An unknown autumnal road ! Photo

Photographer’s Note

Well,I posted an atumnal view yesterday that was from around this road in the shot.
I would like to say about the road,that is almost unknown for Iranian poeple !!! Yes:)

I found the road 5 years ago in the north of Iran where is located amids Alborz heights.

You can see some scattered rural houses around the road that amazingly built in some wonderful and dangerous situation there! I will try to show you more in future about the place.

In the day that I was driving,just 7-8 cars passed during 6 hours when I was in the road and all were about local poeple.

The road,in fact starts from Kelachay town in south of the Caspian Sea,where has some very busy streets and beautiful beach and...,in opposite of the Sea,you must go towards Rahim Abad town(a busy place),then,Garmabdasht(full of villages),Sefidab(forrest and ricefields),Polam,...,Kakroud(very quiet and pure!) ,Ashkevar Olia(a pure village),Ashkevaraat(with a special silence and nice!),...:o)...You know,You can go by this line towards Tehran!...but the road is not perfect for some cars specially in 1/4 final,...well I had to back again towards the Caspian Sea,seems with a 4WD car can go easily for more sure.

Another shots that I have posted before about this region,you can see here,and also here,too,...I will try to show you more this pure and unknown region in future,...Welcome:)

Galmeida, weswang, nwoehnl, ChristianS, babakhendi, jhm, HOBO, don_narayan, mitternacht, YavuzA, spence, jmdaoudal, ChrisJ, HNIK, carper, Janice, maphoto, baudinm has marked this note useful

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Galmeida (12559) 2005-11-07 12:34

Hi Mohammad,
One splendid journey and high view so well captured of this wonderful landscape and mountain scenery at Autumn. Excelent work with this time of day and your high point POV that you did. Perfect atmosphere, with the serpent road turning the moutains. Slendid grey-withe bright natural luminosity with the green also naltural contrast in the first approach foreground. Fantastic picture you did, I like Mountain and also Sea.

Best to you. Bravo!!!
Fernando

jemaflor (39871) 2005-11-07 12:36

Hi M,
Very beautiful POV and great perspective, a color shot as a B&W shot, interesting effect, well done.

nwoehnl (120) 2005-11-07 12:36

What a place, Mohammad. Just constructing this winding road amidst the quite averse landscape is an accomplishment in itself. The hazy autumnal mood is well rendered in this photo, and the compo is well made with the multiple v-shaped slopes gradually fading towards the background. I like that you didn't go for b&w, but kept whichever subtle amount of color there is to see.

ChristianS (2997) 2005-11-07 12:47

Hi Mohammad,
What an impressive landscape and an equally impressive perspective overlooking the valley and the undulating road. The almost monochrome tones emphasize the feeling of moisture and autumn. I like how the mountain slopes gradually dissapear in hazy distance. Well done!

Regards, Christian

babakhendi (196) 2005-11-07 12:49

Hi mohammad
yes you deffenetly need 4WD, 3 years ago i went the same way you say here and it took around 12 hours, insted of 5 hours. that is amazing, wild road, i`m very happy to finish this road becuase in winter nobody even the most powerfull 4WD can pass the road, your pic is wonderfull, amazing color.( Farsi=> agha hey miri injaha hal mikoni, dele maro abb mikoniya, vali afarin be shahamatet ke ba oon mashin rafti, man ba patrol 2 dar raftam va 2 bar ham ba 4 dar, jaye binaziriye, movafagh bashi.)
best regards
bob

Hanssie (9133) 2005-11-07 13:13

The mountains in different light, from sharp to hazy and that gives a nice view, rough nature you have in Iran, good shot !

jhm (83786) 2005-11-07 13:21

Hello Mohammad,
The road between the mountains, lovely meander this give nice perspective, the low white clouds in background its nice contrast against the dark foreground at the leftside.
Have a nice week.
Cheers,
John.

Graal (59126) 2005-11-07 13:45

Hi Mohammad,
interesting view, great mountains. I like the composition and colours. Good note, too.
Rgs, Aleksander

HOBO (5244) 2005-11-07 13:52

Good evening Mohammad,
I like your view here, reaching deep in the yalley, mountains fading with the distance and connected by this silvery road winding like a snake.
Regards
Knut

don_narayan (2014) 2005-11-07 13:56

Hello Mohammad. whata beautiful scenery you captured. the low clouds are wonderful and it looks like just rained because the trees are such a deep green and the road is shining. well done, you really show an Iran that I never expected, thanks.

