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Bay of Kekova


Bay of Kekova
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Copyright: Salvator Barki (salvator) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1840 W: 83 N: 2126] (16499)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-07-15
Categories: Nature
Camera: Canon EOS 1Ds MkII, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM, B+W 77 mm Kaeseman Circ. Pol.
Exposure: f/22, 1/15 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes (Fill) Flash: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-07-22 4:36
Viewed: 472
Points: 56
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Kekova Island and the town of Kale nearby Antalya make an idyllic daytrip for the traveler looking for a combination of sunshine, swimming and fascinating historic ruins. Many operators run trips from Kas but the journey is much shorter from Cayagzi, the harbor of Demre. Along the stony coastline the boatman may stop at a cave, or point out the occasional goat or the smoldering pyramids of wood used by peasants to make charcoal, the product may sit in plastic sacks at the water's edge, waiting to be taken away.

Along the edge of the island facing the mainland lie the fascinating half-submerged remains of a Lycian sunken city, and probably from Byzantine times later on. Signs warn against skin-diving, so you can not swim here because many foreigners in the past took a piece of ancient relics with them as a souvenir. The boatman will allow the passengers on board off for a swim further to the west, where the remains of a Byzantine chapel stand on the beach and where further sunken remains can be explored at ease by the swimmer with mask and snorkel.

A fascinating Lycian necropolis, with chest-type tombs spread out along the coastline, lies at Teimiussa, near the present-day Ucagiz on the mainland across from Kekova. This can also be reached by track from the main road between Kas and Demre, where it is signposted. The boat-tripper may be content with a sea-born view and pass to Kale, the ancient Simena, which sits nearby below the crenellated ramparts of an earlier hilltop Roman castle.

The castle houses a small theater, cut into the rock, for just about 300 people, a sign that this was a minor settlement in Roman times. Down in the harbor the turquoise sea laps at waterside restaurants offering good Turkish food including locally caught fish. A lone Lycian sarcophagus standing in a few centimeters of water at the western side lures visitors to pose beside it for photographs.

Today Kekova is a very popular anchorage for sailors who enjoy the history together with the nature
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  • Good 
  • AYDIN Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 100 W: 0 N: 83] (1266)
  • [2008-07-22 4:51]

Selamlar.. kartpostal tadında şık bir kare olmuş..Çiçeklerin varlığı ortamı renklendirmiş..
Fakat kadrajda hafif sağa doğru eğiklik var..
Paylaşım için teşekkürler

  • Great 
  • TopGeo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1974 W: 79 N: 2614] (11989)
  • [2008-07-22 4:53]

Hi Salvator! excellent shot!A picture that impresses. The colours and the detail splendidly. The frame and the natural window in impress Good work !I Praise!
Georgios

Merhaba, ciceklerin arasindan cok guzel bir manzaraya ulasiyoruz, bakis aciniz cok guzel.. mavilikler kayalıklar cok davetkar gorunuyorlar.. elinize saglik,
ReLa

Hola Salvator:

Una vista genial, y con las flores y las islas te ha quedado muy bonita, un buen contraste de colores.

Un saludo,
Elena

Merhaba Salvator.
Kekova koyunu Finikeden kalkan günlük motor turları ile gezi sırasında denizden görmüştüm suyun içindeki lahitler ve batık şehri ile çok güzel ve özel bir yerdi.Bu güzelliği fazlasıyla, Begonvil penceresinden bakarak çok güzel göstermişsin .Işık,manzara renklerin doğallığı ile canlı gibi ,Kutlarım.
setenay

Hi Salvator,
Very good excellent photo, colors and perfect setting. Congratulations.
Regards, Lourdes.

Merabalar,
Kekova'yı bu açıdan hiç görmemiştim, gözlalıcı bir tanıtım karesi, tebrikler..
Selnur

merhaba salvator bey
tek kelime ile nefis bir manzara.ön planda renkleri ile göze hoş görünen çiçekler ile arka plan görünümü harika.ayrıca bakış açınız,detaylar ve netlikte mükemmel olmuş elinize sağlık.
selamlar
Ali

Hello Salvator,
Your picture is adorable and impressive. The flowers, stone tomb, boats and sea look out of this world. Tfs.
Regards,
Barkan

ufuk çizgisi hafiften kaymış ama kim takar o begonvillerin güzelliği yeter de artar bile... yaz hiç bitmesin yahu...

