Villa from the Roman era, a photo from Hadera, Haifa

Photographer's Note

A hike through beautiful nature-reserve of "Rmat-Ha'Nadiv", bring you after some 3km light walk in a trail, through bush small forest, to the old ruins of what was an old mansion, from the Roman era.
The place is secluded and the remains are a history open-museum. You can see here the main living quarter of the villa.
The place located on the highest point of the southern Mt. Carmel, with a view I will show in future posts, also named "Ein-Akav", as different era's inhabitants occupied this villa. The 2 WS's show it's southern wall's.

Location: 32.5436, 34.9358

*** My next post will show a unique wine-producing system on the villa ground's.

Ike
RAW converted into JPEG, cropped slightly on the upper part.

lakshmip1949, clic, pierrefonds, Sonata11, Sonata11, jhm, ourania, pajaran, delpeoples, josepmarin has marked this note useful

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mauro61 (52527) 2012-05-07 11:42

ciao Ike,
molto composte e ordinate queste rovine con gli alberi di ulivo a fare da sfondo.
Forte luce ben gestita,
buona serata
maurizio

maria-v1981 (10403) 2012-05-07 11:56

Hello Ike,
I love the symmetry from this stones. The light and the shadows creates a beautiful game. Wonderful details and strong colours.
Have a nice evening,
Tfs,
Maria

lakshmip1949 (19110) 2012-05-07 12:53

Hello Ike,

Beautiful image of these ruins where the stones are placed very diagonally. I like the symmetry here. Excellent sharpness and light management. The dull colors of the stones make a nice contrast against the blue sky and green vegetation.

Lakshmi

marcan44 (6223) 2012-05-07 13:17

Ciao Ike,
l'emozione di visitare questa antica villa romana non ti ha distratto nella esecuzione di uno scatto che risulta perfetto per POV, chiarezza dei dettagli e gestione della luce.
Ottimo lavoro anche nei WS che mostrano le mura perimetrali.
Buona serata
Mario

clic (11045) 2012-05-07 15:46

Hello Ike
I'm convinced you took this picture before visiting the wine production system; depiction is so sharp and you created from the chosen angle appealing parallel diagonals that form the historic tableau set in greenery.
Fine details everywhere as well despite backlight.
Shalom.
Robert

pierrefonds (48387) 2012-05-07 17:02

Hi Ike,

The distance between the courtyard and the riuins in the background is giving depth to the composition. The point of view is showing the details and colors of the ruins. The morning light is enhancing the beauty of the colors. Have a nice day.

Pierre

Sonata11 (28391) 2012-05-07 20:44

Hello Ike,
what a lovely ancient ruin architecture. Wonderfully executed with fabulous perspective, POV with fantastic light, colors, sharpess, clarity. Magnificent composition and magnificent framework. Awesome photo job. I love it a lot. Thanks for sharing.
All the best,
Barbara

emka (58224) 2012-05-07 23:25

Hi Ike, beautiful old ruins. I could see such ruins and never become tired of them. Nice diagonal composition with excellent sharpness.

Warm regrads
MAlgo

jhm (122490) 2012-05-08 2:59

Hello Ike,

Back toward the lesson of the old roman time, almost one of the first lessons in history 55 year ago.
Also two nice WS pictures.
I wait on your next picture about production of wine.
Composition and presentation are pleasant.
Very well done, TFS.

Best regards,
John

Miguel82 (7882) 2012-05-08 5:20

Hello Ike
Beautiful roman ruins
Good pov, sharpness and colors
regards

Royaldevon (17811) 2012-05-08 6:07

Hello Ike,

It is not easy to make ancient ruins into fine photographs for they tend to feel incomplete and the viewers don't possess the excitement experienced by the photographer. Having said that, you have composed this really well, a strong f/g triangle begins the shot, followed by fine diagonals leading from r/l across the frame. Your details are sharp, giving good textural information.

