Douro River and Rabelo Boats Photo

Photographer’s Note

This is the second river in Portugal,"joining" the cities of Gaia, to the south, and Porto, to the north.
This picture is taken from the south bank, so you can see Porto in it.
The two boats in the foreground are "Rabelo" boats. The tipical boats on this river, used to bring the Port wine from the eastern banks of the river, where the grapes are grown, to the wine cellars in Porto (Gaia, actualy) where it matures.

Tech: Used a circular polarizer filter to enhance the contrast between cluds and sky.
P.P. USM, Curves, HSB, Kodak Digital Sho.

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pnphan (3900) 2005-07-27 20:05

Hi Emanuel
beautiful scene. The circular polarizer did it job very well.

toni_al (15430) 2005-07-27 20:53

HI Emanuel
Joli composition des ces barques qui transportent le precieux liquide, le long de ce fleuve,
Joli cadrage.
Toni

tityop (6225) 2005-07-28 1:21

Bonjour Emmanuel,
Très belle photo, j'aime beaucoup ces deux barques atypiques de ce fleuve, les couleurs sont douces, la ville en arrière plan semble magnifique, une grande photo vraiment !!!!
Bravo!
Amicalement Thierry

betogrein (2232) 2005-07-28 10:04

Linda foto, ótimo enquadramento e cores, muito interessante este tipo de barco. Bom trabalho.
Beto grein