Palmela´s Castle Photo

Photographer’s Note

Palmela is located up a hill in the Arrábida area, and it's a semi-rural town, right in the middle of Portugal's biggest urban area.

The town's ex libris is the castle (Castelo de Palmela), which offers a unique view over the whole region of Setúbal's Peninsula, Lisbon, and the Atlantic Coast. It was a strategic place in past centuries, and today it is still a main knot of Portugal's road and rail networks.

Palmela's traditional products are the wine, which has achieved international awards in several festivals like Bordeaux's, and the Queijo de Azeitão (Azeitão's cheese), also very appreciated. There are several festivals dedicated to these products, being the most famous the Festa das Vindimas (Vines' Festival) and the Festival do Queijo, Pão e Vinho (Festival of Cheese, Bread and Wine).

source: Wikipedia

I´ve increased the saturation in PS.
PS: sorry about the watermark

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sagitarian (353) 2008-02-11 5:06 [Comment]

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Rooster_kool (843) 2008-02-11 5:07

Great great color and composition.

Leilani (1371) 2008-02-11 5:44

Beautiful light. I like the over saturation. I would perhaps crop this shot even further and cut down the top of the sky and the left hand side. Rgds, Leilani

nhathuy (235) 2008-02-11 6:24

Saturation level satisfied me. Dark blue light makes it looks like scene in 3D games, and that's where the impression works.

Regards,
Huy - Vietnam

dbar (582) 2008-02-11 7:45

Hi Joao,

Very nice colors. Good composition. Maybe if you took another shot after a while you might have got similar if not better results.

Good work,
Regards
Dimitris

Mrg (823) 2008-02-11 8:15

Belissima foto nocturna

ekinokswest (2974) 2008-05-31 13:47

hi Probably it is a very historical place the way it is given light implies a very unique look on this hill and architechture.

sacavem (8225) 2008-06-03 2:59

Olá João,

A saturação acrescentou algo diferente a este nocturno, gostaria de ver o original em Ws para poder comparar.No entanto gosto da composição com boa luminosidade no 1º plano e ao fundo um bonito céu.

Cumprimentos,
Filipe

haybelg (631) 2008-08-10 11:38

Very nice colours and lighting.
But I would cut off the right part of the pic as it does not add to the beauty of the scene.

PainDivine69 (113) 2009-11-18 11:59

Hi Joao,
what a nice picture. Great colours and illumination effects on the architecture elements. Good POV and Sharpness. Very nice.

Regards, Björn

Photo Information

Copyright: Joao Santos (chulasantos) (231)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-02-02
Categories: Castles
Camera: Canon 350D (Rebel XT), Sigma 18-200 F3.5-6.3 DC, Cokin P121 - Grad Grey G2
Exposure: f/11, 1/320 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
More Photo Info: view
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Bran Castle, Castles of the world [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-02-11 4:58