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Photographer’s Note

2 photos today.

The ruined tower above the beach at Villasimius, taken early in the morning. The WS version will show the beach better but without the tower. The tower is accessible by a footpath, probably used by horseback riders during the high season, as the entire trail is paved with horsesh*t.

10mm. focus length, with the obligatory vignetting, 0.6 ND Grad filter used.

The title is in respect to the most overpriced motel room in the world, which seemed to be the only one open in Villasimius at the time. By contrast I paid only 40 Euro in Cala Gonone the day before, which was also the only one open in town, and had a sea view. I know europe has gotten expensive, even for locals, sometimes the prices seem simply outlandish, especially for what you get, and especially in Italy. If the bank of Europe ever prints a 70Euro note, this image should be on it.

lilimih33, pboehringer, chpp, asajernigan, jjcordier, carper, PixelTerror, Tue, pasternak, cherryripe, stego, ChrisJ, giorgimer, Didi, crhieatt, ahmetgedikli, John_F_Kennedy, jhm, bostankorkulugu, jusninasirun, tehanu_f, kevinos has marked this note useful

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lilimih33 (9870) 2008-04-13 15:25

Hello Tan!
Wonderful place!
Fantastic sky!
Great colours and good light!
Lovely perspective!
The WS is nice, too!
Best regards!
Lili

pboehringer (768) 2008-04-13 15:46

Tan,
your sarcasm in your note is terrific and I just can imagine how much it must have been outrageous to pay US$ 105 for this one night in Villasimius. Witht he bad conversion between the US$ and the Euro you will have to start planning your visits to South America and Africa. Latter needs some yellow blanketing on your TE map anyway. At least you got a marvelous wide angle shot on the next morning and the vignetting doesn;t bother me at all. Quite often I do some artificial vignetting on my shots in PP. Something that I learned from late Ansel Adams.
Peter

veyselk (3498) 2008-04-13 16:46

merhaba Tan abi

abicim portfolyana baktımda genelde yukseklerden kareler cekiyorsun ve bize farklı bir bakıs açısı kazandırıyorsun...
renkleriyle ve manzarasıyla konuşan bir kare
ellerine sağlık

veysel

gneufeld (13773) 2008-04-13 16:53

Hi Tan,
I like it! Great details in the foregorund with splendid colors and excellent clarity and sharpness. Great shot and TFS. Gerald

jmcl (13251) 2008-04-13 18:02

Hi Tan,

I love the contrast of the light on the tower with the distant feeling background blues .. wonderful colors and a nice lesson for me on when to use 3.5 in a landscape .. wonderful image .. take care, John

chpp (3423) 2008-04-13 18:20

Hi Tan
great shot, very well composed and full of interesting things to watch. The tower in the FG has nice sharpness, The light is perfect and very nice colours. The BG is just amazing. The colour of the water in contrast with the sand.
Very nice shot, congrats
C

asajernigan (12059) 2008-04-13 19:40

Tan,
This is a very fine photo! The lighting and colors are great with excellent sharpness and detail. Your composition is great placing the ruins of the tower to one side and showing the sea and mountains on the other. The polarizer worked well in this shot giving it deep well saturated colors.
TFS,
Asa

dkeus31 (24548) 2008-04-13 20:45

Hi Tan.
a nice image with the tower well placed.
vivid saturated colors.
regards
didier

jjcordier (21862) 2008-04-13 21:48

Tan
L'endroit est superbe et tu en as tiré une photo splendide (je pourrais même dire 2 photos). j'en aime particulièrement la composition et les couleurs. Quant au prix de l'hôtel, malheureusement cela ne nous surprend même plus!
Amicalement
JJ

calexica (1241) 2008-04-13 23:01

Hey Tan,
A wonderful shot with excellent contrasts between the vegetation and the turquoise sea. The composition placing that tower on the left of the image is perfect. Splendid colors & sharpness. Congratulations!!!
Greetings,
Natasha

carper (60991) 2008-04-13 23:14

very nice one again Tan,
the point of view is well choosen, it creat more depth in the good composition, good quality and fine photojob here, have a good day Tan.
gr. jaap

ericfarge (736) 2008-04-13 23:38

Hello Tan,
Perfect shot and colors, the POV is fantastic.
You should try to travel in Scotland and you will see that 70 euros is not the most expansive you can pay for a room with no confort...
Thanks, Eric.

vincz (19031) 2008-04-14 0:08

Excellent deep colours. I like very uch the compsotion with the tower surronded by lots of wide space. Great depth, beautiful colours.

