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mystical comet

Wolfgang Autexier

France

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Cloud-shrouded mornings leave little room for the sun's first rays. The sky remains cold, a few monuments catch the sun's rosy glow. A brief moment of dreaminess before the day truly begins.

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Nominee

Saintes at dawn

The Basilica of Saint Eutrope in Saintes is perched on a hill above the city. On days of low, dense fog, only the bell tower emerges from the mild morning air.

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fog and arrow

The clarity of the sky was finally satisfactory, for the first time in days, finally, the Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas C2023-A3 was visible in Saintes. The mist on the Charente, the bell towers of the Basilica of Saint-Eutrope and the comet compose here a mystical trio, as if outside of time.

Honorable Mention

When the young swans are very small, the family forms a unit around the siblings: impeccably organized in a line like in the great royal navy. However, the 7 little ones will not make it to flight, some will be eaten by the catfish, a threat that comes from the depths...

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Silver

Gold

naval line

Frome the corner of your eye : they are never competely asleep... and are watching you

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Bronze

frome the corner of your eye

The St Pierre bell tower in Saintes is atypical in its shape and location. Located in the heart of the city, it has a facade twisted towards a vast marsh whose morning mist gives it an aute face: it is a beacon in a poetic and magical universe.

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lighthouse of poetry

It is a large predator. A large cat with a tabby coat. A legend. Do you dare? Do you dare to meet his gaze?

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eye to eye

Large mammals arouse anthropomorphic projections as they can seem expressive. Is this bear really sad?

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Sadness ?

The Saint Eutrope de Saintes crypt is an old basilica created at the end of the Merovingian era. What if we looked at it with a resolutely modern eye? A 360° horizontal and vertical spherical view? Here the architecture rewinds on itself and forms an abstraction.

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Old church, new vision

The St Pierre de Saintes bell tower is atypical in its shape and location. Located in the heart of the city, it has a facade facing a vast marsh whose morning mist gives it another face: it is a beacon in a poetic and magical universe.

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it hovers, hunting, like a king of the sky: It's the sinner Blabuzard

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the king of the sky

He's beautiful, isn't he? But... Look him in the eyes. How do you perceive it ? Ask yourself no more questions. Run, or always reget!

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run or always regret

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Each year, the Charente river floods in Saintes. This year the rainy intenssity filled in the old Roman amphitheater. A clear sky as the Romans saw it.

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Aqua Arena - Milky Way

Each year, the Charente river floods in Saintes. This year the rainy intensity filled in the old Roman amphitheater.

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Aqua Arena

Look him in the eyes. How do you perceive it ? Ask yourself no more questions. Run, or always reget!