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Valletta - Yellow impression


Valletta - Yellow impression
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Copyright: George Rumpler (Budapestman) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 3956 W: 0 N: 7171] (25411)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-03-18
Categories: Daily Life, Architecture, Artwork
Camera: Canon Digital EOS350D, Sigma 70-300mm F4-5.6 DG Macro
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Discovery of Malta, Your Favorites, Sne's another 100 favorites [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-04-02 6:36
Viewed: 1747
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 68
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Valletta, the capital city of Malta, is built on the northern half of the Sciberras peninsula, which separates the Grand Harbour from Marsamxett Harbour. The city is completely surrounded by fortifications and covers an area that is 900 meters by 630 meters The street plan is based on a more or less uniform grid. Republic Street divides one side of the city from the other and runs from Fort St. Elmo to the City Gate. Many of the streets that run parallel to Republic Street fall steeply as you get closer to the tip of the peninsula. Transverse street begin as flights of stairs at each end. The stairs do not conform to normal dimensions since they were constructed so as to allow knights in heavy armour to be able to climb the steps. The steps contributes towards the uniqueness of Valletta. Any irregularities that occur in the streets grid were imposed on it by the lie of the land and the need to have unhampered communications around the circuit of the fortifications.
Valletta was the brainchild of Grand Master Jean de la Valette. When the knights agreed, although reluctantly, to make Malta their headquarters, de la Valette quickly realized that they needed a defensible city to protect the island against the Turkish hordes that had driven them out of Rhodes and had followed them all the way to Malta. At the Grand Master's request, the Pope sent his own architect and Michelangelo's assistant, Francesco Laparelli, to Malta to help with the building of Valletta. Arriving in Malta on December 28th, 1565, he had the plans for the city drawn within three days. On March 28th, the new city was officially born. The inauguration ceremony was held on the site of the Porta Reale (the site of the entrance gates to Valletta) and the city was christened Valletta after the Grand Master. The bastions surrounding the city are impressive indeed but were never tested. Perhaps the Turkish generals realized that they were no match against the fortified city. The Grand Harbour is virtually lined with a string of bastions. Fort Sant' Elmo and Fort Ricasoli (the largest fort in the Commonwealth) protect the entrance to the harbour. Fort St. Angelo and the walls of Birgu and Senglea across the harbour shield its flank. The Grand Master died before the city was finished.
Towards the end of 1568, the Maltese architect and engineer, Gerolamo Cassar, took charge of the building of the city when Laparelli left for active service in Crete, where he died. Cassar and Laparelli laid out the street plan for the city. The first building that went up in the city is the Church of Our Lady of Victory, which commemorates the lifting of the Great Siege. Cassar designed all the auberges, the Magisterial Palace, the Conventual Church of St. John, the parish church of St. Paul, the churches of St. Mary of Porto Salvo, Carmine, St. Augustine and St. Mary of Jesus, and numerous other buildings and houses for the members of the order. Cassar died in 1586.
(Source: www.maltagozo.com)
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Another beauty here George, a study in yellow brownd. Looks like it could be eiher very exotic or very crowded, probably depends on who your neighbor is. Nice capture.

Greg

Hi George,

Stunning view, almost like coming out of a Star Wars movie... I like your angle on these typical maltese architectural details. Did you shoot from your hotel window? Anyway, you were perfectly placed to get a close up and a high level view. You’ve created a nice composition, a real crisp and sharp image,

Well done!

André

Hello George,
An interesting composition of all these overhanging window nicely punctuated by the lady putting her washing out. The windows are all very similar in some respects yet each is slightly different. Thus the eye has much to linger over and discern. Good work.

I really wish I could visit Malta.
Such pictures makes me sure that travelling is the best thing I can do.
Great colours - I like pinkish ladies outfit, that gives extra bonus to this picture.
Great.
K.

Hello George,
Great photo, excellent perspective and POV really makes the buildings and the ladies residence very interesting. It would be interesting to see what the same photo would look like in portrait rather than landscape, I think the effect would be much better. Thanks for sharing,
Jules

Hi George,
Another superb view of Malta, great POV, beautiful architecture, very well done.TFS.
Cheers!

hAyAti

George
nice colour tone. excellent architecture, adn nice choice of composition.its funny to see only the clothes out add a bit of colour
well taken
marianna

Hi George,
It's great to look this having been there myself just a few weeks ago. Uniform colours and balcony styles makes these scenes special. The person up there works well as a main focal point.
Kari

Great Great shot. Belongs to the pictures I adore. Great POV and colors.

