The PEARL of the AEGEAN SEA, a photo from Izmir, Aegean

Photographer's Note

The Pearl of the Aegean sea (MAR EGEU)- Izmir.
As I posted in this travelogue the history of the city goes back to 3000 BC but although the great heritage the Ottomans that took over Izmir in the 15th century (1415) didn’t give so much attention to historical monuments etc like in Istanbul.
Izmir had always many non Turkish people because after the 1535 sultan Suleyman gave the opportunity to many foreigners come and use the international port of Izmir so they brought different cultures inside the city.
Before 1923 Izmir had more Christians and jews than muslims. The architecture changed too so until the end of the 19th century Izmir was the most “european” city of Turkey.
In old times the name was Smyrna (Smirni in Greece) because of the “mýrrha”, a small tree that grows in abundance in the area. Some other say that it’s the name of amazon called Smirna and there is a statue of the Amazon there. It is said that Homer has born here but the same can be heard in Chios island also…

Model - NIKON D300
ExposureTime - 1/50 seconds
FNumber - 10.00
ExposureProgram - Manual control
MeteringMode - Multi-segment
FocalLength - 26.00 mm
CustomRendered - Normal process
ExposureMode - Manual
DigitalZoomRatio - 1 x
FocalLengthIn35mmFilm - 39 mm
ISO Setting - 250
Image Quality - RAW
White Balance - AUTO
Focus Mode - AF-S
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lucasgalodoido (21030) 2011-01-13 17:46

Olá Rui,
uma interessante imagem desse porto mesmo, com um bom uso do flash na lata. Belo trabalho.
Parabéns e Abraço,
Lucas

resat1972 (5960) 2011-01-14 0:39

Hi,

I hope to meet more beautiful your photos from İzmir

Congratulations

Reşat

bracasha75 (24443) 2011-01-14 3:17

Hello Rui
Lovely evening shot and nice present of this "pearl" and of course "efes" is there to
Nice done
TFS
Cheers,Braca

Bluejeans (64239) 2011-01-14 5:16

Ola amigo Rui ,
Beleza de céu com estes tons tabaco , bonito ponto de visão neste porto com estes barcos com as montanhas de fundo , ficou interessante o primeiro plano com esta lata EFES , boa diagonal , parabéns!!
Um abraço Gonçalo

Bom fim de semana

paura (47166) 2011-01-14 16:24

Ilustre engenheiro,
A tomada está uma beleza, com elementos interessante a dar profundidade ao conjunto. Beleza de fotografia.

Abraço

Paulo

jlbrthnn (79773) 2011-01-15 4:56

Olá Rui,
A luz é atenuado muito agradável. Excelente enquadramento deste porto, com uma clareza e profundidade da foto excelente. Bravo.
Bom dia!
Atenciosamente
Joel

Longroute (19390) 2011-01-18 11:11

Ola Rui,

scommetto che ti sei seduto in questa terrazza per bere un aperitivo mentre guardavi il tramonto sull'Egeo! (:-)
E sono proprio i bei colori del crepuscolo qui che rendono attraente questa foto assieme alla vista delle montagne in lontananza. Hai sfruttato bene la balaustra di legno per creare profondità.

buona serata,
Donato

rodgerg (55767) 2011-01-19 2:22

Olà Rui,

Excellent view of a harabour. Great depht thanks the very graphic FG and the large prospect open to the mountains in the BG. The good light give a particulary athmospher to the image.
Amizades,
Roger

josepmarin (55063) 2011-01-19 10:48

Olá Rui,
en este buen encuadre nos ofreces toda la belleza de esta paisaje de la costa turca, con la baranda y las mesas de madera en el primer plano, bien iluminados por el flash de relleno y con un bonito contraste respecto de los tonos del crepúsculo al fondo.
Los barcos son un buen complemento gráfico.
Buena composición.
Um abraço,
Josep

danos (74064) 2011-01-21 4:22

Ola Rui,
congratulations on your informative note about the story of Smirni.Really during the 19th century the population only in the city was 370.000 people and the Greeks were 165.000.
Nice your snapshot from Smirni with the pink colour tint to spread on the air.A really nice city with the view from the benches to be so attractive.

Have a good day,Danos

delpeoples (45018) 2011-01-21 4:23

Ola Rui

Happy New Year to you and your family. The soft pink tones are really lovely. Excellent contrast and sharpness. A beautiful scene, thanks for sharing.

Um abraco
Lisa

UlfE (13732) 2011-01-21 11:41

Hi Rui,

Good to see that you are back again and that you have posted a new photo. Your perpective here is really good. It was a great idea to use the flash here. The fence is an excellent lead-in to the boats. TFS and have a nice weekend!

Cheers,

Ulf

jhm (122490) 2011-01-22 0:28

Hello Rui,

We get a lovely evening picture with the nice colors of the sky.
Excellent presence of the mountains through the line in background.
Nice perspective and depth picture.
Excellent captured and composed
Very well done, TFS.

Have a nice weekend,
John.