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Copyright: Andreas LEO Urban (leo61) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3713 W: 343 N: 7449] (31756)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-12-09
Categories: Nature
Camera: Konica-Minolta Dynax 7D, Konica Minolta 17-35mm f/2.8-4
Exposure: f/6.3, 1/50 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version
Travelogue: My first trip to Burma
Theme(s): hooooooooo, Fascinating Landscapes (Leonie), sunrise in Mrauk U [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-05-11 12:03
Viewed: 1504
Favorites: 5 [view]
Points: 136
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This is the view from Shwedaung pagoda to the mountans in the east.
I cropped the top,because of the overexposed sky.
Shwedaung pagoda is situated at the highest point of Mrauk U.
Mrauk-U was the capital city of 48 kings for 355 years and was founded by King Mong Saw Mon in 1430. The city offers the visitor many chances to study the cultural and traditional heritage handed down to the present day Rakhine generation by their forefathers. Mrauk U can rightfully be claimed as the “Open-air Museum” of the arts and culture of the people of Rakhine.
The Golden days of this city were between the 16th and 17th centuries and contemporary to the days of the Tudor Kings, the Moghuls, the Ayuthaya Kings and the Ava (Inwa), Taungoo and Hanthawaddy Kings of Myanmar.
The city was well-fortified with 19 mile long fortification walls, moats and natural barriers: the then war-torn Rakhines began to regard it as the “Promised Land”.

Once, more than six million shrines and pagodas flourished and there is rarely a hilltop that does not adorn itself with one pagoda or another.
After the annexation of Arakan (Rakhine) by the British, the capital was shifted to Sittwe (Akyab): since that time Mrauk-U was known by the people as Mrohaung (Old City). The name Mrohaung was given by the British when they shifted their seat of administration to Sittwe in 1826. The original name was restored in 1979.
The city is just 40 miles away by river from Sittwe and the trip takes 3 to 4 hours. There are daily flights to Sittwe from Yangon which take 2 hours via Thandwe. The boat departs from a jetty in the Sattroegya, a tributary creek of the Kaladan river and on the way there are many places of interest to be seen along the river.

Have a great weekend!

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Hi Andreas

This is realy good landscape!

TFS

Regards
Philip

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  • wolf38 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2141 W: 75 N: 1089] (7364)
  • [2007-05-11 12:27]

Hallo Andreas. Wieder eine Landschaft als kleines Meisterwerk. Farben und Stimmung sind fast wie in einem alten Gemälde. Selbst der in der Ferne immer tranparenter werdenende Horizont übt eine eigenartige Faszination aus. SEHR SCHÖN. Viele Grüße, Wolfgang.

Hallo Leo,
Excellent composition. The landscape in this panoramic format gives you a good result, since it catches perfectly this flat valley and the relief of the hills and the mountains that are fading away towards the background, where the striping of different gray tones give a very agreeable and mysterious effect.
I like them the mist that floods the landscape, the light of the morning and the colors of the photo.
A great shot, my friend.
Best regards,
Josep

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  • Paolo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4704 W: 146 N: 9094] (39995)
  • [2007-05-11 12:32]

Hi Leo, amazing one, with excellent image with wonderful misty effect and from a great, great POV.
thanks, ciao

Hi Andreas,
This is realy good landscape........
I like them the mist that floods the landscape, the light of the morning and the colors of the photo.
A great shot..............
waseem khan

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  • Buin Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 3561 W: 0 N: 7183] (25072)
  • [2007-05-11 12:37]

Hallo Andreas!
Wieder ein wunderschönes Foto aus Deinem Schatzkästchen. Diese Nebel-Stimmung ist wirklich hinreißend schön - genau wie die Landschaft. Man kann sich richtig "hineinträumen" ....

Ein schönes Wochenende aus dem stürmischen Siegen!
Frank

Hi Andreas,
A very evocative image!
All the fog and smog at the air makes a very special mood on this picture.
Excellent the high POV to show us this magnificent scene.
I think you made a very good composition with the crop at the top.
I would like to see this image in a large post.
Congratulations and thanks fro share it.
My best regards,
JM

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  • Maddog Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 99 W: 0 N: 48] (4091)
  • [2007-05-11 12:43]

Hi Leo

Very nice landscape, very beautifull morning atmosphere here!!

