Malay Village Photo

Photographer’s Note

Kampung Morten ( Morten Village ) is one of Malaysian national heritage site, and also accepted by UNESCO world heritage at 01 July 2008. It is located next to the Melaka River (Sungai Melaka). It was named after J.F. Morten, who was the Commissioner of Land in the early 1920’s during the early history of the village.

At the end of 1922, 6 families from Kampung Johol had migrated to Kampung Morten and there were the first pioneer settlers & residents of this village. They were later followed by others villagers from Kampung Johol, Kampung Jawa Pantai, Kampung Jawa Tengah and Kampund Selak Darat Serambai.

The brown color object beside the green garbage at left named " Gasing " is one of the traditional playing of Malay ethnic.

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robertosalguero, dareco, gracious, John_F_Kennedy, danos, Photo65Net, zeca, feather, Charo, pierrefonds, huahoa, Wandering_Dan has marked this note useful

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robertosalguero (2759) 2008-08-24 19:21

Hi Ally,

As always another colourful shot of your country. Nice details and angle. The houses seem very interesting. maybe chop off some of the street but otherwise a nice composition. Cheers :-)

Roberto

dareco (17024) 2008-08-24 20:19

A very interesting scene!! Nice detail and color. Very good pov. TFS and have a happy day!

gracious (20017) 2008-08-24 21:38

Hello Ally,
great pov to have this colourful kampung well captured!
good sharpness, lovely colour and good details all round! very neat and tidy place!
many thanks for the sharing
Tony

John_F_Kennedy (30545) 2008-08-25 1:35

A very nice view of the colourful houses. I like the soft lights. Well done.
Best wishes,
Achim

danos (31562) 2008-08-25 2:05

Hello Ally,
nice presentation of this Malaysian national heritage site,with the 'Gasing' to be stand in a well seeing place.I like the traditional houses ,as the perspective and the well chosen POV.Informative your note.

Have a nice week,Danos

pally3100 (3073) 2008-08-25 11:06

hello Ally
An interesting story well illustrated bij this colorfull image .
Have a nice day Nadine and Henri

Photo65Net (43084) 2008-08-25 11:10

Ally,
Nice perspective on these houses.
Colors and sharpness are very good, nice post.
Regards,
JB.

zeca (20024) 2008-08-25 19:59

Hello Ally!
Thanks for sharing this photo, giving us a little idea about the life at Melaka. We can feel traveling a little bit..
Regards,
Zeca

feather (49848) 2008-08-26 6:18

The architecture is very different from that on your previous post in your capital city. :D You have used the perspective very well in your composition so our eye travels all the way along the street. Well done
Kath

Charo (31651) 2008-08-26 14:57

Hello Ally,
Very nice perspective of this village with its beautiful houses. Good note to complement the picture. Excellent details and colors.
Saludos cordiales,
Charo

TopGeo (21357) 2008-08-26 23:22

Hi Ally! You have attributed with beautiful way the architecture that prevails here, and in ws too with very important way! I see the persons there placing in their residence their personnel style and taste and they create that better than that the next man in his house and this makes exist the general interest of Unesco
Georgios

pierrefonds (25871) 2008-08-28 7:19

Hi Ally,

The diagonal line of the street is an asset to the composition allowing us to have a view from left to right. The details and colors of the architecture of the houses are clear and sharp. The light nrinmgs out the colors. Have a nice day.

Pierre

Kielia (8159) 2008-08-29 11:29

Hi Ally,
I like your POV on these interesting houses. The colours are excellent! An image in the best spirit of TE.
Warm regards
Harriet

huahoa (3691) 2008-08-30 1:22

Hi Ally,
This village is very colourful.
Exceptional and typical architecture.
Well done !
Hoa

Wandering_Dan (3169) 2008-09-01 9:19

Hello, Ally -

An ordinary scene well captured. The sky is a little dull, but the house colors are beautiful, and overall it gives a real sense of daily life in the best TE tradition.

TFS,
Dan

izmirli (2927) 2008-09-09 21:36

merhaba dear ally
excellent lovely houses and colours.excellent lovely,interesting roofs and composition.well done.
best regards.
gürkan akçakıt.