St Louis Blues Photo

Photographer’s Note

This has nothing to do with black American music or even ice-hockey. This is the city of Saint-Louis in the north-western corner of Senegal,right on the border with Mauretania. A picturesque city with a mixture of Sahelian, African style and a French colonial heritage.
This was scanned from a Kodachrome slide.

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mikolaj_kawa (29344) 2008-11-11 7:44

Hello Gert! Very interesting picture. Good capture. Very good POV and composition. Nice colours. Original shot. Well done!

zeynepe (9328) 2008-11-11 7:54

Hi Gert,
An interesting composition from your great archieve.
The palmm trees and their reflections give nice graphical effects.
Congrats and have a nice day,
zeynep

lancehannah (1307) 2008-11-11 8:12

Hi Gert,
This scenario remembers me of my holidays in Zanzibar a vew years ago and I imagine it can also be use as a nice decor for an old British colonial film....
Great caught with a classical touch,chapeau!
Regards,Lance

fanni (8709) 2008-11-11 10:57

Hello Gert,
Strange as it might seem, my very first impression: the colour gamma of this photo makes me imagine it's something in quite a different world... or it is a scene from a movie about places which never chance and have preserved their old Colonial style forever...
I also like the soft reflection in the rippled water!
very interesting, very good composition! And it's nice to see a person dressed in red :)
kind regards,
Elena

mikeo (12113) 2008-11-11 12:38

Hi Gert,

Another nice shot from so cool place! Very like nice reflections in water and trees in a row... Very interesting architecture...

Greetings,

mikeo

dareco (17024) 2008-11-11 15:02

I see through your pictures that you have lead a very interesting life!! This is a very interesting and beautiful scene. Very nice detail and pov. TFS

noborders (14215) 2008-11-11 23:54

A city that I never saw although I spent some months working in Senegal but only south of Dakar where I was based - no occasion to go there although I was very attracted ! I like this sort of colours (maybe due to the old slide too) and the nostalgic atmosphere of the place. Strangely, it reminds me a bit of Haiti also... Great feel !
Best,
Cath.

emka (21131) 2008-11-11 23:58

Hi Gert,

Very nostalgic picture, with palms, boats, scene from everyday life. A bit misty and mysterius. And such a calmness! I like it very much. Regards

Malgorzata

scroller (2877) 2008-11-12 1:11

Hej Gert,
For the first time in a long time, I was thinking about the fact that this is a scanned photo. In some way the scanning procedure here have made it looking lika a painting more than a photo, and I like that effect. The diagonal from the palmtrees makes the balance just right.
Hälsningar
/Stefan

saxo042 (15054) 2008-11-12 7:00

Hej Gert,
This reminds me of a picture postcard from many years ago. There is a certain timeless feeling here with all those palms. If you look carefully you can see the car that spoils this feeling, but it it really hard to see it. A very fine picture!
Hälsningar
Gunnar

pablominto (39872) 2008-11-15 1:27

Hello Gert,

A good documentary from times gone by!
A fine slice of life by the waterside, the colours seem to be well preserved on film...
Classical composition, where the palm trees are outstanding elements!

Greetings,
Pablo -

COSTANTINO (22126) 2008-11-15 5:00

Hello GERT,
a different exotic scene,the palm trees and the reflections
give another interest to this picture..
Very good pov,original version
have a nice week end
Cstantino

brano14 (1848) 2008-11-16 19:18

Nicely captured scene from everyday life, nice soft colors!
Well done!
Brano