The shadow of the Horse

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• pastadog (10957)
• [2008-06-25 2:21]

Very interesting and fantastic place, Ricardo, a unique "desert version" of the Bolivian "salares", also it has something from the Dead Sea landscape... I had not heard about this place, so thanks for the post and note, regards, Daniel

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• mkamionka (164)
• [2008-06-25 2:22]

It is an amazing place.
I guess it is not very convenient to get there as a tourist thats why there are not too many pictures from this desert here.
I hope you will put some more.

You are right that putting the person helps to imagine the scale.

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• Gerrit (25716)
• [2008-06-25 2:54]

Hi Ricardo,
excellent and enormous sculptures of chalk in one of natures better ateliers. Good to bring the human factor for the scale.
regards, Gerrit

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• Floydian (25543)
• [2008-06-25 3:08]
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Hi Ricardo,
Interesting, because i know this place but never thought the sculpture were this big. I mean their size is really huge, also good to be seen in the ws version with the mushroom.
2 hours before sunset...mmmm, still to early i think despite the fact that the extreme hard light is gone. Waiting another hour would have given you even more drama in light and on the sculptures i think.
Nevertheless an interesting serie...thanks.
Regards, Henk

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• niphredil76 (409)
• [2008-06-25 3:22]

Ciao Ricardo,
it's really a fascinating place You did a very good work with the light balance, enhancing the contrast between the red sand and the white rocks! I appreciate that you had not over-saturated the colors, I find the softness here is a strong point. And I like also the composition with the white rock in the bottom-left angle, that gives deepness also if I would chose a small cut of it, to give the idea of the wide space.
I really like this shot, anyway.
Thanks for sharing,and for your excellent note
Laura

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• Loic_bzh (5966)
• [2008-06-25 3:59]

Hi Ricardo,

an incredible place we can enjoy more thanks both to the low sun and the walking man who give us a better idea of the size of the rocks...

Cheers,

lOïc

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• albertz (2095)
• [2008-06-25 4:11]

Thanks to the human element, it gives us a sense of scale. Strange phenomenon you got here, the warm colors are pleasing to the eye, only a bit noise on the sky due to compression i guess. Great shot and tfs.

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• xuaxo (4089)
• [2008-06-25 5:15]
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Olá Ricardo,
Estas três fotos são tanto ou mais impressionantes que a anterior.
Dada a sua espectacularidade, acho estranho como é que eu nunca tinha visto fotos deste sítio. (Se isto fosse na América de certeza que já me teriam passado imagens pela frente.)
Afinal, ao contrário do que eu receava, a pessoa não "estragou" a foto. E isto é maior do que eu imaginei com a primeira foto.
Excelente. Se houver o prémio de Melhor Foto Egípcia do Ano, tens o meu voto com qualquer uma das quatro. De pirâmides, camelos e barcos no Nilo, já estamos fartos. Principalmente camelos (de outro tipo :-)
Um abraço
F

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• Tue (23885)
• [2008-06-25 5:44]

Hi Ricardo,
Another excellent photo from this place. With the inclusion of the person, so that we can see the scale, the sculptures look even more impressive. Wonderful shapes too, the horse look funny. The light is enhancing here. Thanks for sharing!
Regards,
Lars

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• parbo (6919)
• [2008-06-25 7:06]

Olá Ricardo,

Thanks for your this beautiful post for helping us to scale your splendid scene correctly. It's unbelievable texture. I never imagined a desert like this, amazing sight as same quality of your photo. Wonderful.

Parabéns e Abraço!

Ertugrul

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• ribeiroantonio (15588)
• [2008-06-25 7:52]

E aonde é que estão as outras peças do xadrez? Só um cavalo?
Não haja dúvida que é uma vista epectacular. E que altura as ësculturas" têm! Sensacional. As pessoas devem-se sentir muito pequenas ao visitar este sítio esculpido pela natureza. Mas é melhor não demorarem muito tempo, pois a erosão é imbatível e a cabeça do cogumelo vai acabr por fazer companhia à galinha lá em baixo.
As três fotos são fantásticas com enquadramentos e luz fabulosos. Gosto mesmo muito.
António

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• feather (40653)
• [2008-06-25 7:54]
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Shame on me. I never heard of this place before: it is amazing. It is huge which we can see thanks to Ana as your ever-willing assistant.(?) It's difficult to understand how the wind forms them from chalk when the ground is golden sand. You composed the image well with the sweep of sand entering the frame from the corner. Very interesting post, and a new learning experience for me.
Of course there is a chicken in the WS. She is sitting on her eggs. ;D
Kath

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• josepmarin (26484)
• [2008-06-25 8:14]

