autumn time in Santa Cecilia Photo

Photographer’s Note

This is one of the most beautiful places of Cocoland: Santa Cecilia.
Well, really this hermitage doesn’t belong to Cocoland, really belong to a very very nice village called Barriosuso. But this village is what we call a “pedanía” the don’t have cit hall and they depend of another village. Then, that’s the reason why I put this hermitage in Cocoland.

Time ago it was a mediaval village and its name was Tabladillo. But even time before it was a roman settlement. But even time before (no, it’s not a joke) there were “celtíberos” (that’s the name we give to the people who lifed here and who were mix celtics and ibers).
We know about them due the archeology.

But I not interested in the archeology. I love this place: the place is amazing and also strategic and that’s why so mamy people settled here. From this point you can control all this important valley, Tabladillo. This is the center, the heart, of this valley. And from above this giant rock you can see the people who come from the extrems of the valley (from Santo Domingo de Silos in the East, from Quintanilla del Coco in the West) and also the people who crosses the beautiful mountains of the South, the Cerveras mountains.
The history and the beauty of this place is amazing. I could tell much more about this place... because we see a “mozarab” church... this is not neither romanesque. And this church has an amazing door: it has five archs, all of them romanesque (they were added in the 12th century, but the church belongs to the 11th century) and the real door of the hermitage is after the main arch; and this little gallery is covered with a small roof repaired in the 19th century by people from Quintanilla del Coco.

Some of the most important places you can reach from here, and I mean only in the valley (it is only 8 km): Cocoland, the Churrión, the Cerveras mountain, the Mataviejas river and its mills, the Royal path, its forest, the hermitage of Santa María de las Naves and, I should say it, Santo Domingo de Silos.

Come here and enjoy!!

sothy81, riclopes, macondo, Sne011, dta, feather, cherryripe, xavshot, stelli, sunamoon, Angelillo, hispic, syrus_persia, Cretense, elendim, angie-barcelona, patdeph, litiancai has marked this note useful

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sothy81 (8516) 2008-11-17 23:40

Carlos, this strong colors contrast works so well. Very beautiful. Your wide angle lens really helps here. Well done. Sothy

riclopes (32951) 2008-11-18 0:34

Hola Carlos, nice to see you here and in Cocoland. Lovely autumnal capture full of bright yellows showing us the way to the hermitage on top of this hill. I'm also glad to see the polarized sky making an effective contrast.
Un abrazo,
ricardo

macondo (13063) 2008-11-18 2:28

Hi Carlos.
Amazing colours and the combination is so striking. Composition is pleasing with the tree on the right helping to frame and balance the photo. I like the strong contrast to show the shadows in the terraced rocks, and the wispy clouds fanning out from the house. Very interesting note, too.
Regards,
Andrew

Sne011 (3099) 2008-11-18 2:40

Hola Carlos,
Buen punto de vista, me gustan los colores tan intensivos, el contraste entre azul del cielo y amarillo otoñal de la tierra. Me parece un lugar muy lindo, la naturaleza maravillosa. En tu nota se siente tu devoción a este lugar y esto me gusta :)
Que tengas buen dia,
Sneza

andante (7092) 2008-11-18 6:19

Hola Carlos,
A mi entender, una de las mejores fotos en tu galeria. Los colores estan bien nitidos y la composicion dirige al ojo directamente hacia el edificio.
Un saludo,
Enrique

barrufeto_77 (25673) 2008-11-18 6:27

Hola tu.

Ventana de 5' en Internete...Colores bien, vale.

Lo mejor, entiendo es el castañazo que te pegaste roca abajo...

