Hwaseong Fortress Mural Photo

Photographer’s Note

A detail from a wall at the reconstructed Hwaseong Fortress in Suwon, south of Seoul. The fortress was destroyed by the Japanese last century, but rebuilt. It is now a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage listed site.

Resized to 730, sharpened to 50%, & saved with 75% quality in 'Gimp'.

papagolf21, elihesamian, pranab, MLINES has marked this note useful

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babri (422) 2006-06-22 5:39

Hi Chris,
Nice and clear shot of a wall picture! Colors are well visible in spite of low contrast on the wall. Tfs.
Best,
Reza

stiginthedump (1823) 2006-06-22 6:12

You know what? I've got exactly the same photo! Although mine wasn't as sharp! I cropped my version thus getting rid of the lines , but mind you keeping them in gives the photo a double frame!

sarhanp (122) 2006-06-22 6:13

Hello Chris, beautiful paintings captured perfect by you. Additional information is very useful.

Many Thanks,

Sarhan.

john_c (24635) 2006-06-22 10:50

Hi Chris,
A fascinating mural detail. I like the hues and tones and how they blend so well with the underlying rock surface. The lighting and clarity are superb. Very fine work.
John

Gerrit (35417) 2006-06-22 12:32

Hi Chris,
curious frescoes. From what paeriod they are original?
Good picture,
thanks and regards, Gerrit

Cormac (26447) 2006-06-22 17:27

Amazing clarity and colour in this. One thing that I noticed is that it appears to have different levels (with the artwork and the texture of the surface mixing with each other), yet it is obviously a flat, 2 dimensional surface. Makes me want to see what it looks like in real life. Great capture!

papagolf21 (55872) 2006-06-22 18:32

Bonsoir Chris,
Je suis heureux de revoir vos photographies, et particulièrement celle-ci. Très bon cadrage pour présenter cette fresque murale d'une beauté extraordinaire.
L'ensemble est parfaitement restitué.
J'aime beaucoup.
Amitiés.
Philippe

Emile (19775) 2006-06-23 1:24

Very well captured, excellent sharpness, your picture has very good details, good POV with good lighting and perspective.
Well done Chris.

fayeulle (26539) 2006-06-23 2:19

Hi Cris
Very interesting wall painting here. I would have more information about the size of these one.
Cheers
JP

Izobretenik (1264) 2006-06-23 3:33

Very nice picture Chris. I love these documentary pictures for I really the impression to learn something when I look at it. I would have certainly cropped the left part for I don't see any interesting detail in it.

Izo

elihesamian (26091) 2006-06-24 2:38

Hi Chris,
great details and well sharpened,I remember when I was in South Korea,many things about the war between japan and S.K,and this one is,too,one of those,well presented,fantastic colors,Thanks Chris,...
(don't wonder,I don't know Gimp,what is that?!)
Best Regards
M

oochappan (22024) 2006-06-24 7:02

Hi Chris

A fine detail of this mural painting, excellent TE document with an impacable presentation in color and contrast.

Henk

pranab (5354) 2006-06-25 3:24

chris,
nice sharp image with good color preserved for us to see the details. good composition.

kclai (2267) 2006-06-25 23:38

Hi Chris
You are back in business.
A rare piece of art but the color looked so fresh.
A true cultural heritage site, Chris.
Good day, Chris.
Eric Lai

Angshu (33215) 2006-06-26 1:00

Namaste Chris
Fascinating mural details here...nice colours & I also like how they blend so well with the underlying rock surface. The lighting and clarity are superb.
Regards
Angshu

RADEEH (2762) 2006-07-07 11:40

Happy to see the old murals are protected and preserved. Very good details, the sharpness is perfect.Thanks for the ingformative note.

Great work Congrats and TFS

batalay (20658) 2009-02-17 5:47

Hello Chris,

This sensational image from 2 1/2 years ago came up in the random-order display of images on your Intro page. Although very similar, the images have just enough variation to show that they are not produced by a cookie cutter technique. Excellent colors and resolution. I wonder when the Hwaseong Fortress was built.

War,regards.
Bulent