Olá Ricardo,
en esta nueva toma podemos apreciar esas formas caprichosas creadas por la erosión eólica en estas rocas calizas. Además, la presencia humana nos ayuda a comprender las dimensiones de estas curiosas formaciones.
Me gustan la luz y las sombras, que nos dan una gran sensación de 3D.
Excelente trabajo, amigo.
Un abrazo,
Josep

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• jonathan_hart (15567)
• [2008-06-25 8:23]

good exposure, nice place, the man gives the scale, impressive rocks :)
regards
jo

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• siolaw (22747)
• [2008-06-25 9:29]

Ola Ricardo,
It truly looks like the petrified knight of a giant chess game! Good off centered framing of the horse to have its shadow in full view, soft but rich colors, and razor sharp details... There is more happening in the deserts than i would think!
Greetings
Laurent

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• Photo65Net (32803)
• [2008-06-25 10:47]

Ricardo,
Again amazing picture from this place.
Tones and colors are just superb, a great result.
Regards,
JB.

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• sleon (8683)
• [2008-06-25 12:15]

Hi Ricardo
that really does look like a horse chesspiece. What a wonderful place to be! The inclusion of the person is essential to give an impression of the vast scale of these sculptures. The evening light gives lovely warm tones, and the long shadows add form. The atmosphere here must have been truly memorable.
Regards, Susanna

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• gilou530 (26525)
• [2008-06-25 12:59]

salut ricardo
des sculptures magnifiques que nous donne la nature le temps et l'age faisant le reste, trés photogénique ce cadrage et un régal pour les yeux
amitiés
gilbert

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• lucasgalodoido (9992)
• [2008-06-25 15:08]

Olá Ricardo,
bem interessante mesmo essas esculturas desse deserto, o horário escolhido para as fotos ficou perfeito. Realmente há varios lugares que merecem uma maior atenção nossa aqui no TE, pelo menos aqui de MInas Gerais, há varios lugares muito bonitos e interessantes que ainda não fotografei...
Parabéns e Abraço

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• paura (23332)
• [2008-06-25 16:00]

Mas o qu é isso? Um lugar realmente surpreendente que eu não conhecia antes das suas fotos. Muito boa.

Abraço

Paulo

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• coco (23466)
• [2008-06-25 17:12]

Hi Ricardo.

Wonderul and very nice work for this landscape.
Well done.

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• jmdias (8905)
• [2008-06-25 17:23]

ricardo

gosto muito da plasticidade dos deserto, uma paisagem sempre dramática. Talvez goste tão somente porque nasci num lugar úmido.. Gostei desta imagem mas acho que as do WS1 é magnífica e a do WS2 também é fabulosa, são mais belas do que esta que é igualmente bela. bela a luz e o pov, as esculturas naturais são belíssimas. Quem sabe um dia visito este local

abraços

jorge

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• emka (9065)
• [2008-06-25 17:27]

Hi Ricardo, This white Desert is very beautiful and interesting, and almost unknown, at least I have never heard of it. beautiful and fastastic shape of these chalk formatiomns. Thanks for sharing

Malgorzata

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• gneufeld (10367)
• [2008-06-25 18:25]

Hi Ricardo,
A striking image of a most unusual landscape - captured perfectly. Very well done with excellent colors and sharpness. TFS. Gerald

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• Scharan (11964)
• [2008-06-25 20:05]

Olá Ricardo

Mais uma foto maravilhosa.
Cenário interessante, cores, luzes e sombras, fantásticos. Podemos ter uma noção da grandesa do cenário em relação à pessoa que aparece ao fundo. Parabéns!
GA
Vera

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• syd1946 (16583)
• [2008-06-26 1:46]

Hello Ricardo,
beautiful like the previous one!Now we have the man as a bonus,so small in between the artwork of the nature and the horse.Amazing light and coloer tonality also and very informative note to enjoy more your beautiful image!

Have a nice day,
Thomas

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• NMaverick (0)
• [2008-06-26 2:27]

Hi Ricardo, as always a very crisp and clear photo with sharp details. You have framed the targets well and your POV with the human as a scale element is good and effective.
TFS
Nick

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• bantonbuju (43881)
• [2008-06-26 2:30]

oh, and there is even a human element out there...:-)))
not easy to be reluctant to such a place, to such view...to such light... to such colours...
nice package...
bw, j.

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• zeynepe (4536)
• [2008-06-26 6:46]

I wish I would see this place.
A Splendid composition was captured by a remarkable photographer :)
Thanks for sharing Ricardo,
Abraços ,
Zeynep

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• ChrisJ (57331)
• [2008-06-26 7:35]

Ola Ricardo

The rock in the middle looks like a camel. The person adds scale. Tfs!

