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Photographer’s Note

Cockpit Country is a rugged, inaccessible area of inland Jamaica. These very characteristics have given it special importance and it is proposed that it become a World Heritage Site. It is an island-within-an-island of specially-adapted biodiversity found nowhere else in the world and is a last refuge for some species driven from the rest of Jamaica by humans. It was also a place where a population of Maroons was able to force the British into signing a peace treaty in 1738. In this website, we use the term Cockpit Country to refer to the anthropologically-defined area within the "ring road". This is the area where the karst terrain is so developed that humans have not found it viable to develop and where some semblance of the original flora and fauna remains.

Thisd picture is taken from Maroon Town looking over the last developped acres into the wilderness of cockpit country.

ChrisJ, snunney, japiey, casperduppy, parbo, John_F_Kennedy, josepmarin, carper, plimrn has marked this note useful

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ChrisJ (69522) 2008-02-18 4:20

Hi Gerrit

Good sharpness & colour, with the fg branches adding texture & depth, as well as a frame. A superb blue sky, with lush tropical greenery. Tfs!

snunney (34060) 2008-02-18 4:23

Hello Gerrit,
A beautiful lit shot of this tropical forest. I like the point of view looking through the gap in the trees and the blue/green tonal contrasts. Very good sharpness.

japiey (9471) 2008-02-18 4:31

Hi Gerrit,

Looking through nature's windows...
Excellent frame... a natural window..
Beautifull tones that makes this lovely.

jp

Fis2 (45194) 2008-02-18 7:34

Hej Gerrit!
Hm Jamajka... Wonderful place, beautiful labdscape. I like the colors and light. Good frame. Well done.
Regards
Krzysztof

casperduppy (1460) 2008-02-18 10:23

Hi Gerrit,
Lovely viewpoint of the mountains surrounded by the lush green landscape. The trees provide a nice natural frame.

Are you aware of the Save Cockpit Country campaign?

Warm regards, casper

Cricri (42797) 2008-02-18 11:18

Hi Gerrit,
Joli les arbres en cadrage qui invite a regarder le paysage, de jolies couleurs et lumiéres du bleu du ciel, belle présentation
Good evening for you
cricri

pboehringer (770) 2008-02-18 12:08

Gerrit,
it might be that this place is an inaccessible for you, but not for us after having you battling tyourself through the jungle and taking this overview POV of the place. Curious name for a place - cockpit. Why? What is the story behind?
Peter

parbo (10956) 2008-02-18 16:16

Dag Gerrit,

You created a beautiful frame with green trees at both sides. Greens are very attractive and the mountains at background are very nice. I was curios about "cockpit" but already found the answer in your discussion with Dear "pboehringer".

Friendly Regards,

Ertugrul

John_F_Kennedy (30629) 2008-02-19 2:34

Very nice. The light is wonderful, the sharpness great. The composition is just right and the framing excellent.
Best wishes,
Achim

josepmarin (33577) 2008-02-19 3:03

Hi Gerrit,
I like this sight on a natural and wild landscape, well caught in your setting with the branches creating a frame around it, and adding a good graphism to the composition.
Great work with the light and the colors.
A very nice shot, I like.
Best regards, my friend,
Josep

gracious (20017) 2008-02-19 9:06

Hello Gerrit,
Very beautiful tropical scenery well captured!
the branches act like a window frame to view the vastness of the land, just wonderful
many thanks for sharing and the useful notes
best regards
Tony

jurek1951 (25728) 2008-02-19 9:25

Hi Gerrit,
very nice image, excellent sharpness and good natural colours.
Georg

jemaflor (38827) 2008-02-19 10:58

Hi Gerrit,
Well framed with a natural and vegetal frame well placed to see well this hill in background, good colours.

gilou530 (34681) 2008-02-19 13:40

salut gerrit
tu as fait la un beau voyage dans ce pays verdoyant, tu nous en montre un petit morceau, j'aime bien ton cadrage
amitiés
gilbert

carper (64026) 2008-02-20 0:29

het lijkt me schitterend daar Gerrit,
mooie view, prachtige doorkijk. zeer fraai werk.
groet Jaap

bracasha75 (21652) 2008-02-20 3:41

Hello Gerrit
Excellent view...just like from cockpit
Good colors
Ciao,Braca

plimrn (19558) 2008-02-20 4:09

Hello Gerrit,
I like the the way you framed the view of the sun-kissed mountain and clouds with the contrast between the sunlight on the leaves and the dark slhouettes. The note is interesting and informative. What a smart idea to have a midwinter tropical holiday!!
HLJ, Pat

ahmetgedikli (21559) 2008-02-21 13:40

Hi Gerrit,
Very well composed scene with wonderful color tones and good light.
Thanks and best wishes.
Ahmet