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Photographer’s Note

After some nubian daily life scenes from the west bank of the river Nile in Aswan, it's time for presenting a general view from above. As you can see, the dominant color is this same blue that remind me of Jodphur city in India or Chefchaouen in Morocco, and you could see it well from a close approach in my last post from this place.
Notice a man on a camel passing to the right side in direction to the Nile river, and a woman dressed in black going to the left side towards the village.
I often caught the public ferry to this side and got lost in these villages, far away from tourists. The fact is that the traditional architecture of their houses was very attractive to my eyes, along with the people. These villages can't be seen from the center of Aswan, on the oposite margin of the Nile, since they are hidden behind the palm groves that flank the river. It was a nice surprise for me to find this off the beaten tourist track, which happened almost by accident when I decided to climb a dune to see Aswan from above. It isn't mentioned in any touristic book, but I found it one of the most interesting places to visit in Aswan.

WS1 - another view to the right of this one with the sight of the Nile and the other margin of the Nile.

WS2 - A wider angle from a more distant POV showing a general view of what you see here.

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Gerrit (36269) 2008-11-11 10:03

Hi Ricardo,
it looks like an impossible place for a village if it weren't for the invisible river.
Great view.
Regards, Gerrit

ioannis58 (94) 2008-11-11 10:07

Hello Ricardo,
the terain looks like Mars!
anyway very beautiful photo with nice colours.
Very nice POV too.
Ioannis.

giorgimer (21478) 2008-11-11 12:59

Hi Ric,

at a glance it remembered to me too Jodphur. I like the composition with the warm colors of the dunes in the FG.

Very well done!

Gio

chris04stop (2509) 2008-11-11 14:59

So a nice landscape, Ricardo! Just a dreaming place, with all that blue. And a lot of space, a great dimension of...solitude? I don't know. I can just imagine, go, go with my fancy and then write a story. A romantic story! Ciao,
Anna Paola

jmdias (19861) 2008-11-11 15:24

ricardo

esta foto parece uma pintura daquelas bem abstratas, com um centro de linhas retas e azuladas e umas faixas de cores douradas e cinzentas. Os personagens adicionam ainda mais encanto ao todo. Isto faz bom contraste com a chuva que está caindo aqui fora e com os relâmpagos que acendem minha janela.hahaha

abraços

jorge

robiuk (10763) 2008-11-11 15:31

Quite amazing - obviously I haven't spent enough time in
Aswan (when travelling through on the way to Abu Simbel) as
I can't remember this part of the town/city at all.
But I love your photos as they show the place 'as it is' as suppose to certain well known spots or 'nice'
postcard-like scenes. This is it - this is true Aswan as
seen with the eyes of a traveler.
Cheers, Ric!
Robi

lucasgalodoido (16789) 2008-11-11 18:25

Olá Ricardo,
impressionante essa vista da cidade, gostei da limpeza da imagem também, assim como as cores. Belo trabalho amigo.
Parabéns e Abraço

adores (15755) 2008-11-11 18:38

Olá Ricardo!
Será que ainda me fazes ir ao Egipto? à primeira vista parecia-me mesmo a India. Este azul das casitas está fantástico e gosto do homem passando discretamente com o camelo em primeiro plano e a mulher descendo em direcção à aldeia.Gosto muito das cores!

ribeiroantonio (21969) 2008-11-11 20:43

Ainda gostava de saber qual é a ideia que está por detrás da cor azul. Deve haver alguma!!!
É incrível ver como a terra se desenvolveu para o lado desértico da área quando, pelo que se pode ver no WS1 ainda parece haver muito espaço ao longo do rio.
Estão todas muito boas mas aquela de que gosot mais é precisamente a do WS1.
António

shevchenko (10072) 2008-11-11 21:04

Hi Ricardo,
Good pov to show broad landscape, detail to show structure of the resident quarter, completed with WS useful for study more about the town, thanks for sharing.
Ally

kevinos (6927) 2008-11-11 22:52

A Aswan a legendary sort of place! and your picture gives it a mystical feel ,Ricardo, The image has a rich mosaic look and the colours are lovely. Quite apart from the shimmering city in the desert, you have captured two people, one incongruously sitting in the desert. W>S ! is just as attractive, relating the city to the river , as it does. Regards kevin

jasmis (50995) 2008-11-11 23:14

Incredible scenery. Amazing wild landscape.
Regards.

emka (22319) 2008-11-11 23:48

Hi Ric, Indeed, the colour of the village is blue. And it is quite big. Interesting view of the desert. Certainly, it must be a amazing discovery for you. Nostalgic look, with the camel and the lonely woman in black. Regards

Malgorzata

bostankorkulugu (33982) 2008-11-12 0:07

still can not forget your blue city shots from india... this one looks cool too, in the middle of nowhere, but the indian version looked much more charming i think...

hugs for the family ric:)...

sevy (13952) 2008-11-12 0:19

Hello Ricardo,

This photo is the strongest compare to the others in WS. The one with the Nile is good also but this one has the better composition, especially with the 2 people in foreground.

