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Pool of Arches #1


Pool of Arches #1
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Copyright: Alex Shainshein (s_a_s_h_a) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 93 W: 27 N: 144] (605)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-06-17
Categories: Architecture
Camera: Finepix S7000, 55 mm uv filter
Exposure: f/2.8, 1/4 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-06-17 11:07
Viewed: 813
Points: 4
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Photo was taken in the Pool of Arches from a boat, without flash.
I used a bit color correction in CS2.

Ramle was established in the year 717 AD by Moslems and soon became a major Moslem cultural center. In the year 789 AD they built the city's water system including underground reservoirs and aqueducts. The Pool of Arches is such a reservoir. The pool was called St. Helena by the Christians, named after the mother of the first Christian Emperor Constantine. The Arabs called the pool Birket El-Anzia, The Goat Pool, which probably signifies the fact that they brought their herds of goats for drinking water. The pool ceiling is constructed of multiple arches with openings that served for pulling up the water in buckets. Today Ramle is a mixed Jewish-Arab city about 20Km South of Tel-Aviv.
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To jyraya: Pool of Archess_a_s_h_a 1 06-17 12:11
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Hi Alex. Interesting Photo.
I like the use of natural light here, where the pools of light hit the water in the well and along the columns. But i feel there is something missing.
Perhaps if your shot had been more focused on the pools of light or the reflections of the water i would say that would be better, but as it is, it's a nice shot with some good colours.

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  • Didi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 6325 W: 3314 N: 7757] (28752)
  • [2007-02-21 5:49]

Shalom Alex
Nice picture and the subject is very intersting in spite of the hard conditions of photography.
Cheers.

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