Crato - Praça do Município IV Photo

Photographer’s Note

Here is another photo of this small town. It was shot on the same day of the my earlier posts of the place.

Despite of its small size, the town had some importance in the past and its name appears on several important events of the Portuguese History, mainly in the Medieval Age, because it was headquarters of the Portuguese section of the "Order of Knights of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem", also known as "Order of Malta" and "Order of the Hospital" (Hospitalary Knights), an important religious and military organization that was formed during the Crusades supposedly to protect the pilgrims that went visiting the Holly Land (Palestine). If you have never heard of them, probably you know about their rivals, the fabled Templar Knights.

Link to all my posts of Crato: *.

Location (latitude, longitude): 39.2869,-7.6447

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lucasgalodoido (16537) 2007-05-17 21:47

Olá José!
Bem simples essa foto e muito bonita, pena que a casa do largo tenha ficado no escuro, com o sol refletindo nela ia ficar bem mais interessante a foto.
Parabéns e Abraço!

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UnTrained (0) 2007-05-18 2:46

Olá José,
I like the light effect here, which makes the shot a bit cold, not so hot. I saw the EXIF and I know it is wrong, but I have the impression of a summer morning with a raising sun still not too high and therefore a bit colder from the night. The colours are also nice and the white in the shadow shows a lot of texture, framed by the yellow and green.
Lieben Gruss, Ulf

siolaw (25694) 2007-05-18 3:00

Ola Jose,
A funny structure! you managed the light quite well as it is back lit and details of the facade are still clear.... i would prefer with a frontal light, but not always possible to wait till the perfect conditions.
Interesting architecture shot
Laurent

riclopes (32845) 2007-05-18 3:54

Bem giros estes pormenores arquitectónicos, José. Agora também tenho umas desta bela vila, mas como sabes evito cada vez mais postar imagens sem pessoas. Esta não deve ter sido fácil com isto tudo à sombra, mas o resultado está bom.
Um abraço,
ricardo

sacavem (8034) 2007-05-18 4:49

Olá Jose,
Pelo que tenho observado aqui no TE, são as localidades/monumentos religiosos do Alentejo que estão mais preservados. Ainda bem que as gentes dai se preocupam com a imagem.
Gosto do PDV escolhido e boa composição,cores e nitidez.
Um abraço,
Filipe

feather (49848) 2007-05-18 6:54

In spite of the shade you have still managed to show plenty of details. The old tree works well in the composition too. I am intrigued by the "pattern" on the wall and what appears to be an old grinding wheel. Is it artifacts left over from a previous historic building?
Kath

John_F_Kennedy (30581) 2007-05-18 8:13

I like the POV. Very interesting with all different lighting. Details, sharpness and colours are great.
Best wishes,
Achim

diguina (430) 2007-05-18 9:15

Es bonita la combinaciòn de color.El cableado....que remedio !por lo de má veo que la imagen tiene buenos detailles y buena calidád. Buen trabajo.

Un Saludo
Najib

atus (15452) 2007-05-18 10:59

Hello José,
once again, a well captured and framed shot of a different part of this charming village. Good manage of this not really good light conditions, perfect sharpness and well visible details. Good work!
Tfs and have a nice weekend!
Attila

adores (15255) 2007-05-18 19:37

Alô José!
Mais uma foto alentejana!Está bonita!Gosto destas cores. O que se vê na parede é uma antiga porta certamente.Também gosto do detalhe das janelas lá no topo.
Bom fim de semana!
Anabela

Silvio1953 (40711) 2007-05-19 6:04

Ciao Jose, simple and beautiful composition with nice graphic effect, lovely architecture and beautiful colors, very well done, ciao Silvio

pboehringer (770) 2007-05-26 13:20

Jose, I know the history of both orders quite well and I think that your info regarding this place linked to the Order of Malta is a very interesting one. Your shot shows some signs of old history with the door fram appearing partially through the wall. Simple and yet powerful image. The contrasting colors yellow, white and blue do work very well. Looking at an image like this I wonder how our world would look without all the eletric wires. We take it as granted but actually they are so ugly.

paura (37736) 2008-08-22 10:31

José,
Interessante que se consiga ler tudo em português. :-)
A forma é muito interessante e o resultado é bom. A árvore de galhos irregulares parece que estav alí para te ajudar no resultado final.

Abraço

Paulo