** Peacful place** Photo

Photographer’s Note

This foto was taken at Fatima. Milions of people come hier to prayer. Despite the number op people, you find here a quite a peacful athmosphere

From wikipedia:
Fátima's claim is fame to the shrine called the Sanctuary of Fátima, built to commemorate the events of 1917 when three peasant children claimed to have seen the "Virgin of the Rosary", Our Lady of Fatima. The children actually experienced the apparitions in a pasture called the Cova da Iria ("Irene's Cove") near the village of Aljustrel, about a mile from Fátima.

Fátima now attracts hosts of believers from far and wide, particularly on the pilgrimage days, and the shrine has been developed on a correspondingly large scale. The large torch-light processions in the evening are particularly impressive.

The pilgrims gather in the Cova, on a huge esplanade in which is built a little chapel where the Virgin is believed to have appeared to the children. Around the esplanade are a considerable number of shops and stalls selling all kinds of religious articles.

On the far side of the esplanade rises the gigantic basilica, in neo-classical style, with a central tower 65 meters high, the construction of which was begun on 13 May 1928. It is flanked by colonnades linking it with the extensive conventual and hospital buildings. In the basilica are the tombs of two of the three seers, Francisco Marto and Jacinta Marto, who died in 1919 and 1920 respectively, and were beatified in 2000. The third seer, Lúcia dos Santos, died in 2005. Now Lúcia's tomb is also in the Basilica.
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On this re-post i use ShiftN to correct the distortion of the tower; balanced the highlights and add a frame

bobocortis, delkoo, belido, AiresSantos, gervaso has marked this note useful

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yquem46 (8449) 2009-10-23 12:52

A nice shot, luminous and well composed at the vertical
Thanks to this green bush and violet flower as the FG
A pleasant and high quality image
best to you
have a nice WE
patrick

npecanhuk (14672) 2009-10-23 13:02

Hello Kik!
Very pleasant and truly beautiful picture!
Sharpness, exposure, dof and colors are excellent!
Suitable choices: vertical format and low pov!
The composition is effective and attractive!
TFS - congratulations!
Best regards,
Neyvan

herowono (472) 2009-10-23 13:37

Hello Kik Ko,
Beautiful picture, very nice color and sharpness. Good angle and composition. Well done! Thanks for sharing.
My best regards,
Ismojo

bobocortis (14144) 2009-10-23 22:17

Hello Kik Ko.
The wideangle lens allows a great depth of field.
The flower hides the word on the church's facade but gives a very interesting color note.
Best regards.
Bobo.

delkoo (34788) 2009-10-24 13:34

hi kik
A simple shot of a simple subject,but so effective.It`s an excellent exposure with fantastic colors and contrast.with a skillful framing.

didier

KemaLMerT (11212) 2009-10-24 15:31

Hello,
You impressed me with your this splendid architectural photo.
Conratulations.

westcoastgirl1 (1567) 2009-10-24 18:28

Hi Kik

This is a creative angle and shot to include the greenery and flower. I think it works in favor for this image. I think you captured the peacefulness that you described you felt while visiting this place. Elegant architecture with good presence with the tower. Good technical shot.

Congratulations,
Tosca

belido (16857) 2009-10-26 16:35

Hi KIKs,

lovely composition. A well chosen angle with the inclusion of the flower as a nice foreground element and superb light management. Pleasant to look at. Well done!
Regards,
Carlos

Waylim (11157) 2009-10-26 23:12

Hi Kik,
This is actually not an easy shot to make to get both the foreground and background sharp yet still have the feeling of depth, but you did a great job here, the very slightly blur of the background help make the pupil African lily pop out.
Technically it is great, but compositionally I don't know if the inclusio of the flower add anything to it. It seems to be in the way and kind of stick out strangely. perhaps if you included more of them on the ground as part of the landscape it may work better. and the pupil and the blue don't really completment each other that well, anyway that just my preference I guess. Excellent technical quality regardless. Thanks.

p.s. I do like this version better than the original version.
Way

John_F_Kennedy (31994) 2009-10-28 7:32

Hello,
An exceptionally beautiful picture. The sky looks lovely in contrast with the white color of the church.
Best wishes,
Achim

AiresSantos (42902) 2009-10-29 14:16

Hi Kik
Wonderful picture of Fatima Santuary
Lovely flower in foreground
Excellent colours and light management
Have a nice evening
Aires

gervaso (5692) 2009-10-30 7:52

Hello, Kik!

Beautiful colors and architecture, shown with excellent sharpness in a beautiful composition with this flower in the foreground! Wonderful job! Well done!

ciakgiak (11250) 2009-10-30 14:37

Hello dear Kik,
it's a really splendid architectural image, the church is marvellous, the colours are really amazing, and you had the excellent idea to insert the flower on the right. The vertical format works well.
Friendly regards.
Giorgio

mauro61 (16290) 2009-10-30 14:42

ciao Kik,
un posto che andrei di corsa a visitare e una meta che penso faccia bene a tutti vedere.
Ottimo il tuo scatto per la perfetta definizione e per i colori.
Il fiore in FG è un piccolo capolavoro per come è inserito nella composizione.
saluti
maurizio

Juntas (3544) 2009-11-10 2:12

Hi Kiks. Very nice picture of Fátima's Sanctuary. Where did you put all the peolple?:). Very nice composition with the flower in ther foreground. Great colors and very good sharpness. Well done. Best regards. Paulo

PS: See discussion please.