Slaveroad, a photo from Atlantique, South

Photographer's Note

This is the road the slaves had to walk from Abomey which was the place where the king of Dahomey, the main slave trader of the continent, to Ouidah, one of the biggest slave-harbors of the 17th till 19th century.

carper, yeln, delpeoples, papagolf21, snunney, belido, PaulVDV, jafadabret, Angshu has marked this note useful

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npecanhuk (45202) 2010-03-26 13:02

Hi Gerrit!
Sad history! Would they be sent to Brazil? Right now I really can tell you from where most of our slaves came!
The place certainly looks like some places here in my Country (vegetation, unpaved roads and so forth)!
Your picture is very attractive with excellent sharpness, exposure, pov, dof, colors and composition!
TFS - congratulations!
Best regards,
Neyvan

luciola (2388) 2010-03-26 13:25

Hello,
Great photo of the little country exhibited.
Regards
Lucja

Budapestman (76933) 2010-03-26 14:11

Hi Gerrit,
a superb daily life photo once more with full of life atmosphere, the composition of the photo is spectacular, excellent details and depth, the environment is beautiful, Tfs! Have a nice weekend! Kellemes hétvégét kívánok!
George (György)

siamesa (25849) 2010-03-26 16:42

Hello Gerrit

The slavery was a black page of our history. Very sad to see this road and the meaning that it has. About the photo it is excellent.
Abraços
maria

TopGeo (34791) 2010-03-26 23:55

Hi Gerrit! Impressive the snapshot here of Africa with excellent details and depth! Interesting scene that gives lively the stain of other dimension that is unique!
regards
Georgios

carper (96) 2010-03-27 0:39

prachtige foto weer gerrit,
je hebt een fraaie serie gemaakt daar, het ziet er warm en ontzettend droog uit, goed perspectief, fraaie details, good fotowerk. prettig weekend Gerrit.
groet jaap

rodgerg (55729) 2010-03-27 0:54

Dag Gerrit,

POV well selcetd with these road which give propsect effect nad invite to discovery. Nice warm colors and too image full of life. A nice and interetsing shot.
Goed WE mijn vriend,
Roger

yeln (11502) 2010-03-27 1:17

hello Gerrit

google translator

We see little of such photo. interesting life in other distant locations.
look go in the middle of the photo. beautiful sharpness, colors and pov.
congratulations! TFS!
regards

Vojko

delpeoples (34703) 2010-03-27 1:23

Hi Gerrit, a road full of history and significance for this country. Hopefully the reason for using the road has changed - as has the manner of using it. Lovely warm tones, excellent depth of field and good composition overall with a meaningful Note. TFS and have a good weekend, Lisa

PixelTerror (96880) 2010-03-27 2:06

Hi Gerrit
A nice warm road that offers a good perspective, it's also animated which is nice, bit dusty for a DSLR though ;-)
Have a nice day JY

papagolf21 (70550) 2010-03-27 2:57

Bonjour, cher Gerrit,
Le décor est planté, nous baignons dans l'exotisme et le dépaysement total avec cette vue extraordinaire (qui rappellent des vues filmées).
L'ambiance générale est parfaitement reproduite, nous avons l'impression de faire partie du décor.
Bravo !
Amitiés.
Philippe

LOOOK13 (18167) 2010-03-27 3:31

Salut.
Very nice, a long road with a spectacular colour.
Good choice for the POV, and good scene.
Bravo.

snunney (59111) 2010-03-27 3:45

Hello Gerrit,
Seems quite a busy road now put to better use than its history would suggest. I like the vibrant colours and the great feeling of animation. Good long perspective.

Nicou (83008) 2010-03-27 5:22

Hello,

merveilleuse iamge, quelle belle terre rouge, avec toutes ce motos qui soulèvent de la poussières, cette perspecbvies, ce tons chauds, grandisoe ensemble et image.

Bravo et maitié

Nicou

belido (19934) 2010-03-27 6:46

Hi Gerrit,

very nice shot. The perspective of the land road, the warm lighting and the inclusion of the bykers make this an attractive photograph. Very well collected!
Regards,
Carlos

holmertz (20504) 2010-03-27 12:50

Hello Gerrit,
In spite of the dust, this is the kind of picture that gives me an urge to go back to Africa once again. What a pleasure to spend long hours in an overcrowded taxi brousse on a bumby road!
I like the good light and splendid colours in this photo, as well as the good depth.
I had read about Ouidah when I studied social anthropology, so it was with great interest that I went there. It turned out to be the only place where I have been deported by the police, who didn't like the idea of having a white foreigner spending the night there!
Regards,
Gert

PaulVDV (12410) 2010-03-27 14:51

Hallo Gerrit,
Ondanks de trieste geschiedenis die aan deze weg verbonden is, toon je hier een prachtige foto uit het Afrikaanse dagelijks leven.
Te midden de weelderige tropische vegetatie is het toch de rode aarde en het stof dat voor een groot deel de kleur bepaalt van de omgeving. Het groen van de zijbermen is helemaal ros geworden.
Ook mooi zijn de mensen op de voorgrond in hun kleurrijke kledij.
Beste groeten, Paul

pablominto (53742) 2010-03-28 0:08

Hello Gerrit,

The dry and dusty feeling is well conveyed in this well composed frame!
The red soil contrast nicely with the surrounding greenery, and the life on and around the road is well recorded...
Good lead-in and fine details, the colours are nicely reproduced!

Greetings,
Pablo -

Bluejeans (59330) 2010-03-29 5:22

Ola Gerrit,
Que magnifica foto nesta estrada de terra batida sua cor faz um belo contraste com a vegetação verde , ficou fantástico o pessoal de mota , parabéns!!
Um abraço Gonçalo

lucasgalodoido (20870) 2010-03-29 6:42

Hi Gerrit,
very interesting view of this road here, and I like of the high numbers of motorcycles too. Great job, my friend.
Regards,
Lucas

jemaflor (58971) 2010-03-29 10:37

Hi Gerrit,
Well composed with people on the road and also on the reight side, interesting depth with this perscpective through this african landscape.

gilou530 (34) 2010-03-30 9:57

salut gerrit
superbe vue de cette route poussiereuse et bien typique, une lumiére parfaite
amitiés
gilbert

Silvio1953 (83251) 2010-03-30 13:49

Ciao Gerrit, great perspective on a beautiful road, splendid colors and wonderful light, excellent composition, very well done my friend, ciao Silvio

jafadabret (56497) 2010-03-31 2:16

Bonjour Gerrit,
C'est une photo qui pourrait figurer dans un livre de géographie pour illustrer les pistes africaines. La circulation est en majorité faite par des deux-roues qui ont tout intérêt à posséder de bonne suspensions.
Une photo très agréable avec la perspective et les couleurs.
Amicalement
Jacques

Angshu (47471) 2010-03-31 20:30

Hello Gerrit
A fine daily life shot with a piece of history. The dirt track creates excellent depth with the small bikes animating the scene. Good work!
Regards
Angshu

sacavem (17096) 2010-04-14 7:11

Olá Gerrit,

African colors are still present in this picture, especially in the road.good pov and daily life,I like the atmosphere captured.

Filipe

Photo Information

Copyright: Gerrit van der Linden (Gerrit) (43069)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2010-02-03
Camera: Canon EOS 400 D, Tamron 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II, B+W 62mm Circular Polarizer
Exposure: f/6.3, 1/200 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2010-03-26 12:55