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Streets of Trinidad II

Trinidad was founded in the early XVI century.
It is the city where the Colonial buildings are one of the main attractive things to see, nowadays some of them are used as museums.
There, it seems that the time hasn’t passed by, everything is still as it was five hundred years ago.
Here you can see an old man going home with his donkey. I saw him coming from one street towards the “Plaza Mayor”, were I was standing, without moving myself, I waited for him until he crossed in front of me, and… here are them.
I liked to get a piece of this beautiful “Plaza”, with a part of the life of Trinidad, including some of its citizens.
You can enjoy another typical view of the streets of Trinidad in this link.
Trinidad was declared a world heritage place, for the UNESCO, in 1988.

If you ever go to Cuba, you have to go to visit this lovely and colourful city.
I promise you will never forget it.

P-S-I-G, elihesamian, singuanti, anakin, ChristianS, alejandroguzman, capthaddock, tiobibi, niphredil76 has marked this note useful

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P-S-I-G (24482) 2005-10-15 6:31

Hello Jaume,
As usual, very good work about Cuba. I like this man with his donkey. They give much life to the photo. Beautiful light and colors.
Best regards.
Fabrice

elihesamian (26091) 2005-10-15 12:01

A great daily life shot,Jaume,I like your POV and the way your frame became full of white lines of the guards here and there in excellent contrast with ambient's elements,with a fine graphism,and the man who seems goes slowly with his donkey in the street,
Great composition and I like it very much,Jaume,

Yours
M

singuanti (15240) 2005-10-15 23:04

Hi Jaume. Indeed this place is beautiful and picturesque. This is a timeless shot in a timeless place. I also like the movement of the donkey. Nice one Jaume.

anakin (2775) 2005-10-16 9:36

Hola mani, creo que es una muy bella estampa me gusta mucho el resultado, los colores, la perspectiva, y todo lo que nos muestras,...una encantadora foto...
saludos valencianos

MiguelP (14296) 2005-10-16 10:10

Jo, yo quiero ver la cara del señor... Bueno, que soy un pesadito. Buen resultado y buena foto para pensar: Siglo XXI y en burro. Gracias Jaume, muy auténtica.

ChristianS (2997) 2005-10-18 12:25

Hola Jaume, again those lovely colours characteristic of your Cuba pictures and such a nice and serene composition with the lonely man and his donkey. And all this lined by the beautiful ornate fence. Well done again Jaume!

Regards, Christian

alejandroguzman (4672) 2005-10-19 14:02

Hola Jaume:

Simpatica compo la que presentas.
El parelelismo de las bardas y el hombre al medio me parecio genial. Ademas de tener mucho color esta foto.

abrazos
alejandro

coco (27612) 2005-10-23 12:52

Resulta que se me había pasado. Y voy hoy y me doy cuenta.
Hola Jaume.
Siguiendo con la tónica (debe de ser así la isla), los colores son magníficos.
Pero más allá de eso, y tal y como dice Miguel, la gracia está en el hombre con el burro. Aunque no estuvieramos en el s. XXI ya le daría cierto aire a la foto (le aporta la cotidianidad y el día a día de la gente, y el hecho de que esa cotidianidad es muy diferente de la nuestra). Pero estamos en el año 2005 y estamos, con la foto, en Cuba. Vale la pena la foto.
Un saludo.

capthaddock (28640) 2005-12-09 10:02

Hi Jaume - this is one of the best street shots I've seen from Cuba, the lace like ironwork is beautiful, excellent timing and composition, I really like the total lack of distractions like cars, garbage bins, street numbers, signs etc. that usually pollute street shots.