Arriving in Oman Photo

Photographer’s Note

Day I - 10:36 am

Muscat...
The Grande Mosque...
The Gulf...
The sun, the warmth...

Another world...
Another time...
Another life...

(A larger view on the Minaret is available here).

Tue, danos, alvaraalto, Graal, clio, pasternak, belido, josepmarin, Didi, aloyho, siolaw, abulafia, manatee has marked this note useful

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maltese (21535) 2008-03-02 22:51

Salut Stéphane
Waou, tu donnes dans le graphique pour cette première
Une belle lumière et de très beaux détails!!
Une superbe netteté, j'aime beaucoup le résultat, en N&B, ça doit pas être mal non plus.
Bonne reprise ;o))
Amicalement
hervé

aadilj (17950) 2008-03-02 22:55

Superb capture of architecture and stones. The perspective is novel and greatly experimental and I like it for that. Good work. Superb indeed.

robertosalguero (110) 2008-03-02 23:00

Hello Stephane,

The details are excellent. Your composition is very effective to show us the intricate details on the walls and pillars. The minaret is well framed on the left with attractive lines and shapes. Good light and colours to create a more natural view of the mosque. A good architectural shot. This building must be a beautiful place to visit. Thanks.

Roberto

jasmis (50560) 2008-03-03 0:42

Splendid vertical composition. Fine exotic place.
Regards.

smarcell (14385) 2008-03-03 0:48

A very clean composition. The subjects are placed very accurately. I like the arch which cut part of the frame.
Excellent
Stefano

PixelTerror (86254) 2008-03-03 1:30

Salaam Stephane,
Encore parti en vadrouille, tu ne tiens pas en place !
Un cadrage original ici avec pleins de beaux details et une superbe luminosite.
Bonne journee JY

Tue (25608) 2008-03-03 2:26

Bonjour Stéphane,
This is really a great photo. You made wonderfully use of the arch and the beautiful decorations on the right hand side. The arch frames the minaret very well. Superb sharpness too and the lighting is marvellous, creating pleasant soft tones. Very artistic work, thanks for sharing!
Regards,
Lars

vincz (19043) 2008-03-03 2:30

Etonnante destination. Une bonne prise pour commencer avec ces differents niveaux de constructions. Tons tres agreables. J'attends la suite!

Photo65Net (43096) 2008-03-03 2:33

Salut Stéphane,
Très très belle compo !
Ton oeil ne t'a pas trahi sur ce coup, c'est un résultat superbe, avec une netteté excellente sur les deux plans.
Bonne journée,
JB.

danos (32690) 2008-03-03 3:04

Salut Stephane,
The vertical lines make the scene extraordinary.The razor sharp focus is excellent and i like your composition and choice of POV, as the sharpness and the clarity of the Grande Mosque has been captured superbly, wonderful light and brilliant colours, a very well crafted shot.Well done.

Have a nice week,Danos

alvaraalto (5231) 2008-03-03 4:29

Hi Stephane,

Excellent composition. I appreciate this way of representing an interesting place on a high artistic level very much.

Groet Rob

UnTrained (0) 2008-03-03 7:08

Salut Stéphane,
very unusual and very pleasant. I like this dividing - as I won't call it framing - but keeping them together, in connection. Superb textures achieved with a well balanced contrast and exposure.
Lieben Gruss, Ulf

jonathan_hart (22578) 2008-03-03 9:45

bonjour Stephane
belle composition graphique qui nous montre de beaux détails, lumiere/exposition parfait
amicalement
jo

ndb1958 (9248) 2008-03-03 9:59

Hi Stephane,
both - this one and even your ws - are really nice. A very nice perspective to cath the mosque behind the arch. So many beautiful ornaments.
You're a busy traveller. I envy you a bit. ;)
Best wishes,
Nino

Fis2 (45959) 2008-03-03 10:45

Witaj Stephane!
Very curious details. Interesting composition and frame. I like the light and colors. Very impressive picture. Well done.
Regards
Krzysztof

danyy (69001) 2008-03-04 0:04

Carage particulier et très audacieux.
J'aime beaucoup, cela ferait bien encart dans une revue touristique. Excellent niveau de détails et très bonnes lumières.
Amicalement.
Daniel.

Graal (58139) 2008-03-04 0:13

Bonjour Stephane,
an interesting fragment of architecture, well composed image. Fine details, good quality of photo. I like it.
Gr., Aleksander

Nicou (45039) 2008-03-04 0:32

Hello,

quel cadarge une aprtie en sombre, une partie en lumière, avec la belle courbe noir tu mets très bien en évidene ces monument, les détails ressortent à merveille.

