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Cave of the Greens


Cave of the Greens
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Copyright: Ros P Osado (Zelanda) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 783 W: 1 N: 1219] (5692)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-02
Categories: Nature
Camera: HP Photosmart R717
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2007-08-28 7:00
Viewed: 611
Points: 28
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [Spanish]
The Cave of the Greens as Jameos of the Water, it is a section of the tunnel of the Atlantis, which has an extension of 6 kilometers in the surface and 1,5 km under the sea, it is the longest volcanic tunnel of the world. The cave is a part of the washing of lava proveniente of the eruption of the Volcano of The Crown that was advancing towards the sea, does more than four thousand years.

The Cave of the Greens formed because of a current of very fluid lava in which the exterior surface hardens for the cooling caused by the air, forming thus the roof, then when the content empties for term of emission lávica the cave remains constituted. On having come, the lava to the sea provokes the gas accumulation the interior of the cave, which compressed make to jump the roof, this explains the phenomena called Jameos in this case the accesses to the cave.

There exist two theories that explain the name " of the greens " on one hand, the mysterious color of the interior of the cave and for other one the well-known family " The Greens " ancient proprietresses of the grounds in the one that finds the cave, this second theory is most defended by the historians. The Cave of the Greens keeps a rich history, it was inhabited by the pre-Hispanic population, to the interior there have been tools that explain his customs and forms of life, also it has served as refuge opposite to the pirates' attacks that were coming to the island to catch hostages and then to demand goods for his rescue or to capture the natives and to sell them as slaves in Africa and Europe.

In 1964 Jesús Soto designed, conditioned and illuminated a trip of two kilometers to be visited. The trip has a duration of an hour, accompanied of an environmental suitable music and a temperature in the very agreeable interior, it is possible to appreciate capricious forms in the rock, as the stalactites caused by the dripping of the lava that are highlighted by an indirect lighting. Inside the Cave there has been enabled an auditorium that offers one exceptional acoustics suitable for the concerts with wind instruments, it is the second stage of the Festival of Visual Music of Lanzarote.

Two WS of the interior
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Hola Ros,

Estibe en Jameos pero no vi este túnel. Muy bonita toma, me gustan los colores y la excelente definición.

Saludos desde Brasil
Leonor

Hola Ros,

wow! Muito belas formações e estalagmites. Gostei do contraste da iluminação quente do fundo com a luz branca provocada pelo flash. A nitidez e cores estão bem efetivos. Parabéns!
Saludos,
Carlos

Hi Ros,
Amazing natural beauty. Great light, very beautiful colors and nice framing, Good job.

Bonjour Ros,
Jolie compo très artistique. Bravo pour le bon coup d'oeil. Ce n'était pas évident d'imaginer ce résultat.
Super bon boulot.
Amitiés.
max

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  • paura Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 3817 W: 8 N: 2528] (20295)
  • [2007-08-28 13:15]

Ros,
Cores e formas incríveis nessa sua fotografia. A profundidade ficou bem marcada pelo bom POV e f/stop. Beleza de trabalho.

Paulo

Hello Ros
Very intresthing shot and the color are nice to...
Well done
Cheers,Braca

Buenos días Ros,
Extraodinaire imagen de este túnel natural. Es impresionante y tu nota es pasionante. Me gustaría ver eso. Buen encuadre y muy bonitos colores. Bravo.
Buen día
cordialmente
Joël

Hola Ros,
it is so difficult to make good captures in caves, I was never so successful as you. Wonderful three well showing the structures and texture. I like the "orange" burning here deep in the grey.
Lieben Gruss, Ulf

Hi Ros,
I've not really fascinated with caves because I don't like the tight spaces. However, this shot is intersting because of the different colors of the rock plus the excellent notes you wrote about the place. I reckon the notes here in TE should also get points because it takes more time to make an essay describing the photo than the actual shooting of the scene :) Anyway, well captured and very good image quality. Good light management considering you were in low lighting condition. Well done! tfs
Cheers,
Renier

Hola Ros!
Magnifique photo et belle formation de rochers. Les couleurs sont superbes mais je préfère encore celles du Workshop #1. Très intéressante note, un bel endroit à visiter.
Salutations du Canada,
Emilius

Hola Ros,
curiosa foto, las formaciones de lava de esta cueva forman una imagen abstracta y llena de texturas muy originales.
No es fácil conseguir una buena iluminación en este tipo de fotos.
Me gustan los WS, sobre todo el que tiene unos tonos verdes muy agradables y atractivos, que dan un buen contraste cromático ante los tonos neutros y fríos de la lava solidificada.
Buen trabajo, y excelente nota con mucha información.
Un abrazo,
Josep

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  • berek Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3876 W: 172 N: 4900] (22175)
  • [2007-08-29 21:37]

Hi Ros,
its like a modern painting. I like your point of view and magnificent colours. have a nice day.
b.Erek

Hola Ros:

Y pensar que me había pasado de largo esta foto. Es fantástica la cueva esta y tus más que fotos y reportaje las documentan formidablemente. Y pensar que yo al leer esto de "los verdes" he pesado, a ver si estarás incluido tu. jejeje.

Perdona la intemperancia. Las fotos son muy bien hechas en todos los sentidos. Me han gustado mucho las tres. Has hecho un buen trabajo. Felicidades.

Un abrazo

Josep

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  • jmcl Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2578 W: 146 N: 3341] (11664)
  • [2007-09-02 20:21]
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Hi Ros,

I love the depth here .. I just got back from doing some cave shots last month (I only posted one) .. I can tell you .. not easy .. you have achieved nice exposure and beautiful color .. and a very tough to find (for me anyway) sense of scale and depth from the near tones ..

there is some noise .. probably from the camera kicking up the ISO for the low light .. and another issue I see in mine is the harsh shadows from the flash ..

I read a couple articles on the issue before going .. two things were often talked about on this issue. One was using a remote hand held flash (or 2) to direct the shadows or going tripod and no flash (but most cave tours don't allow tripods) ... I want to see somebody do one with no flash with a camera with great image stabilization .. I think that would be fun.

Very nice image.

take care,

John

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