Volcanic vineyards Photo

Photographer’s Note

If your mental picture of a vineyard comprises lush green vines and verdant rolling hills then please adjust your mindset, because wine cultivation on Lanzarote is completely different.

Here, angular volcanoes replace rolling hills. Patchwork green fields are substituted by a sea of black picon. Orderly vines are nowhere to be seen.

Instead there are row upon row of dimple like craters and volcanic stone semi-circles. Called Zocos, these have been built for each individual vine and provide much needed protection from the sometimes-fierce winds.

http://www.lanzaroteguidebook.com/volcanic-vines.php

tomescuc, jonathan_hart, dta, sevy, pauloog, Dpbours, johannes68, jjcordier, alainh, BennyV, everlasting, mustafatavsiz, Bien, fritzi007 has marked this note useful

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giorgimer (21616) 2009-04-16 14:53

Ciao Luca,

ricordo queste bellissime vigne, particolari di Lanzarote. Eccellente il tuo punto di vista, che crea una bella prospettiva. Ottima composizione con la casa.

Complimenti!

Gio

tomescuc (2837) 2009-04-16 15:02

Hi Luca,
Very interesting and informative. Well composed with perspective.
cheers,
Cristian

jonathan_hart (22737) 2009-04-16 15:53

amazing landscape! my mental image of vineyards was far away from this!
jc

dta (6476) 2009-04-16 22:50

Ciao Luca ,
Very fine presentation of these famous vine yards . You've chosen the perfect POV , to make a good composition , with the little stoned walls , the hut , and the hill in the back ground .
Very well done .
Regards

sevy (14056) 2009-04-17 0:10

Hello Lucas,

Good photo by its framing to evidence the strangeness of this wine culture. The very wide angle are perfect for this kind of shot and you used it perfectly.

Yves.

pauloog (7079) 2009-04-17 1:28

Hello Luca,
A fine view of teh Lanzarote vineyards, with the play of light around the black volcano rocks well rendered, adding to the graphical effect.
Well done.
Regards,
Paul

Dpbours (220) 2009-04-17 3:13

Hello Luca,

This is an amazing photograph. What a landscape!!
I was thinking that you were joking about the vineyard. But reading on and looking carefully at your photograph, I see that each and every little wall is actually to guard a vine. Amazing!!

Dennis

johannes68 (2912) 2009-04-17 5:36

Hi Luca,
thanks, this is really interesting! How little wine they produce there per hectar, and with such incredible effort...
Great photo, the black volcanic soil provides a strange and out of this world mood.
Regards,
Johannes

brandstaetter (14516) 2009-04-17 8:22

Ciao Luca,

molto bella la linea curvata dell´orizzonte, ed e´ anche stupendo, che cosa l´uomo inventa e con quali grandi fatiche l´uomo riesce a produrre cibi e in questo caso vino.
Bella foto,
complimenti, Christian

jjcordier (25412) 2009-04-17 22:08

Luca
Cet endroit est vraiment très étonnant. je le découvre avec grand intérêt.Très bon cadrage.
Amicalement
JJ

KevRyan (22422) 2009-04-18 4:48

A fascinating landscape Luca and a testament to the ingenuity of the farming culture of this land. Quite remarkable!

bw KEv

yquem46 (8627) 2009-04-19 13:14

hello Luca
Certainly not the kind of place on which I would have bet a penny as a vineyard !
have you tried the resulting wine ??
Nice compo and light
Regards
Patrick
PS just saw that you're posting pictures from Gujarat, I was there 2 weeks ago

vincz (19071) 2009-04-21 12:22

Amazing landscape. Cannot believe it is a vineyard :) Totally amazing.

alainh (35391) 2009-04-21 14:20

hello Luca
incredible and beautifull place. Canarias are a great destination. splendid composition
friendly
alain

BennyV (4972) 2009-04-21 23:55

Ciao Luca,

Thanks for showing this bizarre place here. The sky seems difficult, but your capture here is pretty good. Good pov to focus on the symmetry of the curves.

Benny

everlasting (10942) 2009-04-22 7:25

This is a very different vineyeard to that which we would imagine. Very similiar landscape to that in la palma. nice low POV for perfect composure Luca

fritzi007 (2714) 2009-09-13 13:38

Ciao Luca!
Hai ragione, è un paesaggio incredibile!
L'immagine è perfetta, complimenti!
Saluti
Wolfgang