Yves.

carper (65646) 2008-11-12 3:05

a hot day Ricardo,
a fine photo, nice composition and the blue city is in a nice pov here, good details, thanks for sharing.
regard jaap

trekks (14334) 2008-11-12 3:42

hi Ricardo

This looks a little like Mars landing!

I am impressed with the change of color tone gradient and it is a wonderful scenery of the earth color in this part of the world.

How different it can be to see such settlement. This is something like StarWars scene. And I have to say that your WS1 and WS2 are both deserving photos that should be posted on their own! Very good work.

tfs, bill

Floydian (30970) 2008-11-12 4:10

Hi Ricardo,
Ws1 is also not bad, but this is the right choice to post. The heat in Aswan can be terrible and your picture shows a bit why. In the middle of knowhere it seems, not including the Nile looks like we have to deal with a city in the middle of the desert...
Nice how you inlcuded the cameldriver in front, a small though important detail...very nice.
Regards, Henk

paura (39258) 2008-11-12 5:34

Ricardo,
Interessante isso aí! Fico aqui pensando que deve existir apenas uma casa de venda de tintas e o dono dessa casa só colocar a venda tintas com esses tons... :-) Alguma coisa como os antigos Ford "T" de Henry Ford, os quais ele dizia que poderiam ser pintados de quaisquer cores desde que fosse pretas... Muito boa.

Abraço

Paulo

feather (50144) 2008-11-12 6:55

You should start a theme entitled "Blue Cities of the World" ;D I remember the ones you posted from India. Another good trilogy of images to showcase this place. Interesting to see the Nile on the WS and how the greenery follows its path. You are showing us the Egypt we don't see very often.
Kath

Cricri (43738) 2008-11-12 8:02

Hola Ric
Quel chance d'être passé par là, sans toi on aurait jamais eu location de voir ce trés joli village, belle présentation içi avec les deux personnes, j'aime aussi les deux WS d'un POV différent,
Good day for you
cricri

ALIRIZA (16197) 2008-11-12 12:02

Hi Ricardo,
Wonderful landscape. The brown and the white tones are superb. I like the same buildings at village. Really great work my dear friend...
All the best for you...
Ali Rıza

zeynepe (9362) 2008-11-12 12:32

Ola Ricardo,
The weather looks so hot,that's why the sky is gray&heavy .The place looks like one of your photo from Granada:P, I mean especially the small white houses , the architectural details not your models of course...or at night my eyes is getting closed and I can't see the details :)
Congrats ,
Zeynep
Zeynep

Emile (20125) 2008-11-12 18:58

Hola Ricardo.
I'm glad that you posted two WS from this village with the Nile river and green areas because when I saw this picture I asked myself from what the people of this village lives, it's hard to live in a place like this without water and agriculture, impossible. I have never been in Egypt. Your three shots are very good. Each one could be place as OV.
Well done.
Best regards.

Stepan (27175) 2008-11-12 22:56

Could be a mirage... Looks like a mirage...
It was a good idea to have desert layers around the blue city. Works very well.
Stéphane

John_F_Kennedy (31994) 2008-11-13 3:15

Your landscape with the city in the BG is wonderful. Composition, POV, colour are very good.
Best wishes,
Achim

PixelTerror (86839) 2008-11-13 3:50

Ola Ricardo,
The gardening enthusiast in me would really love to live in such a city ;-)))
Oh and this is Aswan, I imagined a much bigger place, actually by your photo it seems to be a big village, and this blue color makes it so special. The people venturing in the nil desert surroundings add to the special impression we get from this place.
Have a nice day JY

stego (22448) 2008-11-13 9:05

Olá Ricardo,

É uma surpresa saber da existência destas aldeias, bem grandes por sinal, escondidas atrás dos palmares das margens. Posso ter visto muito mal, mas pelo que me lembro, quem vê a margem esquerda desde o rio ou Assuão fica com a sensação que no outro lado só há mesmo deserto e palmares, eventualmente com hortas e searas, como é hábito.