PixelTerror (81500) 2008-04-14 0:48

Hi Captain,
Ahah for once you picked up one of my PoVs, I also once climbed up to this twoer over Porto Giunco, of course as we can see the view is great and well introduced to by the landmark tower
Have a nice day JY

Gerrit (33056) 2008-04-14 1:11

Hi Tan,
excellent view in beautiful deep colours. The ruin and the vegetation around are just what they should be and the positioning is perfect.
Regards, gerrit

Tue (25367) 2008-04-14 1:26

Hi Tan,
Two beautiful photos. I like this one most because of the excellent inclusion of the old tower so well in the left foreground. Great view on the sea, hills and town in the background. Thanks for sharing!
Regards,
Lars

Dragut (1640) 2008-04-14 2:02

Salut captain

Belle image de Cagliari, je n'étais pas loin a deux ou trois jours de décalage.
Belle image équilibrée et d'une intensité agréable.
Pour le prix, il" t'a pris pour un Américain" comme on dit chez moi.
A plus !! Friendly

pasternak (12671) 2008-04-14 2:46

yes, Italy can be quite overpriced... nice colorful shot with great composition, the tower is exactly where it should be...

Cheers
A.

jonathan_hart (21637) 2008-04-14 3:06

great depth, well done composition, very nice POV
regards
jo

donluicu (23404) 2008-04-14 3:23

hey Tan

don't tell to everybody that Europe is expensive!!!
they won't come to visit us!!!

and you know that we need them.. the y have not arrived yet in April...very empty...may be they 've hear dyou!!

thank you Tan, really thank you!!! :-)

i told you Sardinia was not good for you. (guiness is!)

cheers

delkoo (31658) 2008-04-14 4:19

HELLO TAN,

i like this view, nicely spotted and well executed,

best regards
didier

Cormac (26423) 2008-04-14 7:36

The colours in this shot are really jaw dropping - so vivid and clear without being overdone. Great near/far type of composition too, with the ruined tower anchoring the whole shot. Well done!

cherryripe (17263) 2008-04-14 7:41

Hi Tan
As I mentionned to you, there are 3* motels in Australia which cost more than €70. But I agree that €70 is excessively high for the low season. Anyway the Genoese tower is very attractive and I like how the yellow flowers contrast with the blue of the sea. The light is so much nicer than in summer.
Regards
Nikki

stego (21486) 2008-04-14 10:43

Hi Tan,
I like the humour in your note almost as much as the gorgeous photo.
We already know of your mastery with light and wide angle lenses, and here it is another good example. Everything in the image seems to lead the eye to the tower, even the light is brighter on it (I wonder if the PP helped here). Wonderful colours also.
Much the same could be said about the WS.
TFS, Regards, José.

velocista (877) 2008-04-14 15:14

olá, great photo! very good composition and great colors. details are very good! congratulations. pedro

ChrisJ (65367) 2008-04-15 2:04

Hi Tan

A wonderful colour contrast, between the yellow green foliage, & the blue sea. Marvellous graphism of the ruined tower, with superb overall colour & sharpness. Tfs!

giorgimer (17508) 2008-04-15 5:00

Hi Tan,

wow! Great one! Stunning colors, excellent composition, perfect quality! A masterpiece!

Well done!

Gio

crhieatt (4862) 2008-04-15 14:00

Tan,
Excellent detail, particularly in the foreground vegetation leading up to the tower, which makes the foreground very strong.
The workshop photo is a useful addition too.
Regards
Colin

guillaumejm (8523) 2008-04-15 14:01

Hello tan
Nice picture with this pretty old tower. Lovely coloutrs and light.
Best regards
Jmarc

ahmetgedikli (20103) 2008-04-15 15:42

Yine rengarenk, nefis bir manzara... Süper bir bakış açısı... Selamlar, saygılar üstadım.
Ahmet

toto (17589) 2008-04-16 1:03

Bonsoir,
belle photo de cette tour en ruine, la verdure ayant repris ses droit autour donne beaucoups de couleurs a sa base.
Belle vue sur cette mer, cette ance, ces montagnes avec cette ville a ses pieds.
Jolies couleurs et bonne netteté de l' ensemble ce qui est très plaisant a visionner.

