The Red Village Photo

Photographer’s Note

Some of friends in TE know about the Abyaneh village and you can see those shots that I posted before here in a theme,but I didn't post a good landscape view from there,hope you like this one.

Abyaneh is an old village with a history more than 2000 years.Most of the inhabitants were Zoroastrians,but later converted to Islam.
Houses are of red clay and being built on the mountain slope, each house’s roof serves as the courtyard of the house above.
The village is located almost in center of Iran,
300 Km far from Tehran,
170 Km from Qom and 80 Km from Kaashaan,
On the north-western slope of Karkas Mount(3899m).

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carper (66056) 2007-02-01 10:38

nice to see you Mohammad,
Yes I remember me. Your a good photographere and that give me pleasure to write a critique. a very nice point of view here, Mohammad, very nice details and a fantastic contrast with the blue sky, very good photo job here.
gr. jaap

danyy (69837) 2007-02-01 10:38

Hello Mohammad,
toute la beuaté de la photo en dehors du paysage qui est sublime, c'est les contrastes des couleurs et des lumières, la richesse du ciel et l'éclat des rouges des constructions.
Un cadrage et un POV parfaits, une netteté impeccable.
Regards.
Daniel.

ivo (376) 2007-02-01 11:57

Hello Mohammad,
Composition ****
Subject ***
Perspective ***
Colour and light ****
Crop ***
Frame ***
Sharpness ****
Generally ****
Note ***
Best regards,
Emma

Rycho66 (408) 2007-02-01 12:15

Hi Mohammad
Excellent compo, beautiful light and colours.
Very good job
regards Richard

leonorkuhn (14305) 2007-02-01 12:50

Hi Mohammad,

Good panorama of this historical city. Very interesting architecture. Nice image with beautiful colors and textures, very good light and sharpness.
Well done.
Leonor

riclopes (33137) 2007-02-01 13:36

I don't like it, I love it, Mohammad! This kind of architecture is the most charming in the world and you presented in a wonderful image. Love the graphism of the houses and the way their colors mix up with the beautiful mountains. Great foreground and lovely sky enhancing. Congratulations!
Friendly regards,
Ricardo

Janice (4386) 2007-02-01 14:05

Hello Mohammad, it is so good to see you.
And look at your 'red' village - it is very red and very intertesting to see. And what unusual architecture as well. The POV and landscape give us a good idea of how the village is built up there on the moutain. Well done.
Thank you for sharing,
Janice

Graal (59046) 2007-02-01 14:14

Hi Mohammad,
great view, unusual village, good quality of photo. I like it. Well done.
Gr., Aleksander

jaja1970 (1286) 2007-02-01 15:58

Hi Professor Hessamian,

Awesome picture! It is so sharp and detailed which I could not believe it is a still picture.
Very artistic job you presented here.

Thank you so much for sharing & God Bless You.

Javad.

Gerrit (36513) 2007-02-01 16:38

Hi Mohammad,
very wel framed picture of a beautiful place. The light and colours are outstanding.
egards, Gerrit

TravelerNL (2967) 2007-02-01 19:03

Hello Mohammad,
Interesting landscape and beautiful photo, can't really explain why.
I'm just wondering what they did with the top of the hill on the left, it looks like they took away a lot of rock there. The same lower on the right. Did they use it for the houses?
Harko

parbo (11054) 2007-02-01 19:45

Hi Mohammad,

Red clay build houses and their façades are creating really spectacular reflection of lights. Typical poplar trees at front, spectacular city texture and shadowed mountains are creating wonderful view with puffy cloudy sky. Congratulations.

I saw similar style of usage roof-courtyard at Mardin (in Turkey).

Friendly Regards,

Ertugrul

isabela_sor (42719) 2007-02-02 3:32

Great capture!!!!Excellent panorama!!!The light is divine there. A very scenic old city that I would like to visit.
All the best
Isabela

papagolf21 (56977) 2007-02-02 3:58

Bonjour, mon ami Mohammad,
Très belle présentation de ce village accroché au flanc de la montagne qui s'égaie d'une couleur ocre.
C'est 2000 ans d'Histoire qui se présente à nous.
J'aime beaucoup le jeu des ombres et des lumières.
Une très belle et très intéressante composition.
Amitiés.
Philippe

ALIRIZA (16197) 2007-02-02 4:17

Hi Mohammad,
Excellent panorama. Beautiful scene of the village with good light and sharpness. Well done my friend...
All the best...
Ali Rıza

delkoo (34990) 2007-02-02 4:25

hi mohammad
nice view of this typical village hiden in the mountains, beautiful sky too.
well done
didier
-:)) later

jafadabret (40601) 2007-02-02 5:23

Mohammad, c'est une photo qui est très belle avec ce village rouge sous la lumière du soleil, la montagne qui le porte fait un bel environnement. Le ciel est également très beau.
Jacques

jhm (83684) 2007-02-02 6:04

Hi friend Mohammad,

You play excellent with light and shadows, very well composition with this red village as subject, very well done!

