Óbidos Photo | TrekEarth

Photographer’s Note

Óbidos is a small town of around 3000 inhabitants, 100 Km North of Lisboa seated on the top of a hill not far from the sea. Almost every house is within a medieval fortress. The time seems to have almost stopped around here at least one or two centuries ago.

The name of the town derives from the Latin term oppidum, meaning "citadel", or "fortified city". The area was taken from the Moors (Arabs and/or Berber of North West Africa origin) in 1148.

In its surroundings lies the largest coastal lagoon of Portugal.

Location (latitude, longitude): 39.35947,-9.1584

Retagger, robertosalguero, JRushen, pboehringer, jwmunro, Guenther, Donald, Docarmo, xuaxo has marked this note useful

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Barbie (335) 2006-10-13 20:11

beautiful pic .
looks like a nice place to visit.

Retagger (26) 2006-10-13 20:14

Hello Jose,

Obidos is my favorite town in all of Portugal. I have many photos from here.

Your point of view is excellent. I like the way you have captured the clay tile roof as well as the stone walk around and above the castle. The clouds add contrast to an otherwise plain blue sky. Great job overall.

Regards,
David...

kurekpit (401) 2006-10-13 20:27

Hi Jose
Great photo,perfect colours & composition
Good POV
Regards

* Piotr *

naval (172) 2006-10-13 21:00

hi jose
nice photo ! well done

UnTrained (0) 2006-10-14 5:49

Hi Jose,
at first: Very beautiful picture of a very beautiful town. I like those red and white domination with the blue and yellow stripes.
It is a bit loosing sharpness in the back, the wall is lost it's structure there. I think this from the choosen lens.
The decision where to make the cut on the right side to take enough from the wall is excellent done, my eye doesn't have a problem with any part (missing or too much).
Why did you so long hide this one from us?
Regards Ulf

Pjulin (400) 2006-10-14 9:47

Hello
A beautiful image of a beautiful village. Maybe for my taste the big roof in the bottom-right is taking a bit too much space out from other parts.
Thanks for sharing

Peter

pboehringer (770) 2006-10-14 14:21

Nice "aerial" shot showing all the deatails of those beatiful roofs. You managed the forcefully reflected light from the white walls, still giving the colorful effect of the trims around the houses.
TFS, Peter

ribeiroantonio (22058) 2006-10-15 4:29

Tenho visto muitas fotografias sobre Óbidos aqui no TE mas esta é verdadeiramente diferente. O teres tirado a foto dum ponto elevado e mostrado os telhados das casas resultou num trabalho muito bom. Gosto muito das cores diferentes das telhas e dos tipos diferentes de telhados e chaminés. Está muito bonita.
António

ruisc_pt (6213) 2006-10-15 16:42

Nice POV José
gosto da luz e do contraste ..mesmo qu eum pouco forçado..
Tens que mostrar melhor essa maravilhosa muralha...quiça noutro post:)

paura (39608) 2006-10-16 17:57

Linda ftografia, Jose. Os ricos detalhes de formas e cores dessa singular arquitetura de Óbidos ficaram muito bem agrupadas pelo seu excelente POV.

Paulo

jwmunro (6279) 2006-10-17 13:02

Hello Jose -

This is a very nice travel image. I like the contrast of colors in this image from the terra cotta roofs, white washed walls, multi-colored trims, and finally the sly. The exposure looks to be spot on as well as the DOF and the image is sharp.

Well done and thanks for sharing

alentejo (1954) 2006-10-19 5:35

Ola José !
Gosto desta perspectiva. O olhar è atraido pela primeira casa na esquerda com essa escada vermelha, depois seguimos o casario branco paralelo a muralha. è bom teres deixado o telhado mais escuro na direita para nao interferir com o branco das fachadas. Bem visto. Um abraço.

Donald (134) 2006-10-19 19:23

Hi Jose, I have been gone for a few days, but now I am back I see this wonderful photo, I want to pack my bags and move over to your sunny part of the world,as I think my bones would like it,and so would my camera, a great photo the colours and your POV (point of view) DOF (depth of field) and TFS (Thanks for sharing), Well done
Regards
DB

Tango7174 (0) 2007-05-05 22:49

I like this picture because it reflects well the atmosphere of a sunny quiet small village in Southern Europe. The colours are very appealing.
One humble suggestion though: could you have positioned your camera so we can see the street in all its length winding through the village?
Congratulations José!

Thành.

Docarmo (8862) 2007-05-13 10:08

Olá José,
Gosto de passear por galerias que julgo úteis para aprender sobre fotografia e para conhecer os vários lugares do mundo. A sua é uma dessas.
Impressionante esta cidade protegida por uma muralha!
Tomada muito boa!
Thanks for sharing,
Maria do Carmo

xuaxo (5911) 2007-08-18 11:48

Olá José,
Belos telhados, bem "enquadrados" pela muralha.
Um abraço,
F