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Photographer’s Note

This valley is a place where the word "HISTORY" has a real meaning.

The photo was taken in one side, the west one, of the Tabladillo valley.
This valley is crossed by a river called Mataviejas and along the river you can find villages as Santo Domingo de Silos, Barriosuso or Cocoland (also known as Quintanilla del Coco).

Nowadays it is possible find a few people and also a great number of animals: foxes, vultures (and also that kind of vulture which throw the bones for break them and eat them), wild boar, deers, gallifantes, gamusinos and crocodiles are some of them.
Time ago you could find roman people, celtics, ibers, muslims,... And I want to explain something about them.

Maybe you have listened about a strange book called "Necronomicon". It was written by an arab and it was translated in the 10th century (the book was written in the 8th century) to greek.
Well, the Pope Gregory 11th forbid that book and almost all the copies where burnt and buried.
The original text was lost, and the different translations (mainly to latin and greek) were our "door" to this book. But 20 years ago was discovered the only arab copy of the book. It was written on parchment (I don't know if this is the right word) and it is inside the library of a monastery in this valley.

Somehow it is a great succes. It is something unique. But... this is kind of readings are not appropiate for a monastery and now, this version of the Necronomicon is locked. They didn't destroyed this text due his great value, but they would do if they could.

As you can see, this valley is plenty of History.

feather, tolis68, zeynepe, Cormac, angie-barcelona, stelli, elendim, syrus_persia, Gierlinski has marked this note useful

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pisces (770) 2008-11-20 5:04

Hi Carlos!
Beautiful capture here! Very nice detail in the landscape even though the sky dominates the picture!
Good POV!
TFS,
Maria

aadilj (17950) 2008-11-20 5:27

Hi carlos, this is beautiful and well compsoed with lovely tones and superlative hues. i love the freshness and the textures

g_panakia (3974) 2008-11-20 5:29

hi carlos,
impressive picture!
warm, brilliant colours!
i like the path in the middle of the picture which leads perfectly the glance to a destination!
tfs!
georgia

Longroute (9149) 2008-11-20 5:31

Carlos,

you really believe in this stuff?
"Necronomicon" is a joke invented by Lovecraft (a science fiction writer) in 1927, and never existed. You may find a lot of reference about it in Internet.
Anyway the photo is fine and shows a pretty expertise in depth of field.
Ciao,
Donato

CMJC (3100) 2008-11-20 6:07

le cadrage est grandiose! la luminosité des champs aussi; mais les nuances des bleus du ciel me contrarient un peu (trop turquoise au milieu puis trop blanc - ça fait un peu irréel)

feather (49858) 2008-11-20 7:04

Is this another of your "Sergio & Oscar in jail" stories? :D
The unusual composition works well with the central path and the big sky. The light looks good and the autumn colours are very appealing.
Kath

tolis68 (2004) 2008-11-20 7:14

Hello Carlos.Fantastic composition.The depth,the light and the sky is magic.Bravo.(Thanks for your useful coments).

regards,
Apostolos.

zeynepe (9342) 2008-11-20 7:17

Hi Carlos,
The combination of the huge fantastic sky and the path looks very inviting . Superb polarized colors.
My compliments and have a nice day,
Zeynep

barrufeto_77 (25687) 2008-11-20 7:19

Ultimamente estás muy activo tu no? Dónde están esas épocas de secretismo y desaparación? que vuelvan.

Que vuelvan por ese camino que se vaaaaaaa...

Ale
PD: un 5 justillo o un 6....no sé, me lo pensaré.

Cormac (26449) 2008-11-20 8:22

Excellent shot! I like the way you used that road in the foreground, because it leads us right into the frame and makes this a photo we can relate to. The sky is wonderful too, with a really amazing colour and cloud pattern. I like the note also. Beautiful!

quillo (7112) 2008-11-20 10:55

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Hola Carlos, una imagen muy "Coco" .... me da la impresión de como si estuvieras creando un (estilo), sobre todo por los tonos rojizos/cálidos y los encuadres amplios y generosos en tus composiciones, me parece muy bien y me gusta.

Bonita profundidad en el camino a Cocoland.

Un saludo

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xavshot (62239) 2008-11-20 12:18

Bonsoir Carlos
c'est ton paysage et tu le mets superbement en valeur. Tu as utilisé la technique de Toni (toni_al) pour composer cette photo avec une large place donnée au ciel. J'aime beaucoup.
Xavier

angie-barcelona (1843) 2008-11-20 12:50

Hola Carlos,

cada día una foto nueva... ésta me gusta por la sensación de profundidad, y aunque para mi gusto hay demasiado cielo, me gustan los colores de ese cielo! Tomo nota!

ya vuelve a dar señales tu vecino... por que no te lo llevas unos días a Cocolandia???

Un abrazo desde Barcelona,

Gemma

stelli (2941) 2008-11-22 2:41

Great earth and sky colors but I mostly adore the enromous depth in the photograph especially in the sky! Thank you for sharing! Regards Stella

elendim (1677) 2008-11-22 8:09

Hi Carlos!
Very nice landscape!
Lovely sky and nice warm colors!

Regards,
Elena!

syrus_persia (2140) 2008-11-22 23:16

Doroud carlos
Fine work!Good colours and excellent sharpness. Beatiful landscape. It is need for save.
Greetings,
cyrus

Cretense (55620) 2008-11-24 5:21

Hola Carlos!

Otro encuadry vertical muy impresionante, perfecta perspectiva creada por ese caminito, e un cielo impresionante. Muy bellos colores, tambien! Eso de la historia, tienes que recordar, que "mi" isla, tiene una historia de mas de 5.000 anos (!) y, sobre todo, que la civilizacion Minoica, es la primera civilizacion occidentan. en mi isla empezo todo! ;-P...

Un abrazo,
Hercules

cherryripe (18869) 2008-11-25 11:59

Hola Coco
Parece una Toniade con tanto cielo y claro que me gusta. Hay tanta profundidad gracias al camino y la nitidez. Cuando vas a contestar a mi pregunta ? Cuando vuelves a Barcelona ?
Un saludo
Nikki
P.S. Hay que ser bueno con Oscar...

Gierlinski (940) 2008-11-25 12:05

Impressive afternoon Carlos,
Well taken and good ballance.
Kind regards,
Michal

mikeo (12113) 2008-12-07 23:47

Hola Carlos,

Impressive place, amazing colours...Very interesting proportion between sky and ground...

I like it!
Greez,
Mikeo