Salvator,
This is a well constructed photo with nice framing and composition. The lighting and colors are great with outstanding sharpness and DOF. The flowers in the foreground add a nice splash of color and contrast to the scene.
TFS,
Asa

Beautiful flower's frame :)

merhaba salvator abi

manzara için diyecek bir şey bulamıyorum, harika bir manzara
renkler ve komposiyon harika
ellerine sağlık

veysel

Salvator Bey,
Bu harika bir kare , çiçeklerle çerçevelenmiş tarihi ve doğal güzelliklerimizi yansıtan bir kartpostal adeta.
Tebrikler,
Zeynep

  • Great 
  • danos Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3348 W: 83 N: 4810] (18308)
  • [2008-07-22 13:01]

Geia sou Salvator,
what a beauty of this idyllic island!!I like the colorful scene and especially the natural frame that created from the beautiful bougainvillea.Excellent the saturated colors and the vivid light that make the rock to bring out the details.The sailing boat and the forest that cover the Mt.in the background, make the photo more attractive.Well done my friend.

Regards,Danos

Selamlar Salvator,
Kekovayı çok güzel bir açıdan görüntülemişsin.Ön plandaki mor çiçeklerle arka plandaki muhteşem mavi çok yakışmış.Kutlarım.Ellerine sağlık.Nefis bir komposizyon.
İyi Geceler,
Deniz:)

Hi Salvator,
A pretty image with those magenta colors flowers providing excellent framing for the scene beyond. A nice idea executed perfectly. Well done and TFS. Gerald

  • Great 
  • berek Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3965 W: 173 N: 4995] (22758)
  • [2008-07-22 22:03]

Merhaba Salvador,
çiçeklerle yapılmış kadraj süper. arka plandaki manzara ülkemizin tüm doğal güzelliklerini ortaya kyuyor. elelrinize sağlık. selamlar
Burak

Salvator Bey merhaba,
Cok sevdigim iki goruntu ayni karede bulusmus: Begonviller ve sudaki antik mezarli Kekova. Harika bir kare olmus,
Elinize saglik,
Tulay

Merhaba Salvator,
I love the framing by the beautifully coloured flowers, it really gives the image impact, and very pleasing to look at.
I'm not sure if it's due to the reduction of image size for posting, but the image isn't particularly sharp. It seems like a good 'average' of focusing, but I'm not sure that anywhere is perfectly sharp in the image. It may have been worth stepping back to get that extra effect of depth of field and cropping away what you didn't want for the same composition. Just a thought, but still a great photo! ;)
Regards
Lee

Salvator Bey Merhaba,
Kekova'yi muthis cizmissiniz.. begonyalarla, arkadaki tekneyle, lahitin tam konumuyla, guzel isigiyla. Cok hoss bir fotograf olmus. Kekova'nin tanitiminda bence kullanilmali. Elinize saglik.

Aman Allah!
Bu ne kadar güzel, albenili bir Kekova fotoğrafı böyle!
Genelde tepeden bakış için kale kullanılır ama sen çok daha romantik bir bakış açısı sunmuşsun. Renkler muazzam...
Selamlar,
Deniz

  • Great 
  • erel Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 769 W: 0 N: 361] (9430)
  • [2008-07-23 13:24]
  • [+]

ARKADAŞIM
AÇIN ,NETLİK,KADRAJ, VE RENKLER SÜPER OLMUŞ,BRAVOOOOOOOOOO. erel

  • Great 
  • azaf1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1484 W: 119 N: 1971] (9163)
  • [2008-07-24 5:16]

Merhaba Salvator
This place must wonderful. A very diverse environment, beautiful flowers in the fg and a boat. What else would someone hope for when on holiday?
TFS
Argiris

Hello SAalvator,

It is nice to find out how photographers can find very different sports and imagine new pictures even if they travel together.
I appreciate your angle which vould become a poster in promoting Tourism in Turkey.
Welld one my friend - Izzet

Merhaba Salvator bey,
Öndeki begonvillerle harika bir akdeniz karesi olmuş.cennet böyle olmalı dedirten bir kare.ışık,netlik ve sonsuz mavilik çok güzel.ellerinize sağlık

Cevdet

Hi Salvator. Beautiful photo. Well framed in the flowers. Excellent colours and sharpness. I love the warm and sunny mood of this shot, especially as we have yet another storm bearing down on us. (Third in a week!!!) Thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Paul.

Hi Salvator.

This is a very good picture. I really like your composition here and the way you have framed the background with these nice flowers. Also the colours of the flowers are very good.

Well done!

Blair

Hi Salvator,
very good result with a well seen composition, colours are wonderful with this light, great mirror effect too.

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