Narayan

dkeus31 (26503) 2005-11-07 14:15

Well, Mohammad, to be honnest with you... I do know know this road too ;o)
Nicely composed by the way.
Regards,
Didier

rosaline (0) 2005-11-07 14:51

Beautifu scenery
And your note is very useful

cheers
Aubrey

mitternacht (1836) 2005-11-07 16:06

Hi Mohammad,
Nice atmosphere you captured here, literally speaking. It would be really exciting to travel that road some day.
This landscape is beautiful, and I like how you framed the winding road between the slopes.

cengiz (3581) 2005-11-07 16:59

impressive landscape and excellent pov
well done thanks for usefull document
congragulaion
cengiz

YavuzA (357) 2005-11-07 17:06

Hi!
Wow, this is a fantastic landscape and a great shot.
TFS

regards

yavuz

pilpel-adom (3016) 2005-11-07 17:07

Oh, nice shot Mohammad! The road that winds into the misty mountains, the gradient of the mountain Illuminosity...Very good!!
Chen

danielswalsh (13330) 2005-11-07 19:52

Hello Mohammad;

Maybe this one should be titled "The Road Less Traveled"? Haha...
It does look quite trecherous to drive, steep sides and no barriers.
The haze filter works well, as it seems like there is a mist in the air or rain. Resulting in the seeming reflection off the roadway.

Nice representation of a relatively gloomy day...
Cheers,
- Dan

spence (1554) 2005-11-07 21:32

Magnificent scenery, Mohammad, and a fantastic, atmospheric image. Wonderful composition with these over-lapping "V" shaped lines of the mountains and valleys, and I really like the limited colour range, with the fading tones. Lovely work.

cessy (13647) 2005-11-08 0:29

marvelous landscape, Mohammad
beautifully captured
the curving roads and layers of mountain are awesome
very well done

Amirsun (2114) 2005-11-08 1:44

Hi dear Mohammad!
Glad to see you again in TE. Very interesting shot with excellent point of view. I like the rugal road in this shot and nice foggy atmosphere. Your photo tempt me to have a trip in North in next week. Tanks for posting.
Ghorbanat
Amir

jmdaoudal (82) 2005-11-08 2:29

Thanks a lot for this special and wild unknown area.
This is of course very well shown, in the perspective and the abrupt side too.
Beautiful
Jean Michel

HNIK (1104) 2005-11-08 9:15

Very nice shot and nice mountain scenery,
I like that meander road on the foot of a mountain and this foggy weather that seems so cold,
Best Wishes

weswang (18223) 2005-11-08 10:47

Hi Mohammad, A beautiful scenery seems like can be seen only in the dream. I like the layers of mountains from foreground to the background. The roadway, it looks as if it is wet, leads to some out world. Good capture of the fog and the cloud. Nice depth and contrast. Well done.

carper (66132) 2005-11-08 12:17

Ah fantastic shot Mohammad,
great point of view my friend, good depth in it, with a very good composition, I like your good job here,
gr. jaap

Janice (4386) 2005-11-08 13:57

How steep and dangerous the road looks Mohammad. And how interesting for you you go on the new to you, unknown road. Excellent capture, the mist looks quite heavy too and the road shines nicely for us all to see. Thank you for sharing.

RGatward (19751) 2005-11-09 3:20

Great PoV, and the drama of the landscape is enhanced by the small range of colours, and subtle range of tones.

ChrisJ (70521) 2005-11-09 3:42

Hi Mohammad

Fantastic aerial perspective. I like the winding road. Good work!

maphoto (8076) 2005-11-09 22:14

Hi Mohammad, must be a awesome feeling to drive on this road with this spectacular moutains view all around !! Great result with hard light to deal with, well done.

bazal (7898) 2005-11-10 4:09

Hi Mohammad. This is a beautiful view, with a particular taste of mystery due to the unknown destination of the road and the presence of the misty background. Thanks for sharing !

miladjenab (32) 2005-11-10 7:44

very nice
I like th fading of mountains and the foggy and cool weather
Good Luck
Milad

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baudinm (347) 2005-11-22 7:39

Hi Mohammad,
It seems to be a completly lost place...
I like to see the mist in the background.
The road on the right gives its strength to the composition.
The depth is great in this picture.
Amicalement,
Michaël