Gosto do padrão branco azulado do casario da aldeia, visto ao longe e algo difuso por causa, julgo eu, das correntes térmicas. Esse efeito e as tonalidades arroxeadas do céu dão a ideia de um calor abrasador.

Tb gosto dos WS's - embora não tenham o imapcto visual deste, dão uma vista excelente sobre a aldeia e a sua envolvente. Se não os tivesse visto nem lido a tua nota, julgaria que a aldeia ficava em pleno deserto, atrás das dunas.

Um abraço, José.

Tue (25608) 2008-11-13 9:23

Hi Ricardo,
Great photo of the city from a superb POV. The colours and lights are so nice here and the blueish tones of the city stand out so well against the warm red of the sand. Nice inclusion of the people in the foreground too.
Regards,
Lars

Juntas (3544) 2008-11-13 9:48

Olá Ricardo. Excelente vista esta. Se não mostrasses na outra foto aquele azul, eu diria que tinhas estragado a foto com PP. Fixe o pormenor do camelo e seu acompanhante. Parabéns. Paulo

AiresSantos (42902) 2008-11-15 0:42

Ola Ricardo
Um excelente perspectiva da Cidade Azul. Fotos muito interessante no WS. Gosto mais da foto do WS1. Acerca desta, gosto muito do enquadramento e do contraste entre as areas azuis e as castanhas.
Um abraco e bom fim de semana
Aires

Yffic (6106) 2008-11-15 6:14

Hi Ricardo.

Lovely shot.
It's really stunning this mix between bleu and sable tonality.
The POV is also well choosen.

Best regards.

Yves

josepmarin (34099) 2008-11-15 11:31

Olá Ricardo,
esta ciudad con unas casas de tonos azulados que contrastan con la arena del desierto tiene un bonito efecto visual, y al ir difuminándose en la distancia nos recuerda un espejismo.
La luz está muy bien controlada, y creo que estas personas y el camello en los primeros planos funcionan muy bien.
Excelente realización, amigo.
Un abrazo,
Josep

Bluejeans (33049) 2008-11-17 12:01

Oi Ricardo ,
Como é possível uma cidade destas no meio do deserto pintada de azul , ´so vendo os WS se percebe que o rio Nilo passa junto da cidade :), com estas tua foto vista deste ângulo ia pensar que comiam areia não tem qualquer tipo de planta , gostei muito deste primeiro plano com o homem no camelo e a mulher de negro ,parabéns!!!
Um abraço Gonçalo

Angshu (34099) 2008-11-18 20:05

Ola Ricardo
I thought Jodhpur was the Blue City, but this place can also claim that title! Liked the wider view in WS2 with the view of Nile in far BG. I guess the reason for the blue colour is the same as in Rajasthan…heat! Good contrast with the earthy colours in the FG. The two people in the frame seem to balance each other. Good work my friend!
Best Regards
Angshu
Stephane sent me a mail saying he's quit TE. Issues about deleting one picture of his, by the mods. of this site. Neyvan has also quit for writing to many Thank You s.This is quite crazy!

Leonie (8647) 2008-11-21 6:49

Hey, so you were in Egypt, too! I love this one...it looks like an arabian version of Jodhpur! Beautiful light and colours!

Cheers, Léonie

kiks (6149) 2008-11-21 10:31

What an amazing view this Blue city in de middle of the dersert! I'm glad you climb the dune. ;-))
Best regards
KIKs

Estelle (2319) 2008-11-22 4:33

Hello Ricardo,
I like the perspective of the photo and the strong dof with the people in the front.
TFS
Estelle

JanD (15053) 2008-11-27 1:08

Howdy Ricardo!
Amazing cityscape. Wonderful long perspective. Good capture. Nice light and colors. Perfect shot.
Regards!

manatee (4297) 2008-11-27 23:25

Hola Ricardo com estas?

Perdona ya tenia muhco que no entrabba aqui para ver mi fotos, pero estuve ocupado, fue mi cumpleanos y ademas me enferme, pero ya estoy mejor.

Me gusta mucho la foto y la mistica mujer en negro contrastando con la ciudad y el terreno ademas del camello y su jinete.

Me gusto el marco muuy nteresante ademas de la nota y los workshops.

Saludos amigo