Mad

Bonsoir Andreas
Superbe composition avec toute cette végétation et ces montagnes qui sortent de la brume. La prise de vue en contre-plongée donne une belle profondeur d'image.
Bravo - merci pour le partage et bonne soirée.
Nicole

Hi Andreas,
Stunning scenery... Very nice colors and well chosen POV and superb light.
Have a good weekend.
Ahmet

Hi Andreas,

very good landscape of Myanmar.An excellent composition and a good pov with amazing colors.I have added the picture to my favorites.Bravo.

With regards from Luxembourg

Jean-Claude

Hello Leo,
Wow, so beautiful !
I like this foggy lanscape. Good moment taken.
Best regards,
Fabrice

Hello Leo,
A nice misty atmosphere on your favourite landscapes.
Good light
have a nice week end
didier

Hi Andreas,

Wow, very beautiful photo. The low hanging fog is just perfect, wonderful job capturing this valley. It seems to be such simplicity to life out here, you capture it very well. Nicely done, thanks for sharing!

-Matt

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  • elmec Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1724 W: 63 N: 774] (12184)
  • [2007-05-11 15:42]

Wow! Such a lovely view! Land just like from fairy-tale!
Magic are the lines of fog!
Congratulations!
Best regards!

I love the colours and the ambiance of this picture !

Well done !

Ludovic Toinel.

Bonsoir Leo
le paysage est magnifique et la brume apporte une excellente atmosphère. Bravo pour avoir pu capturer cette belle lumière. Une photo que j'aimerai en grand format pour en apprécier toute la profondeur.
amicalement
Xavier

Hi, Leo. A picture with atmosphere. The mist hanging down on the valley creates an early morning atmosphere. The ranges of hills give a good depth to the picture.

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  • Fis2 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2482 W: 141 N: 1519] (33107)
  • [2007-05-11 16:34]

Witaj Andreas!
Wonderful morning, curious landscape. I like the frame and composition. Very impressive picture. Good work.
Regards
Krzysztof

Bonsoir Andreas
Un paysage magnifique avec cette brume qui donne une ambiance particulière .Une excellente lumière qui magnifie les couleurs
Bravo
amicalement

salut leo
un vue magnifique de cette brume rasante dans le paysage, la chance d'être au bon moment et de reussir cette photo, bravo a toi
amitiés
gilbert

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  • xuaxo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2617 W: 179 N: 2433] (4089)
  • [2007-05-11 17:50]

Hallo Leo,
No much to say: it's an amazing landscape.
Good weekend to you too.
F

Hello Andreas,
This is a stunning landscape photo! All of the layers with intermittent fog is just wonderful! A true masterpiece.
Regards,
Stan

Hallo Andreas,
Great mood in this great landscape. The crop is excellent, jsut as the framing. Those warm colours are all over the place, and in combination with the fog gives this image really his fantastic mood.
Great shot...really good.
Have a nice weekend, Henk

Hola Andreas:
I do not go away to recounting only to your photo. I have visited part(report) of your extensive gallery and have remained annihilated and impressed. You are a real crack of the photographic image.

Saying this, for my it has been a pride that you have given your favorable opinion to one of my photos. I am grateful for it to you very much. From now I will be faithful your follower to be able to take delight with your works.

Cordial regards.

Josep

Les nappes de brume créent une superbe atmosphère dans cette belle photo parfaitement composée. Je pense que tu as bien fait de couper le ciel qui ne manque vraiment pas. Bien joué, Leo!
Amicalement
JJ

Hi Leo
I never tire of looking at images of this place. This is so beautiful, so well framed and so well taken. Superb work.
Best wishes
Mark

Andreas,
Wow, great landscape !
The mist is superb, and your framing choices are perfect, providing nice depth and emphasizing the geometric cultivated areas.
Great one,
Regards,
JB.

Hi Andreas,
Great impression. This is picturesque and particular image. Splendid POV and beautiful details. Very fine shot, indeed.
Have a nice weekend, thank you
George

Hi Andreas
Like a dream !!
You captured great atmosphere here.
Fogs and colors perfect.
I love it , make it windows background for next week
TFS / Kind regards

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  • Gerrit Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4287 W: 87 N: 5264] (25510)
  • [2007-05-12 4:09]

Hi Leo,
beautiful, that light with its red glow in the foregound and the amazing pallet of colours in the centre.
A beauty

Hi Leo!
This one is a splendid photo with sooo soft touch of the fog and the use of elegant pastel tones. Yet it is so sharp and full of details, especially the temple is the pearl of the crown. And the last but not the least is the incredible depth of the vast plains, the hills look like leaning miles and miles away. Very beautiful... Congrats,
Deniz

