The Old Captaincy Building Photo

Photographer’s Note

Hi TE friends

This is a famous building in Aveiro city, supported many activities since the contruction.

The first reference to this building occurs in 1406, in a paper authorizing the construction of a tide mill. Then, in 1830, a local buy it to support his industrial unit.

After that, this building supported many activities: salt deposit, lead deposit (1856-1858), coal deposit (1858); packages and orange warehouse; headquarters of a newspaper; and then a mill again, but this time operated via a steam machine (1880). At this time, this building only had 1 floor.

In the 20th century, the 2nd floor was built and it becomes the main building of "Escola de Desenho Industrial Fernando Caldeira" (Design School - 1918). After that there was many kind of uses until 1926, when the Ministry takes it to be the Captaincy Building and the house of the port Captain. From 1993 to 1994 it becomes the council association and, finnaly it was bought by the city hall to be one of the most important building os the city: the Assembly.

Nikon D40X
2009/04/02 12:50:34.6
RAW (12-bit)
Lens: 18-55mm F/3.5-5.6 G
Focal Length: 19mm
Digital Vari-Program: Auto (Flash Off)
Metering Mode: Multi-Pattern
1/200 sec - F/7.1
Exposure Comp.: 0 EV
Sensitivity: ISO 100
Optimize Image: Vivid
White Balance: Auto
AF Mode: AF-A
Color Mode: Mode IIIa (sRGB)
Tone Comp.: Normal
Hue Adjustment: 0°

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mauro61 (15270) 2009-04-27 7:19

ciao Aires,
immagine gradevole sia per i colori e sia per l'ottima inquadratura.
Edificio molto particolare ben ripreso, bravo
saluti
maurizio

paura (38278) 2009-04-27 8:45

Aires,
enquadramento e exposiçção excelentes para mostrar esse interessante lugar. Beleza de trabalho, amigo.

Abraço

Paulo

mkamionka (4300) 2009-04-27 10:02

Hi Aires,
beautiful postcard.
I like the colors and sharpness perfect as always in your shots.
The sky is very pretty too.
Personally I would get rid of this guy sitting in the right side of the shot, but except for that it is very nice.
The architecture seems to very interesting too,
TFS,
M

TGULUMSER (12510) 2009-04-27 10:07

Hello Aires,
Very nice and clear view of this beautiful building,
Best regards,
Tulay

emka (21217) 2009-04-27 10:08

Hi Aires,

Interesting building. Very nice colours and good composition. It doesn't look so old. I remember it but I did not know what it was.

Regards

Malgorzata

danos (32250) 2009-04-27 10:24

Ola Aires,
nice presentation of this Captaincy building that looks like as a ship.I like the brilliant colours and the light as the sharpness and the clarity of the scene.The pose woman adds life in the scene.Well done.

Regards,Danos

JanD (14707) 2009-04-27 10:25

Howdy Aires!
Very interesting building on the water. Nice colors. Good tourist. Superb colors.
Regards.

barrufeto_77 (25715) 2009-04-27 10:29

Hola Aires.

Desde luego, un lujazo para la vista. Tremendos los colores y el cielo!

Un saludo!

bobocortis (14140) 2009-04-27 11:51

Hello Aires.
A magnificent polarized sky. A curious floating building.
A well-placed and colorful human figure.
Best regards.
Bobo.

siamesa (12726) 2009-04-27 12:22

Olá Aires

Um prédio bastante eclético, sem dúvida. Depois de servir para tantas atividades ele continua muito bonito e parecendo ser super bem cuidado. a foto está uma beleza com enquadramento e cores maravilhosas. Parabéns.
Abraços
maria

Atousa (3434) 2009-04-27 20:15

Salam Aires,

A nice shot of this interesting building..I like the colours n clarity of it..nicely composed with great details..well done.
Best regards, Atousa

mikolaj_kawa (29889) 2009-04-28 0:56

Ola Aires! I love this place. I love Arcada Hotel. I love Canal Central. Wonderful renovated Old Captaincy Building. Very interesting woman in red. Good composition. Saude!

