Waterwheel Photo | TrekEarth

Photographer’s Note

This is the waterwheel inside the Garden of El Sehaymi House that i posted some shots from it in my last photos the waterwheel is a best solution for allotment the water and here is some information about it:
Lifting water has been an age-old problem for everyone from farmers to urban designers. As it turns out, some of the simplest methods have stood the test of time, leaving at least one ancient approach to moving water to find its way to Nevada. The first water lifting device is believed to be the shaduf, which consisted of a bucket suspended from a beam resting on a wooden bar that served as a fulcrum. The Greeks invented other water lifting devices. Diodorus (first century, B.C.) claims the Nile Delta was irrigated by a water screw invented and introduced by Archimedes.
The energy of running water was first harnessed during the first century, B.C., leading to the development of the water wheel. Animals were used to drive early water wheels, but for areas with fast-flowing streams, people learned that the water itself could operate a wheel. These large wheels had wooden compartments or earthenware pots that dipped into the water and carried it to the top, where it was dumped into an aqueduct. It was certainly this basic design that inspired George W.G. Ferris, Jr., who spent much of his childhood in Nevada, to design the Ferris Wheel. It was also Pete West's inspiration when the Great Depression forced him to maximize his ability to irrigate his 250-acre ranch in Moapa Valley, north of Las Vegas.

Steely, liakos, veimann, Ebbe, nwoehnl, Didi, Rockyboy, Georges, c_kyr, osamaatef, joseelias, summer89 has marked this note useful

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maciekda (19587) 2004-04-25 9:58

very nice composition - this bottle in the foreground and this big wheel in the background - interesting subjects, i love those sephia tones here, very nice picture, moody and elegant, good stuff

Steely (895) 2004-04-25 10:04

that's a very good writeup Ayman:)

A very artistic image, basing on the image alone, I would say either back or foreground in focus works well. I like the way the earthy colours looking nearly sepia.
Though not in focus, I can still easily make out the waterwheel and its construction.

nice image :)

liakos (988) 2004-04-25 10:21

The blurring background and the focused foreground is really nice. Sharp and very nice color tones. Your note is very good too.

veimann (1250) 2004-04-25 11:03

Ayman, you surprise me each new photo. I shall tell fairly, is such which simply like me, is which very much like... But this!!! This photo is magnificent. DOF really excellent :)

Ebbe (9571) 2004-04-25 11:17

I like the way you put the amfora in focus and used the wheel arrangement as a secodary thing, the amforas natural enviroment.

nwoehnl (118) 2004-04-25 12:10

Great composition in this shot, Ayman, a fine tribute to the old crafts. Maybe in order to emphasize your main subject, an alternative would have been to focus the other way around (i.e. on the wheel[s]), but I actually like this shot very much as it shows the beautiful amfora in its surroundings. Great use of light, and pleasant sepia-like tones. Well done.

Didi (35920) 2004-04-25 12:47

This part of this "SAKYA" is very well framed.
I guess in the back ground the rest of the machine, but it would be interesting to have a general sight too.
Very good historical comment.

Rockyboy (20580) 2004-04-25 14:46

Very nice colors and good framing of this SAKYA, as Saïd said... I shooted also a waterwheel today. You will see it in the upcoming days. This one is wall done and your note is good!

Georges (11183) 2004-04-25 16:01

Ce que j'aime en premier lieu c'est l'effet naturelle(je pense) du sépia ce qui lui donne ce cachet ancien et qui se mari a merveille avec ce sujet.
J'aime bien aussi cette roue au second flou mais bien presente qui accentue la beauté du cliché.Une image que j'aurais aimé faire moi meme Bravo Ayman et merci de cette note.

cxxl (2680) 2004-04-25 18:08

The DOF chosen here is great. It really emphasises the old pot. The background is very interesting too. Well composed.

avigur_11 (21271) 2004-04-25 23:18

You did a great work in the design of your DOF, ayman, and you got a very effective result. The tilit of the foreground object is also very interesting.
This is a very clever and well designed, well compoosed and well captured shot. Well done.

c_kyr (1810) 2004-04-26 5:34

Very nice photo Ayman.
Wonderful focus on your main theme and blur of the background.
The simplicity of the colors is really nice.
Very well done!

osamaatef (161) 2004-04-26 16:26

the best thing i like in your shors that you have a great colection about egypt and this one is the best

joseelias (367) 2004-04-27 9:14

Very nice composition with the typical North Africa dry colors. Also like the way you've managed the DOF.

About your note, it made me remeber my history classes when we were taught about the Arab ocupation of our territory (+-700 to 1243) and the many knowledge brought by them. It still is recognized the value of the arab techniques in extracting water especially in the south of the country (very dry).

summer89 (5414) 2004-04-28 11:48

Great picture, Ayman.

I love the color tones. The composition it's excelent, the DOF it's wonderfull, too.

Well done