Streets of old times Photo

Photographer’s Note

Monsaraz - Medieval village, born inside the remparts of an old Castle, 50 kms (35 miles) SE of Évora, 40 kms (25 miles) away of the East Portuguese border. Every building were rebuilt in the last decades and are now worth a look. At the old remparts, it is possible to have a good view to the new Alqueva Dam, built recently at the Portuguese course of Guadiana River

(no filter was employed; only correction of whites (with Adjust Curves Tool of PS7) and crop)

dawekato, Cool-ice, joergen115, Hanssie, mbravo, prlcs, Jeppe, Didi has marked this note useful

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dawekato (1988) 2004-05-13 9:16

What a lovely scene. I love these old villages and you have done a good job of capturing it. Maybe it needs a donkey coming down the cobble-stoned lane to add a little life ;).

Cool-ice (5289) 2004-05-13 10:04

Simple and well done.
I like the opposition between the deep blue and the white.
Maybe just a little pity that there is no character in the frame.
Nice shot and interesting note !

joergen115 (2244) 2004-05-13 10:08 [Comment]

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waskahegan (0) 2004-05-13 10:21

Wow what a lovely piece of Portugal, I like the white colors and the composition

yesterday (9787) 2004-05-13 11:46

Excellent compoced, good sharp, the light is great, and the buildings look good against the blue sky, great contrast.

ydavid (294) 2004-05-13 12:30

Yes! beautiful Portugal provides the Photographer with so many photo opportunities and you certainly do not miss any of them. this composition of doors windows and roofs that are so typical to Portugal, is very well taken. Very good job.

agpires (0) 2004-05-13 14:15

A very beautiful image, very simple, very quite made up. Perhaps it misses a human factor, so that it is perfect.

Well done Rui.

Hanssie (9133) 2004-05-13 14:57

I love to walk around in old medieval villages looking for pictures and mostly there are fine details.
This is a very nice one, well done Rui!

claudiaf (4404) 2004-05-13 15:53 [Comment]

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prlcs (63) 2004-05-14 12:25

Les appareils Olympus donnent toujours un ciel dans des bleus très saturés lorsqu'il y a un constrat avec une zone clair très éclairée. Cette saturation augmente encore lorsque la photo est prise très tôt le matin. Moi qui ai un C3030, j'adore cet effet. La petite touche de rouge sur la gauche avec les deux fleurs "aux balcons" ajoutent encore à ce contrast. Félicitations.

Jeppe (18623) 2004-05-14 12:25

Wonderful old street you given us here - I like to watch the lines of the roofs and white walls against the blue skyes -
Very fine capture Rui - thanks for sharing.

retlash (740) 2004-05-14 15:54

Lovely composition, with the flowers, the whitewashed walls, the dark windows, the steeple. Really quite nice!

CoolDan (2490) 2004-05-17 13:32

C'est une jolie photo Rui. On voudrait prendre une marche dans ces rues. Good job.

Didi (36064) 2004-05-31 14:14

Excellente maîtrise de l'exposition entre les hautes lumières et les ombres.
Parfaite composition qui me donne envie d'aller "vagabonder" dans cette place.

MIG13 (0) 2006-07-23 15:58

Foto muito bonita, Rui! Bela perspectiva (dá a impressão de que, virando-se à esquerda, algo de surpreendente acontecerá!). Cores e luz excelentes! Parabéns! Miguel.