Amitiés Thomas
Je reviens

fayeulle (26297) 2008-04-16 1:42

Hi Tan
Nice place with a good framing and Velvia style colors as most of your posts.
Have a nice day
JP

John_F_Kennedy (27465) 2008-04-16 3:07

Both picture as worth to be uploaded as main pictures. Very beautiful landscape. Great colour and clarity. Great POV. Good contrast and composition. A great job.
Best wishes,
Achim

jhm (76918) 2008-04-16 3:49

Hello Tan,

I hope that the Europian Ministers read you note and make the new 70 Euro with your your image! Indeed europe be very expensive.
Nice ruin middle of the green vegetation, you placing the tower lovely to the left, so we see the sea and the splendid background.
Nice composition, excellent presentation too.
Very well done.

Greetings from Belgium,
John.

migzal (485) 2008-04-16 5:11

Another excellent shot. the vignetting effect gives more clarity on the subject.

Tobias__Ortmann (2487) 2008-04-16 11:24

Hi tan
great picture
very good view nice composition and great colours and depth I really like it
you have to go to africa a wonderfull country my friend^^
Toba

gilou530 (31861) 2008-04-16 12:24

salut tan
une vue en hauteur qui donne une belle vision du paysage sous un ciel bleu nuageux et une eau superbe, beau travail
amitiés
gilbert

bostankorkulugu (31273) 2008-04-16 14:44

denizin rengine bittim... yeşillikler arasından fışkıran limon sarısı çiçeklerle uyumu da cabası...

sizinle gezsem, tripotunuzu falan taşısam, şirket doktorunuz falan olsam... hiç mi ümit yok...

krkt

jusninasirun (8990) 2008-04-16 20:33

Hello Tan. Nice shot here at the landscape. Excellent sharpness and clarity with high definition of color. Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful day. Regards. Jusni

tehanu_f (6834) 2008-04-18 4:23

ben de bostankorkulugunun yamagi olsam, cay-kahve yapsam, gomlekleri utulesem, ucak biletlerini ayarlasam filan?
)))
TE'de en cok kiskanilan insanlardan oldugunun farkinda misin bilmiyorum ama bence bi nazar boncugu filan tak Tan. ))

Didi (33766) 2008-04-18 8:43

Hi Tan
70 € is not very expensive for an hôtel in France.
But you have bed & Breakfast called Gites de France at 50 € for 2 persons with the breakfast much better than hotel.
In France we suffer from the high artificial value of our currency.
Very nice view indeed with a beautiful luminosity.
Cheers.

miumiu (3866) 2008-04-19 8:43

Hello Tan!
Fantastic shot! l must see Sardegna! :-)
Agnes

alibasarir (13023) 2008-04-22 2:56

merhaba tan bey
inanılmaz güzel muhteşem bir manzara.özellikle bakış açısı çok güzel.gökyüzünün ve denizin nefis mavi tonları etkileyici.ayrıca ön planda baharın habercisi çiçeklerde çok hoş elinize sağlık.
selamlar
Ali

kevinos (6627) 2008-05-11 21:07

Well, I think this image is worth 70 Euros , Tan. Europe is certainly too expensive for me to live, these days. You have again amazing clarity and exposure and studious composition. No one does it better. regards kevin

stefi (1141) 2008-05-22 14:03

Hi Tan, I've taken a shot exactly from the same point 3 years ago in Villasimius! Sardinia is filled with old Spanish towers and usually the sight from there is breathtaking (as in this place, you can simply see the Mediterranean sea at 360°.
BTW, what you saw on the ground weren't horses**ts (when I went there it was filled with homo sapiens sapiens' s**ts). You know, Italy is expensive but with all that money they did not build a lavatory near the beach...it's a shame ! I'm sorry for these problems in my country.
Bye and TFS
Stefano