotique.

Today is Theme Day on CDP and the theme, of course, is Shadows. To see how over a hundred fellow-bloggers from around the world have interpreted this theme please click here to view thumbnails for all participants. You will be surprised and delighted and entranced.

21 comments:

Julie ScottsdaleDailyPhoto.com said...

excellent fence. so shapely and unique, which makes for a great shadow. the fence looks like it belongs in hobbit land.

Kate said...

Both the fence and its shadow are artistic.

Virginia said...

Wait, wait..... I know the French name for this......
FAUX BOIS!!! I hope I'm right. Bless your heart, you had to come up with non une mais deux photographies d'ombres! :)
V

Small City Scenes said...

Wibbley shadows--I like it. Cement that looks like wook. Too cool. MB

lavenderlady said...

How cute...I really like the shadow and would not have know the fence was not wood, had you not mentioned it.

Sally said...

I love the ricketty shadow.

alice said...

A great idea again, Jilly!
There is a public garden in Rennes and a bridge in Pont Aven where the rails are made like that and when I was a little girl, I remember to have been very disappointed when someone explained to me it was "faux bois" (Bravo Virginia!), it was like a lie!

Dave-CostaRicaDailyPhoto.com said...

Great minds work alike. Julie also has a shadow from a fence on her Scottsdale Daily Photo today, although it was a very different type of fence. Your series on the Jardin has been great, and how fortuitous that you could get a wonderful photo for theme day at the same time as your visit.

Janet said...

Never would have known this was concrete! Cool shadows.

lv2scpbk said...

Looks like a great place to take a walk and look around.

B SQUARED said...

Good choice. Very interesting construction technique.

Hilary said...

Very rustic fence and lovely composition. I must say, it looks very French :)

Mary Stebbins Taitt said...

Gorgeous shadows! WOW! Very pretty! :-D

Halcyon said...

I like these jumbly shadows. Great choice for the theme day!

Anonymous said...

I wouldn't have guessed they were concrete - that's fantastic! Great shadows for CDP Theme Day!
I'm going to add your page to my list so I can come back often & see what's going on in Monte Carlo

Mo said...

Very exotic

Neva said...

What a great shot, Jilly.

Copenhagen said...

Great shot. I like the fence a lot.

Greg said...

Great shot and a very good choice for the theme day.

Uma por Dia said...

Artistic!

Hilda said...

Quite common here too. But to tell you the truth, I never did like it. Give me real wood! But I can understand how these concrete fences are so much easier to maintain. Ah well.

Wonderful choice for theme day though! And I love it that you kept to your series :)

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