John_F_Kennedy (31229) 2009-04-28 1:56

Hello Aires,
Very good framing. Pink colours and building amazing. It's a wonderful shot.
Best wishes,
Achim

Longroute (9203) 2009-04-28 1:59

Quite a remarkable building and a nice composition, with lovely colours and a interesting sky. This canal must be a very fine place for a sunday stroll with the camera at your neck! (:- Beutiful shining light and good sense of depth.
Very interesting,
Donato

rikko77 (5990) 2009-04-28 2:11

Olà Aires
acho que o enquadramento e tambeim as cores (boa saturação) são bonitos..mas o que eu mas gostei nesta foto è a correcta exposição, que nos mostra detalhes por toda a parte da foto. Paràbens!
Rikk

npecanhuk (13679) 2009-04-28 2:39

Olá Aires!
Gostei muito desta, principalmente pelo que me mostra - beleza de lugar, com arquitetura local muito atraente... parece-me um lugar bem agradável! As qualidades da imagem estão excelentes e fazem jus ao que nos queria apresentar!
Parabéns, abraços e até logo!
Neyvan

ktanska (16524) 2009-04-28 4:07

Hi Aires,
Interesting location that seems to cut a river. But nothing else of it's current appearance tells about its industrial history. Beautiful building, and that flag is a nice detail.
Kari

Budapestman (41618) 2009-04-28 5:05

Hi Aires,
Spectacular and very interesting architectural photo, the composition of the photo is splendid. The colours and lights are beautiful, superb shot. Have a nice day!
George

trekks (14262) 2009-04-28 6:43

hi Aires

Very interesting subject, which let me think that it may be a floating boat or house! I am wondering why the house is blocking the waterway, and your POV is presented in very interesting way for this effect.

Well composed view with the blue sky, white clouds and woman in red for contrasting features.

tfs, bill

TopGeo (21711) 2009-04-28 8:53

Hi Aires,, Wow beautiful shot very interesting architectural photo.I like the colors and POV perfect as always in your clear view of this beautiful building,.The sky is very sharpness and the clarity too. The woman with red adds life in the scene.
Best regards
Georgios

florbelamaria (325) 2009-04-28 10:08

Aires
A foto está perfeita!!! Parabéns.
Abraços
Elza Maria

tempocativo (439) 2009-04-28 14:57

Olá Aires, fotografia com bonitas cores e um bom enquadramento. Para quem não conhece o local dá para ter uma boa ideia.
Abraço
Paulo Borges

ciakgiak (10528) 2009-04-28 15:37

Hello Aires,
Very beautiful image with great colors and excellent POV. Very interesting building captured with great mastery. Warm regards.
Giorgio

Docarmo (8820) 2009-04-28 20:46

Olá Aires,
A pessoa de vermelho deu um charme extra à imagem. Como sempre, excelente luminosidade e nitidez.
Parabéns!
Docarmo

Gerrit (35595) 2009-04-29 9:35

Hi Aires,
well framed photo in fine colors,. The history of this building is very impressive,
regards, Gerrit

francio64 (10846) 2009-04-29 13:21

Ciao Aires,
davvero molto particolare questo vecchio edificio.
Sembra quasi galleggiare nell'acqua.

Ottima l'inquadratura con l'inserimento del canale sulla destra a dare "DOF".

Notevole lo sharp e buona la gestione delle luci.

Francesco

Emile (19901) 2009-04-29 15:25

Hola Aires.
Magnifica foto del diario vivir con la interesante arquitectura del famoso edificio, buenos colores y estupenda iluminacion. Me gusta tu POV el cual incluye a la señora sentada en la baranda.
TFS.
Abrazos.

fanni (8733) 2009-05-09 4:45

Hello Aires,
I thought I had commented on this photo which attracted my attention at once, but when I opened it again I found out that ...... well... :)
VERY interesting; very good shot - the composition is really very well balanced - especially with the help of that person wearing a red jacket: somehow there is a funny link between the red jacket and the red colour in the flag (on the building).
Very pleasant view; and it also looks rather refreshing - it seems to be a very windy day!
Kind regards
and warm greetings from Moscow,
Elena