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  • delkoo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3869 W: 235 N: 5055] (24828)
  • [2007-05-12 9:38]

bonjour andreas
A good choice for this setting, the mood that really grabs me, mist and different pastel colours as well as light makes a very nice landscape.

have a nice w.e
didier

Hi Andreas
What a beautiful view and well cropped. I like the atmosphre and landscape.
greetings Albecht

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  • Cormac Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3245 W: 56 N: 5986] (25032)
  • [2007-05-12 11:06]

Absolutely stunning shot! The light coming through the mist gives this a wonderful look, and because it silhoettes the trees and hills it makes everything stand out in sharp relief. Gorgeous!

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  • vonp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 369 W: 0 N: 290] (2187)
  • [2007-05-12 11:55]

Ciao Andreas!
WOW,What can I say... nothing: I have to contemplate your picture.
See you soon...
Paolo

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  • carper Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 9622 W: 450 N: 15463] (54196)
  • [2007-05-12 13:25]

a very good photo Leo,
the atmosphere is fantastic, the pov is good and the composition is as a dream, good photo job I like it a lot, well done.
gr. jaap

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  • Didi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 6353 W: 3327 N: 7823] (28978)
  • [2007-05-12 13:30]

Hi Leo
What a good chance to be in this nice place; very good composition and the mist adds some mysterious ambiance.
Well done.
Cheers.

Hi Andreas, this is another beautiful picture from Burmar. Great capture with the fog in there. Look so mysterious. And you make me really want to visit Burmar now. Well done. Sothy

Hi Leo,
Another fine misty and mystical shot with the hill layers giving a lot of depth, amazing light and colors, from a fine POV.
Superb
Marilyn

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  • jhm Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 12701 W: 272 N: 16936] (67790)
  • [2007-05-13 7:22]

Hello Andreas,

The landscape in this panoramic format gives you a good result, the low misty above the earth make this picture very attractive, excellent composition too. TFS.

Have a nice day,
John.

Hi Leo,
Another unforgettable shot from mrauk u. Well chosen POV, the lighting is simply fantastic.
With Greetings from India
Sabyasachi

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  • AmiBe Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2067 W: 370 N: 1681] (19510)
  • [2007-05-13 12:40]

Hi Leo,
the magic landscape is back ! :)
The light and the mist are excellent.
I recognize very well the pagoda on the left.
rgs

Hello Léo,
I like this atmosphere of morning glow, this landscape is very beautiful, well seen and done.
Best regards
Christian

Ciao Leo, fascinating misty landscape, splendid light and wonderful colors, very well done, ciao Silvio

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  • danyy Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 7422 W: 441 N: 10319] (52580)
  • [2007-05-13 17:16]

Bonjour Andreas,
il semble que tu ais le chic pour nous présenter ce genre de paysage dans les brumes.
Des couleurs délavées qui plaisent de suite.
Beaucoup de profondeur.
Best regards.
Daniel.

Bonsoir Andréas,
Tout simplement sublime! Quelle atmosphére, et quelle lumière!!
Amitiés.
max

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  • euryan Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1110 W: 121 N: 1767] (7760)
  • [2007-05-13 20:55]

Hi Leo,
Another wonderful shot from Myanmar! I like the panoramic crop, with no sky visible. The lighting and contrast are nicely contained. The PP is very well done, and makes this photo very lovely to gaze upon. Simply amazing.
Regards,

Hi Andreas
I love these misty morning settings, the light is really great at that time of day.
Cropping out the sky worked well, didn't think about it until i read your note.
Nice one
Harry

Hallo Leo,
schöner Blick und schönes Licht. So ganz viel von den Pagoden kommt nicht auf das Foto, aus meiner Sicht dominiert deutlich mehr die romantische Stimmung durch den Nebel. Was das Bild keinesfalls schlecht macht, aber so etwas stark im Kontrast zur historischen Note steht.
Lieben Gruss, Ulf

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  • sufi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1778 W: 187 N: 1552] (9468)
  • [2007-05-14 5:49]

Merhaba Andreas, my friend...
It's a perfect ambience... And wonderful landscape indeed... The light is perfect... Also perfect foggy atmosphere and colors... The point of view and the perspective are great... The line of the mountains is incredible...
TFS...
Stay well..
Salim.

