A little paradise Photo

Photographer’s Note

Streets of Trinidad

If there is a place for the Colonial Romanticism, this is Trinidad, founded in the early XVI century in honour of the Holy Trinity, with some colonial buildings nowadays used as museums such as the Palacio Brunet and the Palacio Cantero, that were built in its days of prosperity from the sugar trade.
The city was very important for the conquest of the American continent.

At the background you can see the bell tower of the “Convento de San Francisco”, build in the XVII century, symbol of the city.
Trinidad was declared a world heritage place, for the UNESCO, in 1988.

You can’t go to Cuba without visiting Trinidad, when you are there, you really feel as if you had found a great treasure.

I will return...

ChristianS, MiguelP, Galmeida, P-S-I-G, AmiBe, coco, capthaddock, singuanti, tiobibi has marked this note useful

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ChristianS (2997) 2005-10-08 13:38

Hola Jaume, nice photo and some lovely and colouful old houses flanking the street. I like the composition and perspective with the nice house alignment and the street leading the eye to the tower of the church. The light is bright and the colours are very nice. Nice work!

Regards, Christian

MiguelP (14294) 2005-10-08 13:40

¡Como me acuerdo de este lugar Jaume! Entre los más bonitos que he visitado a lo largo y ancho de este mundo. Bueno aquí sigo con la resaca de anoche pero no lo suficientemente tarumba como para no saber lo que escribo: Recoges estupendamente bien los colores del lugar, también tuviste suerte con el cielo, nubes para dar relieve, nada de azul perdido por saturación. Me hubiera gustado ver sólo al bicicletero pero vamos, es por ponerme pijín de la calle Serrano. Tengo casi dos semanas de vacaciones pendientes y tus fotos me están dando ganas de volver a Cuba ahora que hay billetitos de avión baratos. Fins despres.

Galmeida (12559) 2005-10-08 14:10

Hello Jaume,
Thanks for your visit and thanks also for your fine work. I like the angle and perspective you took. Color contrast between green tones and blue with a mixture of soft pink. I like the enquadrement you did for composition. Excelent light management, fine colors and sharpness. The people you capture is also a good adition.

Good work, well seen and composed.
Thanks for sharing and have a nice weekend.
OBRIGADO

Fernando

jemaflor (38871) 2005-10-08 14:43

La perspective est superbe et la composition idéale, bel ensemble coloré, netteté excellente, bravo !

P-S-I-G (24482) 2005-10-08 15:42

Hello Jaume,
Very good perpespective and colors. I like the old tower very much. Good work.
Regards.
Fabrice

AmiBe (6042) 2005-10-08 18:55

Hi Jaume,
nice view of Trinidad, well composed with a good perspective.
I think that it could be a good idea to wait that the cyclist is closer.
Anyway a good shot

kLe (2027) 2005-10-09 14:34

Hola Jaume. En totes aquestes fotos de Cuba estàs aconseguint un estil similar, gairebé com si estiguessis fent un reportatge. Ho fa la llum una mica groguenca de les fotos i els tons pastel. La composició és bonica aquí i m'agrada veure un carrer en el qual l'únic vehicle sigui una bicicleta. Potser hi ha un excés d'enfocament o un problema al comprimir. Ho dic per les petites aurèoles que es veuen damunt de les teules.

coco (27604) 2005-10-09 19:01

Hola Jaume.
Como casi todas tus fotos de Cuba tiene algo que domina toda la foto: el color.
Y no solo es color.
Me gusta mucho la foto: desde la composición (con esa calle a modo de punto de fuga en dirección a la gente), al cielo. Pasando por otros muchos detalles (las casas, la misma calle, la gente o la poca gente en la calle, la torre del convento de San Francisco,...).

Será cierto eso que dicen por ahí... habrá que visitar la isla al final.
Un saludo.

capthaddock (28640) 2005-10-09 21:23

Hi Jaume - wonderful colonial architecture and nice busy sky, I hope though they will put those cables underground some day.

singuanti (15240) 2005-10-09 23:16

Hi Jaume. The title of the shot is certainly appropriate. The composition and depth are both great. I see that it was bright out, perhaps you could reduce that a hair. Nice shot and tfs Jaume!

toni_al (15430) 2005-10-12 7:23

Hola Jaume
Unos colores poco habituales en comparacion a nuestros edificios, pero que le dan mucha vida, la que luego les quita esas horibles rejas, pero...
muy buena captura con la iglesia bien situada, y la gente al fondo.
Buen trabajo.
Adeu Toni