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• Henryk_Bilor (19176)
• [2008-06-26 9:20]

Hi Ricardo
Impressive this desert. Amazing shape of the horse. Nice capture and colours.
Regards

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• Cricri (29811)
• [2008-06-26 12:02]

Hola Ricardo,
un endroit a la fois étrange et spectaculaire qui est merveilleux a voir a en lire en plus de détails par la note jointe, minuscule la personne a côté, une lumiére et des couleurs superbe, ainsi que celle présenter en WS
Good evening for you
cricri

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• Angshu (25490)
• [2008-06-26 20:54]

Ola Ricardo
Two hours to sunset, yet the light is so strong...nothing different from here. The 'sculpture' on the right does look like a chess horse. Amazing rock formations...looking like solidified icecreams. The Workshops are excellent compliments to show us more of the place. The trekker (looks like someone I've seen before) gives the idea of the size..in my humble opinion, a crop by around an inch from the left border could have brought the trekker & the interesting formations a bit closer. Thanks for sharing with us pictures from this place..before this never heard, nor seen pictures from here.
Friendly Regards
Angshu

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• danos (19542)
• [2008-06-27 1:11]

Ola Ricardo,
one more scene of the white desert of Egypt.I like the rock formations as the horse in the right.The texture on the sand as the people decorate pleasantly the whole image.The colors and the light as the sharpness are simply great.Well done.

Have a nice weekend,danos

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• jhm (68030)
• [2008-06-27 2:34]

Hello Ricardo,

Splendid panorama view about this part of the desert.
Together with the different sculptures get we a nice view, depth and perspective are very good present.
Very well done, TFS.

Have a nic eweekend,
John.

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• AiresSantos (25860)
• [2008-06-27 3:02]

Ola Ricardo
Um lugar fantastico que ate parece de outro planeta.
Excelente POV e cores. A luminosidade cria um belo efeito.
Um abraço e BFS
Aires

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• John_F_Kennedy (21078)
• [2008-06-27 3:28]

The colours of the nature are here. Beautiful scenery you have well captured. Well done.
Best wishes,
Achim

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• sacavem (5029)
• [2008-06-27 4:27]

Olá Ricardo,

Take II, o que dizer(?)fantástico este PDV,cor e composição, obrigado pela partilha.

See you in 2 week time. I am leaving for vacations and probably I will not have much time to critique. From 28 June and 14 July

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• kevinos (6002)
• [2008-06-27 19:57]

You find yourself in yet another fascinating place, Ricardo, with amazing colour and weird and lovely rock formations. Both the colours and the forms are beautifully recorded here. regards kevin

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• JCG (17038)
• [2008-06-29 2:22]

Hi Ricardo,

There is also the head of Yéti on the left !!! These landscapes are really attractive and when one is on the spot that must be impressive taking into account the extent of this natural phenomenon. Still a very beautiful series on the subject, I like much. Thank you Ricardo.

With all my friendships and very good Sunday,

Jean-Charles

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• Bluejeans (19500)
• [2008-06-29 3:42]
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Oi Ricardo ,
Parece mesmo uma estátua da cabeça de um cavalo , realmente é um lugar bem estranho pelo ws 2 deve fazer muito vento neste lugar , gostei muito da profundidade da foto uma bela planície , é tua tua mulher na foto :) ?, parabéns!!!
Um abraço Gonçalo

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• belido (9669)
• [2008-06-30 7:44]

Olá Ricardo,

ficaria incomodado de não comentar algo sobre essa aqui. É uma formação diferente de tudo que já vi. Deixe o George Lucas ver isso e teríamos uma cenário bem a la Guerra nas Estrelas. Linda paisagem e ótima composição. Parabéns!
Abraço,
Carlos

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• stego (15370)
• [2008-07-07 8:09]

Olá Ricardo,
O lugar é impressionante e único. Escolheste bem os PdV e parece-me que o Henk está a exagerar ao apontar que devias ter esperado ainda mais pelo pôr-do-sol, pois a luz parece-me muito bem. O efeito de escala dado pela presença da tua assistente habitual :-) torna a vista ainda mais impressionante por tornar evidente o tamanho gigantesco dessas esculturas da natureza.
Um abraço, José.

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• Vato_Law (10856)
• [2008-07-08 12:39]

Olá Ricardo,
Ainda há pouco comentava numa foto do Deniz o aspecto surreal da paisagem de Capadoccia, mas deixa-me dizer-te que esta não lhe fica em nada atrás com todas estas formações rochosas.
Esta figura de cavalo esculpida na rocha por acaso tambem me lembra uma vaca :), mas se calhar é da hora e de ainda não ter jantado :)
Esta luz baixa cria umas cores bastante atraentes e acentua o contraste de cores entre o chão e as formações rochosas.
Este homem dá-nos perfeitamente a noção da imensidão do local.
Um abraço.
pAulo

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• berek (23792)
• [2008-07-21 11:02]

Ola Ricardo,
its amazing atmosphere here. interesting rocks format and shadows. well framed picture. greetings.
Burak