Best regards from Cyprus,

Marios

Hello George
Beautiful picture taken from an excellent and great point of view!
Regards,Fernando

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  • doubay Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 976 W: 56 N: 915] (4523)
  • [2007-04-02 10:49]

Hi George,
great shot. Compo is really impressing, with great POV, framing and colours. Congrats!
Kind regards
Andreas

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  • paura Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 4092 W: 8 N: 2648] (22068)
  • [2007-04-02 10:51]

George,
Nice composition here. A good POV to view all of this interesting architecture details. Amazing windows to look.

Paulo

George: cleary a MASTERLY composed image. Details, color scheme, eye for isolated elements (the people) all come together in this great compo. regardes, c

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  • leo61 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3673 W: 339 N: 7372] (31310)
  • [2007-04-02 15:36]

Hi George!
Great shot with these many windows at these same colord houses.You placed this woman in well contrasting pink cloth well.It`s a very sharp image with many fine details at these facades.
Regards,Leo

Hello george,
You are doing a magnificent serie on malta. All your photos are good and interesting.
Good framing and light.
bravo
Cordially
joęl

you captured wellt he architecture with a touch of life with this man on the balcony.great colors.

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  • danyy Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 7320 W: 441 N: 10099] (51515)
  • [2007-04-02 17:44]

Tu as bien raison de publier d'uatres photos de cet endroit.
J'aime beaucoup ici cette femme semblant perdue dans cette jungle de balcons.
Magnifiques couleurs et lumičres tendres.
Bien ŕ toi.
Daniel.

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  • atus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2274 W: 207 N: 4370] (14655)
  • [2007-04-02 19:06]

Szia Gyuri,
fantasztikus ez a kép! Kivŕlňan tetted, hogy csak ěgy a surujébe "lottél", ugyelve arra, hogy kituno részletekkel, némileg megtord a balkonok suru harmňniŕjŕt. Gratulŕlok és mčgegyszer koszonom a běztatň szavakat!
Attila

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  • flory Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 845 W: 23 N: 984] (4543)
  • [2007-04-03 0:24]

ciao George,
again an interesting shot with those windows and balconies,this time the precence of that woman it's welcome..good angle to get such a high view..anyway,believe the neighbours are friends there..:)
nice day,
flory

Hi George. Excellent photo. You have captured the woman and her surroundings so she looks perfectly in her right place. Great colours and composition. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Paul.

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  • Paolo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4701 W: 146 N: 9063] (39869)
  • [2007-04-03 5:05]

Hi George, another great one, with the lonely woman looking down that fantastic facades!
i know that streets, is a paradise for us!
excellent work.
thanks, ciao

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  • jhm Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 12547 W: 270 N: 16625] (66518)
  • [2007-04-03 8:47]

Hi George,

Thanks for you excellent not.
Again a wonderful picture out of your series, almost a yellow gold colour from these houses gallery, Who live all in this great building bloc, incredible, excellent quality from this lovely picture. Thanks for sharing.

Regards, John.

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  • zeca Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2932 W: 162 N: 4123] (17506)
  • [2007-04-04 0:04]

Hi George!
Another nice capture from Valletta, this time with a nice inclusion of life. The colours are amazing...
Regards,
Zeca

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  • Graal Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4800 W: 121 N: 472] (42119)
  • [2007-04-04 2:38]

Jó napot George,
amazing architecture and one colour dominante. Good composition and sharpness. Good informations in note. I like it.
Gr., Aleksander

Hi George,
Excellent POV, perspective and colours in this gorgeous composition.
Very good details and light here.
TFS and greetings
Aires

Amazing architecture! The most attractive is the colour. Great composition
Achim

merhaba my friend george.
beautiful harchitecture picture.wonderful interesting malta and beautiful interesting colours.well done my friend.
best regards.
gürkan akçakır.

Hi George, wonderful composition with splendid effect, beautiful architecture, very well done, ciao Silvio

Hi George,
Malta continues to mesmerise me, simply outstanding colours. Beautiful old buildings, love those balconies. I wish more cities retain their character like this.
With Greetings from India
Sabyasachi

Hi George!
This picture is very atractive!
One point however: I think it is too much saturated. The person does not seem real unfortunatly.
I little less saturation would help I think but I know that saturation is a must for most TEers!
Simon

This is a great, wonderfully taken photo george.
the woman on her balcony adds dynamism to the picture and the light is like it should be.

Agnieszka

I like the compression of perspective here, and also how you totally filled the frame with the facades of these houses.
Beautiful faded colours and textures, and the way the colour of the woman's clothing echoes that of the hanging laundry below is a good touch.
Excellent shot, George.

Cheers,
Ben

Hi George,
Great shot! I liked the composition of it. Malta really seems to be very beautiful. I liked the notes too. Thks for sharing with us!

Hello George,

I am discovering beautiful photos of this city from your gallery. You have several great shots. I really like this one, zooming in on the buildings to capture this woman putting out the laundry. Good eye here.

Regards,
David

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