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Photographer’s Note

Lake Sevan is a big mountain lake, situated at approx 2000 meters above sea level and covers 5% of Armenia's surface area. Maxim Gorky once said about the waters that they were like a piece of the sky that had descended to the earth among the mountains. On the monastery peninsula, there is the monastery of Sevanavank, consisting of two rather rough churches. One of them is seen in the picture. In the background, there are the Gueghamian Mountains which contain one of the oldest and biggest petroglyph collection in the Caucassus area. Clear blue sky, beautfiul water, mountains, typical church and green grass are in summary, Armenia. In this version, which is closer to the original one, I reduced saturation and noise.

digi-mom, lotis, Thrax, aznegrao, yogi32, meyerd has marked this note useful

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lotis (132) 2006-02-26 18:51

I like this photo a lot. I wish you had a photoof the front of the monastery though. Maybe you do have one and I just havn't found it...The photo is tilted to the right a bit. You could tilt it back to the left so it is centered. I won't post a workshop because I have reached my limit and because it is a simple modification to make. If you wish, I can post a workshop, just tell me. Apart from that, you did a good job with the colors.
cheers
louis

Thrax (1875) 2006-03-01 14:24

Merhaba Sayat!
Adamlar nereye kilise yapacaklarını çok iyi biliyor gerçekten! Henüz gitmesemde bu fotoğrafın, Van'daki Akdamar Kilisesi'ni hatırlattı bana. Kiliseyi kadraja yerleştirmen çok ustaca. Saturation ile renklerde çok güzel ortaya çıkmış. Eline Sağlık!
Anıl

aznegrao (10230) 2006-03-04 9:48

Otima luz dessa captura Sayat, muito estetica e informativa. O interessante da fotografia e o momento especial para obter resultados especiais. Parabens otimo trabalho.
Greetings.
aznegrao.

Angshu (33324) 2006-03-10 7:18

Hello Sayat
I love this shot simply for the contrast of colours alone. But I like the church too, so typical of Armenia. Good perpective too with the church on the right
Regards
Angshu

NikosG (196) 2006-03-21 1:48

Beautiful composition. The colors are so intense. You know you have a great shot, when it instantly makes person want to visit.

czar (198) 2006-03-23 6:19

Stunning landscape..I really like the angle here and the monastery really adds depth to this photo. The colors of the blue sky, lake and sharp green grass are great !

meyerd (1498) 2006-12-17 9:07

Sayat,
very well captured. You were there in spring, that was good for the pic (I visited also). Congratulations. Thanks also for the good commentary you wrote.
Cheers, Dietrich

SandROM (19) 2007-10-21 23:34

Hello,Sayat!
Nice photo and nice place!I was in this church about 5 weeks ago.