Bank of The Nile-01 Photo

Photographer’s Note

I wanted to go back to my unforgetable memories with this dream country, Egypt. I also wanted to begin with the banks of the Nile.

These two lovely kids were playing and chatting at the moment in full concentration. They were not aware of us taking their photos. The place they are playing is a couple of meters away from the famous NILOMETER which is an engineering miracle when you consider it's been built too many hundreds of years ago.

The Nile has not such sad only but it also has wonderful scenes. Hopefully I'll be posting a couple of them too.

Note : This scanned photo is taken in 1997.

ChrisJ, HOBO, ChristianS, Jeppe, papagolf21 has marked this note useful

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ash_parikh (2266) 2005-03-04 7:36

Nice photo. Nice colours and good composition.

HOBO (5244) 2005-03-04 8:56

A very impressive foto, Bulent.
It's a window to real life, hard and beautiful at the same time. The blurred bars form a virtual border, giving the feeling to stand outside; perfect!

Nice to see you back, I'm realy curious, how your next pic's will look like, please go on posting!

ChristianS (2997) 2005-03-04 15:46

Hi Bulent, it was a while ago, wellcome back. Nice photo, I like the bars in the foreground, they give a sense of distance and seclusion; only the girls and the Nile and I like the facial expressions of the girls. Looking forward for more Egypt photos from you.

Regards, Christian

Jeppe (18623) 2005-03-04 16:57

Oh - a bit candid atmosphere you got on this image - the bars and the nice kids makes the image fine to watch - even polution not nice.

Duglat (242) 2005-03-05 1:53

Güzel Bir fotograf Bülent Bey.Çevre kirliliğini ne güzel de yansıtmissiniz.Tebrikler

ChrisJ (70171) 2005-03-05 3:46

Hi Bulent

It is good to see a fresh upload from you. This is an excellent daily life shot from Cairo. Unfortunately, it looks as though the Nile River is heavily polluted :-(

Well managed dof, & I like the framing of the 2 women with the o.o.f. bars. Good shot!

papagolf21 (56335) 2005-03-05 14:29

Hello my friend Bulent,
J'ai préféré pour aujourd'hui revenir sur cette prise de vue qui exprime bien la vie en Egypte. J'ai eu l'occasion de faire une croisière sur le Nil, j'en garde un souvenir impérissable devant tant de beauté et d'ingéniosité des anciens bâtisseurs.
Cette composition est très bien faite.
Merci.
Amitiés.
Philippe

Hanssie (9133) 2005-03-07 14:29

Hey Bulent, I see picture from you again, that's nice, my friend !
It's a pity of the bars, but I really like this "daily life" scene with the textures, colours and expressions of these children in their own neighbourhood, a good shot !

zapady (282) 2005-10-30 19:06

Hello Bulent
I dont know what you find beautiful in such image?
As far as I understand, Photographing is all about capturing beautiful or unusual scenes and reprsinting it as long as they dont offend our eyes. what is the meaning of Beauty?Is photographing the dirtiest place on banks on river Nile a part of art ? is this what you Like about the great Nilometer ?
I really find this photo very offensive.

ballyna (1689) 2005-11-08 5:58

bülent bey bunu görmemişim,harika bir kare.Ahmed'in dediklerine kesinlikle katılmıyorum,bu manzara var ve yaşanıyor,siz kurgulamadınız ya.ben de komombo yolunda bir köyde elektrik-su-kanalizasyon kullanmayan,mağaralarda yalınayak çok sağlıksız ortamlarda yaşayan insanlara şahit olmuştum Mısır'da.'Glamour Photography' kategorisine de sokmamışsın fotoğrafı,daha ne demeye çalışmış o arkadaş ööle;niçin ağzının payını vermediniz onu da anlayamadım.
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berek (28901) 2005-12-28 0:36

Merhaba Bülent,
çok anlamlı süper bir resim.çocuklar çevre ve özellikle kafesin arkasından çekilmiş hissi çok güzel . ellerinize sağlık. Selamlar
B.Erek
Lighten :9**Contrast:9**Framing :10**Colors:9
Poin of view :9**Idea :10**Picture Note:10
PS:Evaluation rate is max:10

nihan78 (310) 2006-11-05 11:55