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Mount Ararat


Mount Ararat
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Copyright: Davit Saakyan (SasunsyDavit) Silver Note Writer [C: 7 W: 0 N: 22] (77)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-05-19
Categories: Nature
Exposure: f/5.6
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-05-01 0:11
Viewed: 957
Points: 1
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
A picture from the Turkish-Armenian border, which has been closed since the beginning of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict when ethnic Armenians in the historical Armenian region of Nagorno-Karabakh took up arms to gain independence from Azerbaijan. Since both Turkey and Azerbaijan are Turkic races, Turkey closed its border with Armenia as a show of support to their Turkic brothers in Azerbaijan. Today, no Armenians or Turks can cross the border directly. Talks have recently begun over the re-opening of the border; however political scientists in the region believe that the re-opening of the border might take a long time to complete with new measures and agreements being accepted from both sides.

Mount Ararat is believed to be the mountain where Noah and his ark landed during Biblical Times. The Armenian people believe that they are decedents of Noah and the Mountain itself has been a national symbol for Armenians for more than 5,000 years. Despite it being a national symbol, the symbolic mountain lies under the borders of Turkey. The Mountain can be seen clearly from Yerevan (Armenia's capital) and all throughout Western Armenia. In 2003, Canadian-Armenian director Atom Egoyan released a film about the Armenian Genocide titled "Ararat", which was a fairly succesful film throughout Canada, the United States and Western Europe.
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Thanks for showing us a fascinating place, Davit. If this were TrekLens, I'd advise you to use something like Photoshop and get rid of the wires. Perhaps the best solution, in any case, is to find a place to shoot where there are no wires -- a shift in location -- taking the shot from beyond the wires, underneath them, or an angle where they're not visible. Your horizon also looks slightly off balance. Hope these are helpful comments as you seek to improve. I really do appreciate the photo.

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