Bravo et amitiés

Nicou

delkoo (34414) 2008-03-04 1:31

bonjour stephane
c'est relativement rare de voir des photos de cette partie du monde, ici tu t'y es employé parfaitement avec cette composition architecturale bicolore,parfaitement réalisée.

didier

noborders (14199) 2008-03-04 3:01

WoW, c'est là que tu es allé !... Un voyage éclair alors...
Pas mal comme angle, on reconnait ta griffe...
La photo en WS a aussi un cadrage intéressant !
Bien vu, très élégant - la classe !
Cheers,
Cath.

jafadabret (39777) 2008-03-04 12:50

Stephane bonsoir.

J'aime beaucoup cette composition cadrée très serré d'une partie de l'arche et d'une partie du minaret. C'est très graphique.
Du très beau travail.

Jacques

gilou530 (35336) 2008-03-04 13:56

salut grand voyageur
superbe netteté de cette photo,un cadrage qui donne un coté graphique a l'image, bien vue
amitiés
gilbert

clio (22849) 2008-03-05 0:42

Salut Stephane,
Quel cadrage!!!
Merveilleuse entrée dans la géométrie d'Oman.
Bravo
Diane

pasternak (13400) 2008-03-05 2:15

Excellent play with geometry here, Stephane, really well framed picture from another world...

Cheers
Alexander

belido (16623) 2008-03-05 4:16

Hi Stéphane,

this is perfect vertical shot. There is a nice graphism and no distortion at all. All the details are there to be visualized thanks to the efficient sharpness. Beautiful and well composed. Well done!
Regards,
Carlos

JCG (25441) 2008-03-05 9:00

Bonsoir Stéphane,

Encore un beau voyage... Une belle image sur la finesse du travail architecturale. La bonne lumière met bien en valeur l'ensemble. Le cadrage est original, bien vu et intéressant. Merci pour la photo bonus qui nous permet d'apprécier ce magnifique minaret qui s'apparente à une fusée...

Avec toutes mes amitiés et une très bonne soirée,

Jean-Charles

MiguelP (14326) 2008-03-05 9:37

Fantastic composition Stephane, such a graet dominance of the vertical lines and such a great DOF. I love it. Take care.

josepmarin (33835) 2008-03-05 9:44

Bonjour Stéphane,
ton cadrage dans ce format vertical et avec la superposition de l'arc en formant un cadre au minaret il est fantastique, je crois que tu as obtenu un graphisme excellent.
La lumière et les couleurs sont très bien traitées, j'aime le résultat de qualité de la photo.
Une belle réalisation.
Amicalement,
Josep

Didi (36196) 2008-03-06 3:53

Salut Steph
Intéressant cadrage serré qui met en valeur les arabesques
As tu retrouvé Sinbad ?
Amitiés.

aloyho (6109) 2008-03-06 23:10

Bonjour Stephane,
This is a great shot and I like the graphism, details and the very pleasant colour scheme. I must say I enjoyed looking at the intricate design and calligraphy, all made possible with your good technical control. Brilliant shot!!

Regards and all the best.

Angshu (33795) 2008-03-10 1:25

Hello Stephane
Interesting framing, very innovative.….excellent sculpture work on the gate. Colour contrasts stand out. Really a modern structure as more clearly shown in WS, keeping the old in mind. Good work!
Best Regards
Angshu

siolaw (25782) 2008-03-11 1:15

Salut Stephane,
J'ai manque plusieurs perles ces temps ci... j'étais sans le net au Cambodge... Notamment celle ci, au cadrage astucieux, lumière et couleurs, nettete et textures sont toutes parfaitement rendues.
Bien vu
Laurent

abulafia (4802) 2008-03-13 11:22

Beautiful Stephane!
What were you doing in Oman? and do you have any good recommendations for things to see in Muscat, I might go there in the near future.
The shot is clever, I do not believe I would have seen the possibilities in a cropped shot like this, but then again, It is not the first time you have surprised me.
Harry

kevinos (6927) 2008-03-14 22:37

This one stand out Stephene, as a great arrangement of verious ellements into a good and relevant composition.Regards Kevin

manatee (4291) 2008-03-15 22:14

Exelent:
I like your picture is Exquisite, the angle is perfect, the ligth the colors all, looks so mistic and so beutiful I would like go inside of this place and pray

Thank you

ls7902 (6218) 2008-03-19 10:00

Hello Stephane,
Wonderful geometry & curves. Soothing colors & sharpness. I have yet to learn to take pictures like this. I almost always take a wider view of things ... never taking a small section of anything. Best Regards. Latiff.

giorgimer (21300) 2008-07-06 13:47

Hi Stephane,

excellent shot, I like the way you cropped this view. Details quality is stunning!

Very well done!

Gio

foozi (4727) 2008-08-19 16:08

Hello Stephane,
a great texture of the craft shown here.A very long dof mke these two subject clear and sharp.The lighting is well managed and the exposure is perfet to depict the minerat and srches. Creatively frame and excellently copped to give the best impact on these magnificent art of the middle east.

Regards,
Foozi