Have a nice weekend,
John.

ChrisJ (70443) 2007-02-02 8:12

Hi Mohammad

A wonderful juxtapositioning of the red cliff against the blue sky. Excellent sharpness, lighting, contrast, & framing. Tfs!

john_c (24635) 2007-02-02 10:08

Hi Mohammad,
Good balance achieved in this fine shot between the alluring sky and the cliffs. The village is bathed in light, with fine shadow effects. Your zoom lens served you well here, with good clarity of detail. A very fine capture, Mohammad. Cheers.
John

Xalkida (11740) 2007-02-02 15:00

Merhaba Mohammad

Wonderful shot. The light is very special and the perspective excellent. Well done.

jmcl (14181) 2007-02-02 23:31

Mohammad,

what a wonderful cooperative .. community to build like that .. just wonderful light .. really a nice sense of the vastness of where this village sits .. well composed .. I love how well you have controlled this view of dark into light.

take care,

John

bazal (7898) 2007-02-03 3:20

Hi Mohammad.
Yes, I remember well this village that was one of the topics of some of your beautiful previous posts. I enjoy the great light and the contrasts that you've managed to capture for this shot. Perhaps a slightly lower POV would have enhanced the balance of the picture by allowing a nice shape symetry between the sky and the village and mountain in the foreground.
Thanks for sharing this beautiful one!

josepmarin (34223) 2007-02-04 14:16

Hi Mohammad,
Splendid this image, the village of red houses joins perfectly the mountain and the landscape, and the sky is wonderful with the decoration of the clouds, creating a nice contrast. A great lighting, also.
The setting with the thirds is perfect, and the trees in foreground give a beautiful natural and green touch to the set.
Good composition, very well realized.
Best regards,
Josep

berek (29093) 2007-02-06 2:04

Merhaba Mohammad,
you caught very good perspective with incredible clouds. beautiful panoramic view. I like red roofs. have a nice day.
BURAK
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salvator (18947) 2007-02-07 3:35

Hi Mohammad,
The composition is beautifull, the colors are extraordinary, but above all the color of the skies and the clouds and the clarity of the photo are out of this world.
Best personal regards.
Salvator.

Angshu (34177) 2007-02-09 3:57

Hello Mohammad
You show us a wonderful place here. The village with houses of red clay is glowing in the light is a wonderful spectacle nestled in the steep slope of the hill. Love the shadow of the clouds on the hill top too. Wonderful picture!
Regards
Angshu

maximage (13670) 2007-02-12 12:26

Bonjour Mohammad,
Image superbe, qui montre l'harmonie et l'intégration parfaite des constructions avec la nature qui l'entoure.
La lumière est sublime et les couleurs belles et naturelles.
Amicalement.
max

keribar (42760) 2007-02-13 0:40

Hello Mohammed,
Red indeed, and I am glad I did open the thumbnail, because I could not spot the houses on it. Iran must be a great place to discover for photographers: Too bad the west knows little about it and too bad the the political situations are not appropriate at this time.

Friendly regards - Izzet

faubry (32481) 2007-02-16 5:00

Merhaba Mohammad, very very beautiful ocre color and superb light, very nice little village from your country, thanks show us . take care
francin

Didi (36654) 2007-07-15 10:03

Salam Mohammad
Interesting concentration of lights on the old village it's giving a nice contrast with the foreground..
You had a very good point of view.
Thank's.
Cheers.

Vasa (6529) 2008-05-11 2:43

Hello Mohammad, dear friend,

very nice panoramic view of Abyaneh in the super light conditions. I see in it a very nice post card of that red village. Thank you to show us Iran that we will never see in that manner. So, two points for Iran thanks to you.

Branko

stefo (36) 2009-07-23 19:48

Hi Mohammad,

Great photo! I especially like the colors and the warmth of the red houses! Looks like an intriguing place to visit.

Best wishes,
Stefan