Chocolate Volcanic ! Photo

Photographer’s Note

This colorful volcanic hill/mountain is located in margin of the Dashte Kavir or Great Salt Desert where is a large desert laying in the middle of the Iranian Plateau.
After driving almost 150~160 Km from Tehran to Qom and then towards Kashan,you will find this colorful volcanic place.
This is not an active volcano,and I think the place is young like the Damavand volcano peak be almost 10,000 years old.

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I did a wrong setting about ISO (for this picture)when I took it,from its last night it set on 400 and I forgot to turn the ISO,anyway,...hope you like it.

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franzvr (5) 2006-05-26 7:48 [Comment]

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Robbienight (613) 2006-05-26 7:56

Nice image, especially for the colours and the beautiful lines created by the hills.
The sky is bright and sature, and details of the hills are very clear.
Well done!

fayeulle (26547) 2006-05-26 7:58

Hi Mohammad
With its 5671 m heigh, I think you can speak about a mountain, not a hill !
Fantastic colors. I some ways, your country look like some an another nice country : Bolivia.
Really amazing
All the best
JP

avigur_11 (21307) 2006-05-26 8:15

Hi M.
The colors and the shapes on this hill are beautiful and intresting.
Somthing is strange in the color of the sky, perhaps the ISO setting?
Anyway, very nice shot.

syd1946 (17965) 2006-05-26 8:19

Hello Mohammad,
Wow!It's really like a chocolate!Amazing picture,strong colors and amazing contrast
between earth and sky.Excellent!
Best wishes,
Thomas

tcht (7298) 2006-05-26 8:44

Oh those textures are so beautiful the colours as well. And good angle and framing, especialyl how you place the top of hill to right of centre frame. lovely work.
CheukHin

arnabchat (7058) 2006-05-26 9:11

incredible take, wonderful colors. simply love the title -- its delicious!
regards.

ALIRIZA (16197) 2006-05-26 9:13

Magnificent!...Mohammad.Delicious colors and light. What can I say more?... Congratulations...
Ali Rıza

carper (65768) 2006-05-26 9:36

very nice shot Mohammad,
the chocolate colours is very nice and the contrast in the shot is very nice, well seen shot, good job.
gr. jaap

PixelTerror (86957) 2006-05-26 9:49

Hi Mohammad,
Don't worry with such a fine camera you may go up to 400 without any bad feeling ;-)
What I like here are the cool contrast between the warm concrete ground and the cold sky, and the play of light and shade on the ground is nice too.
Have a nice day,
Jean-Yves

asanak (1972) 2006-05-26 10:03

dear mohammad,
i really love your shot!
Very beautiful photo.
Good composition colors and POV.
Well done.
thanks for sharing
asana

kebek (5434) 2006-05-26 10:19

Serwus Mohammad !
Absolutely outstanding shades of red here, so well contrasting with the deep and undisturbed blue of the sky. Nice composition with dominating triangle of the volcanic hill. All in stunning clarity and well exposed.
Best wishes,
Mat

isabela_sor (42517) 2006-05-26 10:23

Excellent landscape picture. Well composed. Splendid blue sky and amazing contrast between blue and earth colors. Important detail of mountain texture.
Have a nice week end
Isabela

veronika (6022) 2006-05-26 10:52

Ooh yes, i wish to own a crater full of chocolate!! :)) I love it :)
The contrast is perfect Mohammad, 10 000 years old and you said that its young??? :))
Oh i feel SO young now.. lol
Dont worry about the ISO, looks great anyway!
Vero

quantabeh (5203) 2006-05-26 11:50

Hello Mohammad,
wonderful photo! The colors are amazing, and one can sense and enjoy the serenity and calm in this photo. Beautiful series. looking forward to seeing more of this unexplored region.
Behrang

jhm (83446) 2006-05-26 13:49

Hi Mohammad,
Great relief in these volcane mountain, amazing picture,strong colours and amazing contrast between earth and sky, lovely dark top!
Have a nice weekend,
John.

Fly (244) 2006-05-26 14:02

Hi Mohammad - I don't believe that the ISO oversight will have had much effect on your image - your camera will have compensated by increasing the shutter speed and reducing your aperture setting.

The variety of colours in the soil is amazing. Very interesting, harsh looking landscape.

saamb (1004) 2006-05-26 14:12

Mohammad,
Nice name, this is interesting that you find this volcano in desert. Kavir's nature is very wonderful and frightful some time! the black timeworn lavas have bedighted the hill, and it introduce itself as a volcano such!
tnx for all
SAAM

ChristianS (2997) 2006-05-26 15:25

Hi Mohammad,
Very nice but peculiar and interesting landscape with all these different colourful layers. I like the PoV, the superb chocolate colours ;) and the strong contrast between the sky and the hill. Well done!