Aleeeeeeeeee

dta (4786) 2008-11-18 6:52

Hola Carlos ,
Great colors ! great composition ! with fine contrasts and a really beautiful light . This place is seems to be so pleasant .
Thanks for the share .
Denis

feather (49858) 2008-11-18 7:21

Well composed image of the hermitage. The rocks in the centre seem like steps that lead the eye upwards. Nicely framed by the autumn colours.
Kath

cherryripe (18869) 2008-11-18 10:49

Hola Carlos
Tu punto de vista es muy simpatica y mas original. Me gusta el cielo tan azul y todos los colores del otoño.
Un saludo
Nikki

xavshot (62165) 2008-11-18 10:51

Bonsoir Carlos
très belles couleurs dans cette image. C'est très agréable de voir cette maison de dessous. Une photo bien composée.
amicalement
Xavier

stelli (2941) 2008-11-18 11:17

What a beautiful and serene place, it looks like! Your depiction of it includes wonderful colors, an excellent POV and very good framing! Take the picture from below unites the church with the sky and it gives a whole different meaning! Thank you for sharing! Regards Stella

sunamoon (5057) 2008-11-18 14:30

Hola Carlos!

Preciosos colores, wow que contrastes,
una perspectiva realmente hermosa, perfecta definición y impresionante vista!

Un saludo,
Elena

Angelillo (9065) 2008-11-18 14:50

Hola Carlos,

Una vista bonita de la ermita, que parece más pequeña de lo que es, aunque subraya su carácter dominante. Me gustan los colores, cómo no. Intensos, luminosos, saturados... otoñales. Juegas muy bien con la perspectiva que da la altura. Bella imagen!

Un abrazo,
Angel.

gneufeld (15149) 2008-11-18 18:51

Hi Carlos,
This is a very compelling image with striking colors, deep and vivid contrasts, and a very pleasing composition. Well done and TFS. Gerald

hispic (7399) 2008-11-18 19:02

Hi Carlos,
Amazing colors! beautiful combination of warm yellow and crystal clear blue, captured the most beautiful place with excellent composition.
Regards, Hisashi

syrus_persia (2140) 2008-11-19 3:49

Doroud carlos
Very nice light and shapes. Perfect sharpness and colors.This place is seems to be so pleasant .
Thanks for the share .
cyrus

Cretense (55528) 2008-11-19 9:41

Hola Carlos!

Fantastica toma, un lugar hermosisimo, estas a punto de convencerme que cocolandia es casi tan hermosa como Creta! Gran punto de visto, gran encuadre y composicion, preciosos colores! Felicidades!

Hercules

PD. ya te estan esperando en Portego! Preparate bien, hermano, alli contamos la bebida con las botellas, no con las copas! Ten cuidado!

elendim (1677) 2008-11-19 10:24

Hello Carlo!
Amazing picture!The colors is perfect and the composition very nice!
Very nice contrast..!

Best regards from Syros,
Elena!

angie-barcelona (1839) 2008-11-19 14:24

Hola Carlos,

una nueva foto tuya... vaya sorpresa!

Otra foto para aprender, los colores de la foto me gustan mucho, y ese encuadre también!

Un abrazo desde Barcelona,

Gemma

mirarer (4302) 2008-11-21 11:09

Hola Carlos,
Todo parece pensado para enmarcar esa pequeña ermita. Bonito paraje, los árboles y el cielo tienen un colorido espléndido.
Saludos,
Mirari

patdeph (17638) 2008-11-24 10:13

hello Carlos
splendid colours with a superb contrast between the golden colours of the vegetation and the deep blue sky!The low POV enhanced the beauty of the stony house and show the wild atmosphere of the place!Magnificent!
regards
Pascale

litiancai (1040) 2008-11-27 0:42

Hi Carlos,
The heavy set saturated colours and strong contrasts really make it stand out. I love the composition including trees on both sides and the exposure is a real triumph. Perfectly done. Lovely and sharp too, great photo!
all the best
Lee

xuaxo (5683) 2009-06-06 11:14

Hola Carlos,
Veo que Cocolandia es realmente una tierra con mucha belleza. Y tú haces muy buenas fotos aqui.
Saludos,
Francisco

Thomas-Gast64 (818) 2009-08-15 12:27 [Comment]