Obido´s Castle Photo

Photographer’s Note

Obidos was the traditionalpresent of the king of Portugal to his wife, a tradition wich commenced in 1282 when D. Dinis gave the town to his wife D. Isabel.
Obidos have a medieval castle, who has been converted into a "pousada". The hotel Pousada do CAstelo is in the Castle that forms part the old walls of this fortified village

sam224, berek, papagolf21, grafu, isamar, fer, alejandroguzman, feather, supereira, markpanos, jmdaoudal, kLe, alekpet, rick_matt, FORJP001, pierrefonds has marked this note useful

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sam224 (5851) 2005-10-17 5:29

Attractive composition here. The choice to keep the sky in blue and the rest of the composition in BW is interesting, helping the castle to stand out against the background.
Good job!

berek (29115) 2005-10-17 5:51

Hi Manuel

Nice shot.I like composition and colours.
thanks for sharing.
burak

papagolf21 (57029) 2005-10-17 5:52

Bonjour Manuel,
Savant mélange entre le noir et blanc et la couleur. Le château prend une autre dimension.
J'aime beaucoup l'originalité de cette composition.
Amitiés.
Philippe

Paolo (40775) 2005-10-17 5:55

Hi Manuel, wonderful picture of that beautiful castle.
great POV to see the building on the top of the hill, good focus and light and wonderful contrast between colors and b/w part.
thanks,ciao

grafu (1905) 2005-10-17 6:01

hello Manuel
i like the composition of blue and grey colors and the POV. the castle is impressive.
regards, pawel.

isamar (1424) 2005-10-17 6:11

Excelente trabalho!! Gostei do contraste das coresdevido à desasturação do castelo!
Ficou uma maravilha! Parabéns.

barrufeto_77 (25957) 2005-10-17 6:41

Hi Manuel.

Nice POV. A curious photo this where you mix B&W and color.

Well done!

fer (1478) 2005-10-17 7:11

Olá Manuel,

Muito bem vista esta foto!Gosto do enquadramento e do trabalho de PP o mix cor/preto e branco ficou muito bom.
Abraço,
Fernando

pitai (3925) 2005-10-17 7:40

Ola Manel!

Muito original, Obidos é um sitio muito fotografado. Nesta composiçao tens puxado pela imaginaçao e apresentado um trabalho diferente. O contraste ficou optimo. PArabens.

Gabriel

alejandroguzman (4672) 2005-10-17 11:42

Hiciste un trabajo excelente en la edicion de esta foto. Me encanto

y aunsigo elogiando tu frame ;-)

alejandro

Fis2 (46747) 2005-10-17 14:17

Hi Manuel!
Super object!
I like the composition and frame.
Interesting colours, light and sharpness.
Regards
Krzysztof

sixTL (8586) 2005-10-17 16:53

Hi Manuel, very beautiful castle! B&W? I like the compoition and frame. Regards Artur

leonorkuhn (14391) 2005-10-17 22:17

Olá Manuel,
Gostei da idéia, o castelo e arredores em preto e branco e só o céu em cores. Original e interessante. Parabéns pelo trabalho.
Bjs,
Leonor

feather (50588) 2005-10-18 4:00

Very original presentation. By leaving the sky blue on your B&W conversion you have given the image a 3D look. Good POV looking up at this impressive castle.
Kath

Galmeida (12559) 2005-10-18 4:07

Olá Manuel,
Foi excelente a opção que tomou com este enquadramento e o trabalho de PP para obter o castelo a B&W. Talvez uma ninima correcção para a direita mas também negligencável. Bom contraste, "Sharp" e uma das melhores fotos no TE deste lindo Castelo. Gosto bastante da luminosidade, contraste, definição e do angulo que obteve esta excelente composição.

Parabéns!
O melhor para si.
Fernando

supereira (9576) 2005-10-18 5:57

Boa foto.Gosto da composição e do angulo.Gosto do facto de o castelo e as arvores estarem dessaturadas.Gosto do contraste entre o castelo e o céu.Boa luminosidade,nitidez e cores.Bom trabalho!

