The long and winding road Photo

Photographer’s Note

This picture was taken on the border between Israel and Egypt, the road that you see is in Israel, it is a very old road and very narrow one.
I took this photo in a place that called Kadesh Barne'a view, it is high point in this place that you can view large area from it.
If you can see it looks like this road continues to nowhere, the end of this road is a 'Ma'avar Nizana' Ma'avar meens passage in hebrew, this place is a non active pass point between egypt and Israel.

Hope you will like it.

Galeota, jhm, nwoehnl, Georges, omritoppol, Kenny10pin has marked this note useful

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yesterday (9787) 2004-06-14 4:09

WOW - Great view, wonderful landscape, great perspective.

manny (21378) 2004-06-14 5:15

Yoir wide angle lens captured a lot of curves here. Using one in the foreground, I find this picture very well-composed. I like it. Simple yet sweeping!

rudymalou (800) 2004-06-14 6:27

Really interesting path that lead the eyes inside this sandy landscape. Well seen and composed!

Galeota (10334) 2004-06-14 6:56

I definitely like this. The only two things that bother me are
1.)the starting point of the road on the left side of the frame. But I don't have any better suggestion

2.) the overexposed sky on the top left, but it's a minor issue here, IMO

jhm (83378) 2004-06-14 7:40

This picture with all the time this "S" bights is wonderful, great view, wonderful landscape, great perspective. Well done!

Piotr (0) 2004-06-14 7:46

Very unusual landscape, different like in Europe, road like formula one circuit, well done Elroyie

Zanni (5893) 2004-06-14 8:51

Great landscape. It remembers me the road to Passo Stelvio (in the district of Sondrio, Lombardia, Italy)famous also because towards this incredible road often passes Giro d'Italia (national bike race) see this road here:

http://cyklo.wz.cz/alpy99/foto/119.jpg

cdewet (0) 2004-06-14 13:39

Kadesh Barnea is nearly 5000 years old, if it is the same, which I doubt, but the name, it lingers, together with the history!
Now these are spectacular s-curves, Shumi eat your heart out! Nice post!!!

nwoehnl (120) 2004-06-14 13:44

A very unique landscape, Elroyie, and a shot in which your wide angle not only allows to appreciate great detail of the hills and valleys, but also the road curving through the scenery creates an additional graphical impact. The colors and contrast are well rendered, too. Good capture, thanks for sharing! If you were as fond of finding song titles for your photos as I am, "The long and winding road" would come to mind for this one ;-)

Georges (11185) 2004-06-14 14:55

Trés bon piqué sur cette image je pense que pour la presenté vous auriez du faire un panorama cela aurait donné plus de grandeur au paysage..
Par ailleur j'admire la qualité du cliché plein de détails interessants.
Trés bon rendu des teintes douces avec cette lumiere razante.
Belle image bravo Elroyie

ephemere33 (9729) 2004-06-14 15:48

un serpent sur la route...tres belle prise de vue toute en panoramique...les couleurs arides sont très belles...la terre est très séche et on le voit super bien...bon rendu...bon travail..
merci pour ce partage...bi

avigur_11 (21307) 2004-06-14 15:53

So you like the desert too, Elroyie. I was searching for this kind of shot during my drive to Eilat through Mizpe Ramon, but it looks like I took the wrong road. I love these warm colos and the curved road. Teh Negev desert looks so wild, excellent shot, I like it very much.

maphoto (8076) 2004-06-14 20:42

Thanks for sharing this wonderful view, very unusual for me, you chose a perfect angle to show us this beautiful curves, well seen.

omritoppol (826) 2004-06-15 3:22

Great shot!. I like the wide angle you choose here. The brown tones are superb. It's one big maze. Well seen & captured!!

carper (65742) 2004-06-15 3:26

So here are my points Elroyie,
Very good composition, with a nice depth, and I like the way you took it, Very good photo, welldone.

Rockyboy (20582) 2004-06-15 12:26

Very nice picture of the desert, Elroyie. The curve of this road add a lot to this excellent vista. I like aslo to see the shadows and the different tones of yellow. Bravo!

dominique (11414) 2004-06-17 6:40

Powerful this sight, likes this road which curves on this ground cig and which is lost with far, really well done.

dawekato (1988) 2004-06-22 16:23

Thanks for showing me this picture. It does remind me of my own. I would crop the sky to almost nothing, leave only enough to show there is a horizon. It will put emphasis on the road and eliminate the distracting brightness, which makes one squint to look at the picture.

Kenny10pin (19301) 2004-06-27 20:20

super shot here, I like te winding roads, very nicely captured indeed, I like the quitness of it too, great job