Regards, Christian

cessy (13647) 2006-05-26 15:47

wow... Mohammad
the light and the colors so gorgeous
beautiful capture of the place
can we eat this volcanic ? :)

alvaraalto (5303) 2006-05-26 17:42

Hi Mohammad,
Looking at the thumbnail I did thought you made a picture of a huge chocolate mountain (with a coffee topping). The full size mountain is less chocolate like but still very impressive.
Groet Rob

babri (422) 2006-05-26 17:51

Salaam Mohammad,
Wonderful colors! not look like real colors but more like a painting. cantrast between shades and lights on hills are fantastic. Tfs.
congratulation,
Reza

izmirli (3287) 2006-05-26 19:04

merhaba dear mohammad
interesting beautiful volcanic mountains.interesting lovely colours.
well done.
iyi akşamlar sevgili arkadaşım.
gürkan akçakır.

riclopes (33135) 2006-05-27 4:48

Hi Mohammad,
Indeed, it seems like a landscape made of chocolate. And it seems tasty! I wonder how long does it takes to melt. Lovely colours, enhanced by the nice game of shadows and sunlight. An marvellous irreal place, as many of yours. Superb!
Have a nice weekend,
Ricardo

tjanze (5674) 2006-05-27 5:27

Hi Mohammad!
Wow! Amazing colors and light.Good motive.Beavo!

stranger (720) 2006-05-27 5:39

Whatever ;) It has turned out right and cool ;) Maybe the original one wasn't this much chocolatic :)

TFS,

Shahab,

Didi (36544) 2006-05-27 11:36

Salam Mohammad
Incredible composition.
Chocolate or caramel with very fine sharpness and no matter for the 400 ISO; there is no grain or noise here.
Well done.
Cheers.

Jeppe (18623) 2006-05-27 16:45

Hi Mohammad - Very funny and fine view - could be a contrast to the Mudvulcano of Norbert :-)
A very rare and beutiful sight indeed - thanks for sharing this great shot and I actully often use ISO 400 in the daytime as well in order to get quicker shutter speed.

My compliment with this fine job
Best regards
Jeppe

gebala (0) 2006-05-28 4:09

hmmm tasty photo Mohammad:) I like chocolade:) nice photo again my dear:) great colours (tasty) and this point of view, I can imagine whole mountain of chocolade - hmmm what a beauty dream:)

rgs

elmec (12194) 2006-05-28 17:29

Hello Mohammad!
What a sweet mountain!
Great structure and colour of the rocks!
I like light and composition You use!
Great work!
Regards!

Gregtom (7119) 2006-05-29 2:59

Hello, Mohammad!
What an interesting place! It really looks like a mountain made of chocolate! Very nice lighting, well saturated colors. In this case the composition with 1/3 of the cadre for the sky did it well! Nice work!
regards,
Greg

jemaflor (39759) 2006-05-29 10:36

Hi M,
incredible shot, great colours and effect. Lovely contrast between sky and mountains, well taken and presented.

quelquepart (802) 2006-05-29 16:56

what an incredible patchwork of colours. nature can be really surprising.
TFS,
Olivier

bazal (7898) 2006-05-31 14:37

Hi Mohammad.
This picture could be named "when geology becomes a painter". The colors of these formations are just amazing, and you managed to compose perfectly the scene. A great shot.
Thanks for sharing.

Hanssie (9133) 2006-06-27 5:14

This is strange, man ! What a beautiful nature, beautiful rocks, also with a nice foreground chosen ! Light is fantastic !

marietom (32108) 2007-01-05 8:20

quelles couleurs surprenantes ! C'est très beau.
Marie

Stepan (27175) 2007-01-11 14:37

You're absolutely right, it looks like chocolate. That's really funny and beautiful. Good light management to have these effective colors.
Stéphane

afshin339 (304) 2007-06-26 4:21

Hi Mohammad
Thanks for sharing this shot.Colors and composition is perfect and beautiful.I normally dont like desert but your shot is different.
Good luck.
afshin.

banyanman (7739) 2007-07-17 13:04

Beautiful strong colours and light, Mohammad, and a very well composed landscape photograph. The higher ISO doesn't seem to be noticeable at all - if you removed any noise in PP, then you did a good job of that. Cheers . . . David

Bruno40 (6442) 2007-08-15 3:30

Hi Mohammad
I just left a critique of a place in USA that is quite similar to this place.
Amazing how beauty can be found anywhere in the Earth, thanks to TE we can all share this.
Great photo
TFS
Jorge

fserajian (4589) 2007-12-22 16:39

Salam Mohammad,

The array of colours, contrast and shadows.... just fantastic. TFS

Ghorbanat

Faramarz