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  • vincz Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2997 W: 85 N: 5051] (17520)
  • [2007-05-14 11:10]

Excellent image Leo. One of your best fron this place with the very first one you posted. this time the landscape (and not the pagoda) is taking full advantage of the magnificent light. The play between this light and the mist is fabulous. A great one. In my favorites.

Hi Andreas, another great composition and result!
excellent view, wonderful lights great high POV!
a stunning image!
ciao!
Valeria

Lovely landscape with a very nice fog effect, LEO !
Excellent POV, colours and light
TFS and greetings
Aires

Ola Andreas que paisagem fantastica , as cores sao maravilhosas, muito bonita a nublina sobre as terras de cultivo,parabens!!!
Um abraço Gonçalo

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  • adores Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2795 W: 53 N: 3953] (12619)
  • [2007-05-15 18:36]

Hi Andreas!
This is really an incredible scenery.The composition is great with all those mountains in the background and the fog invading the fields. I don't know how it was without the cropping but this way it's really good. I like the light too. Great work!
Regards, Anabela

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  • teutza Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1044 W: 228 N: 1865] (9903)
  • [2007-05-16 12:34]

Hy Leo,
this is a fantastic landscape!!
there are so manny elements to watch...and that fog is making a cosy atmosphere..
teo

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  • Stan Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 379 W: 11 N: 279] (2766)
  • [2007-05-16 14:12]

Bonsoir Andreas,
Surely the best photo of your birman landscapes. Framing, colors and light evereything perfect. Congratulations!
Serge

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  • dip Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1881 W: 0 N: 956] (9020)
  • [2007-05-17 19:37]

Das ist ein Tolles Bild Andreas!
Man spürt die Frische des Morgens,der Nebel gibt hier eine stimmungsvolle Atmosphäre,die Farben sind einfach klasse.
Super gemacht!
Grüße. -Dimitris-

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  • Angshu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5036 W: 170 N: 7789] (25424)
  • [2007-05-18 8:06]

Hello Leo
Such pictures, almost surrealistic..from your Myanmar collection..I envy you that you would be visiting again this year..This is very well composed with the side light on the pagoda, the strips of clouds & mist, the paddy fields & the mountains in the backdrop...almost a dreamscape. Well done!
Regards
Angshu

Andreas, I really don't know what to say. I'm in awe! A wonderful mood captured from a perfect POV with an overview of the landscape half covered by a magic fog and enchanting the view.

Hallo Andreas,
wahnsinns Foto! Die Nebelschwaden verleichen dieser wunderschönen, welligen Hügellandschaft etwas unwirkliches. Wir wirkt der gleiche Ort eigentlich zu einer späteren Uhrzeit? Ist der Anblick dann immer noch so beeindruckend?
Viele Grüße
Andreas

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  • jmcl Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2589 W: 146 N: 3421] (11904)
  • [2007-05-19 14:06]

Hi Andreas,

The combination of the jungle and steamy fog of this place .. the colors .. and this sense of vastness in this image is meditative and wonderful .. I bet it is really impressive to see at larger sizes ... beautiful image.

take care.

John

Hi Andreas
This is extraordinary. Amazing view at the valley with the fog. Great light and depth of field.
Regards

Hello Andreas.
How could I miss this pearl? even more with the atmosphere I love the most, the mist.
This is a fantastic view of this valley involved by the mist, and this pagoda on the left side. Love the atmosphere, the light and the layers made the mounts on background.
A fantastic job, going to my fav's.
Cheers.
Paulo

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  • JCG Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3319 W: 435 N: 4731] (16902)
  • [2007-06-04 14:01]

Hi Andreas,

Another wonderful misty landscape. Superb point of view. I like very much light and colors which give a beautiful atmosphere. It is very resting, thank you Andreas.

With all my friendships and a good evening,

Jean-Charles

Leo
Fantastic shot. I love this early morning pictures of Myanmar. Actually all your shots from that country are fantastic. The mood is very well captured.
TFS
Jorge
PS: I cant give you points, sorry. I have been banned for a month. (done!)

Hi Andreas,

Beautiful and mysterious landscape, you have caught a fantastic atmosphere, good composition and a great depth, without a doubt it is a wonderful place to visit. Thanks to share.

Regards
José

you have an amazing collection of great photos of myanmar, and this one is maybe my favorite, more than the very highly rated other one, the high POV is fantastic, like the mood and the soft colours, marvellous view
regards
jo

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