Have a lovely day,
Bev :-)

sacimar (25957) 2012-05-08 9:22

Hello Ike,

good image of this Roman ruins, I like the Mediterranean atmosphere you show here, the light, the olive trees... well seen,

Best regards,

Sergio

Nicou (97811) 2012-05-08 9:42

Hlelo

Très belle compo e tiamge superbe perspective et captage quelle pierre et rendu quelle aruchitecture fantastique.

bravo et amitié

Nicou

mkamionka (24583) 2012-05-08 11:12

Hi Ike,
thank you for sharing the view of the ruins from the Roman times. This photo actually motivates me to explore my own surroundings. The Roman Empire stretched to Britain as well and not that far from where I live there is a famous Hadrian Wall or its remains. I really have to explore this place.
You have picked a nice fragment with some repeated elements creating a nice effect. The vegetation behind seems very attractive too, I would probably spend even more time over there with my camera.
The vegetation seems so different from the European one.
M

ourania (12469) 2012-05-08 11:31

Hello Ike,
the picture is very well captured from a great angle that presents the architecture, textures and surroundings of the villa in a very comprehensive and delightful way. The landscape, its light and colours look very familiar. You've captured the light, natural colours and contrasts superbly. The villa must have been lovely, impressive and elegant. We can learn a lot from it and dream about it. Well done and thank you!
All the best,
Ourania

Janusz1974 (2275) 2012-05-08 11:48

Hi Ike,
I wonder what the place looked like back in ancient times.
You have captured the ruins very well.
Janusz

cornejo (18130) 2012-05-08 11:48

Hi Ike, very good picture of the remains of this interesting Roman villa, very good picture technically perfect, very good and interesting work my friend, congratulations.

Good afternoon and happy week.
Best regards and best wishes.

Angel.

pajaran (36282) 2012-05-08 12:23

Pozdrav.
Dobar tekst sa datim podacima o rusevini ...
Dobra ostrina snimka, kontrast i prikaz lepim bojama.
Dobar rad i kompozicija.
Ostale su rusevine i secanje na jednu mocnu civilizaciju.
Sve najbolje.
Paja.

Google.

Greetings.
Good text with the given data on the ruins ...
Good image sharpness, contrast and display of beautiful colors.
Good work and composition.
Other ruins and the memories of a mighty civilization.
All the best.
Paja.

delpeoples (45018) 2012-05-08 23:52

Hello dear Ike

Fantastic example of Roman ruins. Despite the fact that they are one of my favourite subjects, they're beauty and magnificence are often difficult to capture. But I think you managed superbly here. Lovely warm goldn light, nice diagonal lines and excellent sharpness.

Un caro saluto
Lisa

Silvio1953 (98259) 2012-05-09 2:05

Ciao Ike, great POV on fascinating old ruines, wonderful perspective, excellent clarity, splendid light and colors, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

eldancer1 (17106) 2012-05-10 9:18

It's amazing that those stone structures have survived all those years, that says a lot for the builders of yore. Nicely captured with good details and good lighting. Wonderful colors. Well done, tfs.

josepmarin (55063) 2012-05-12 3:18

Hi Ike,
in this good framing we can see the remains of this Roman villa, in a kind of open air museum perfectly preserved. I like the nice game of light and shades on these historical stones.
The composition is attractive and the image has a good sharpness.
It’s an excellent work.
Best regards,
Josep

Fis2 (73146) 2012-05-14 12:53

Witaj Ike!
A very interesting ruins.
Good frame and colors.
I like light.
Well done.
Best regards
Krzysztof

amaryllis (30149) 2012-05-21 6:13

bonjour
superbe photo de ces ruines sous une lumière idéale pour faire ressortir les détais de la pierre
excellent cadrage
Juliette

jmdias (45830) 2012-05-23 16:08

ike

interesting ruins. I liked the framing and pov here showing many details of architecture and the fields around. nice job.

hugs

jorge