Vesela (949) 2005-10-18 6:18

Hi Manuel!
I like the colour effect you have chosen here.
The mix between B/W and colours makes this picture really interesting.
All the best,
Vesela

markpanos (1944) 2005-10-18 18:24

Manuel,buen encuadre.

En este caso es una buena eleccion poner el sujeto en posicion central.
Buen DOF e interesante nota.

A proposito...
Para mi es todo un honor que me pongas en tu lista de favoritos, muchas gracias Manuel,intentare estar a la altura.

sergecross (3438) 2005-10-18 21:25

manuel, i like the scene and the low saturation of the castle. The point of view is very interesting and the frame too.
Sergio

jmdaoudal (82) 2005-10-19 3:29

The desaturation is a great idea and with your permition I will do this in one of my castels :-))
Well framed and POV(ed) with a very good emergence of the castel from the nature, this is a great place and your effect is increasing the aspect.
I like it
Jean Michel

sergio1 (12150) 2005-10-19 5:47

Hola manuel

Bonita composición y color, el cielo ayuda mucho en imagen.
buen trabajo
Sergio

softflower (0) 2005-10-19 10:22

Hi Manuel
Very nice capture of this castle
I like it very much
Nico

kLe (2041) 2005-10-19 17:42

The partial desaturation creates a strange but nice effect. I think that you achieve enhacing this already sublime castle.
Interesting that a complete village (with people inside?)was as gift. Today is unthinkable something like this.

alekpet (4659) 2005-10-21 6:10

I like this combination between blue "modern" skies and medieval black and white castle.
Suck a nice composition from a good POV.

rick_matt (177) 2005-10-21 19:18

Ola Manuel, que bela foto do castelo de obidos, gosto da cor do ceu em contraste com o preto e branco

Gdouble (5245) 2005-10-23 6:49

Hi Manuel,
Nice composition and great idea to mix B&W and colours.
I like the angle you've choosen.
Great shot
Guy

coco (28328) 2005-10-25 15:36

Hola Manuel.
¿Has desaturado los colores? Le da un aspecto magnífico y me gusta mucho como queda. Además la composición es muy buena y el cielo también es atractivo. El conjunto le da una nota muy alta a la foto.
Un saludo.

Marlis (2274) 2005-10-28 3:32

hello Manuel,
wonderful composition- it looks like a fairy tale. My favorite place to stay in Portugal, TFS. Good POV.
Interesting idea to have B&W and color- it works.
Marialuisa

FORJP001 (3819) 2005-11-16 20:58

I like complete pictures of castle. This one is very clear and left walls appears to be a concrete modern construction: contrast with all the others stone walls. Jean-Pierre
P.S. I placed this one in my favorites.

pedritos (23) 2005-11-19 21:42

Ola Manuel

O contraste do preto e branco do castelo com o ceu a cores, ficou muito bem conseguido e a moldiura a ajudar a uma bela composição

Parabens

sandrasilva (644) 2005-12-12 14:08

Olá Manuel!Gosto bastante do contraste...Cinco estrelas.... Made in Portugal.
Desejo o melhor.Sandra

Vato_Law (11782) 2006-04-05 18:48

Olá amigo Manuel,
hoje andei a vasculhar o portfolio e descobri esta bela foto do 'Castelo de Óbidos'. Gosto muito da perspectiva apresentada assim como do ambiente sereno que recriou na foto. Os detalhes, ainda que afastados, do castelo estão excelentemente definidos.
Parabens e um abraço
Paulo

pierrefonds (26835) 2006-06-28 7:56

Hi Manuel,

A good POV of Obido's castle, the photo is sharp and clear. The B & W is giving a lot of details. The photo has a good composition and the blue sky is nice extra. Thanks for sharing.

Pierre